Banana trees are available throughout the year. They're leaves are long, broad and graceful. Many people are eager to learn how to grow bananas because of its many conveniences and uses. Aside from its rapid growth factors, every part of the banana has its usefulness.

Banana trees can also provide a tropical appeal for your patio or pool areas. Aside from the refreshing view, it can also offer magnificent shade.

Before you start to grow bananas, there are things you need to consider. First, the type of soil that is convenient for this tropical herbaceous plant. To accomplish this, you need to have a well draining soil mixture combined with perlite. This ensures good draining soil. Never utilize heavy soils like potting soil or the ones from the yard.

Next, plant your banana rhizome upright. Make sure its roots are well covered. The rhizome should be about •½ inches covered with soil from the base.

As a tip, you need to fertilize and water your banana plant. Use a kind of balanced fertilizer (the ones with 3 numbers on their labels). Since bananas are actually heavy feeders, you need to fertilize them very lightly every time you water them. Don't fertilize if you don't see any active growth.

Subsequent to the initial watering, you don't need to water the plant again until the soil is dry and is already •½ inches deep. You can simply use your fingers in testing this.

Banana plants can grow under bright light. The most ideal are 12 hours of light. Warmth is very important to banana plants. The ideal temperature to grow bananas is 67 degrees F. As for the humidity, it should be as high as 50% and up. Nevertheless, dry, hot air can destroy the leaves.

If you want to grow bananas in a container, make sure they're not too large. The standard sizes are 6 inches to 8 inches. They should also have a drain hole. Don't plant bananas in containers with no drain holes. If you see your plants getting crowded, it's time to transplant them to a larger container.

Banana plants have a trunk and an underground corm. Its pseudostem features concentric layers of magnificent leaf sheaths. It is only subsequent to the emergence of its new plant (in about 10 - 15 months) that its true stem will grow through the center and then emerge as a terminal inflorescence that bears fruit.