Water "Banana Plants" help me!!!?

Question

okay so i JUST bought 2 water banana plants but i really dont have a clue how to keep them healthy, so if anyone could please tell me what temperature to keep the water at, what i should put in the bottom (sand, rocks, whatever) and and any other tips on how to make them actually live

PLEASE HELP SOON!!!

Answer 1

take a bottle[glass] fill it with water invert close to the plant . this is called drip irrigation

Answer 2

Banana plants are strong!  I mean it when I say it.  Just plant them in the soil, they don't need anything special.  And be sure to give them plenty of water... every day!  The temp is normal, whatever your waterhose spits out! And beware, they will reproduce like crazy.  By the end of the summer, you'll have 10 if you started out with 2!

Answer 3

Bananas like deep, rich, composty soil but it needs to be loose and aerated, not dense and heavy, and keep in mind that it must never dry, that water regularly is very important. It does not like heavy, pore-less soil and salty (sea) or chlorine environments, and with it's water needs, not be boggy and over soaked. It likes a lot of nitrogen and it likes it frequently but needs a balance with all the other nutrients. Zinc is one of the micros that tend to be a problem if not available and small leaves and yellowing will be noted when you are scratching your head thinking "What? It gets a good amount of nitrogen!" So consider zinc sulfate. Obviously it needs warm and will not winter anywhere it is cold, below 25' C, so most of the US is out if that is where you are and your banana is out side. Depending on variety and location you can expect flowers to form in late spring to summer (northern hemisphere) but that may not be exact at all so don't be alarmed if it doesn't and waits. Those flowers will form and droop down and are self pollinating if it is a commercial (triploid) variety. You may see a second set of flowers form but these will not really give much of a fruit set at all as I guess, according to the book, they are more a male flower with low or no pollen to set fruit; they can be removed if you wish. It can take from 1 to 3 years to flower and fruit and all depends on sun and your care and away from the plantation one has little in the way of disease to worry about. The stems that produce are cut back after harvest, and the suckers that form, 2-4, are what you are probably dealing with and will form their stem for flowering that you will harvest from, cut back with harvest, and allow to sucker. Don't let fruit ripen on the tree. When the largest seem to be filled but green and the smallest are still kind of angular, cut them off as a basically single bunch, though leaving the very small on the plant a while should be alright. Remember the youngest fruits harvested take the longest to ripen, so I guess the farmers skill will come into play there, and the long trip on the banana boat to the market(s) are a well timed affair. Have fun and good luck.

Answer 4

buy some food

plant it some water

yes do watever you could

Answer 5

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Answer 6

well ya figure they come from the tropics, so water accordingly, and lotsa sunshine they can live outside unless your weather goes down below 20,