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Growing Banana
Growing banana may not be difficult as you may think however, there few things you need to pay attention. Before talking more about growing banana fruits, let’s see more about the benefits banana plants itself.
Banana plants can offer many benefits:
- You can use leafs as windbreaker to protect yourself from harsh winds.
- As the banana plant has big leafs they can offer a good shade in the sun.
- It is very good way to get rid of waste water. Banana plant can actually utilise the waste water, much better than other plants.
- You can also use leafs to feed other animals like cows and horses.
So these are only the benefits of the banana plant and on top of all that, by growing banana you will have source to delicious fruit. When you are growing banana you can consider growing following types as well:
Cavendish bananas are the normal bananas as you go and purchase from your local supermarket. Lady Fingers are the ones which are sweeter than normal banana. Plantains are used mainly for cooking. They don’t taste very good, if you eat them raw. You can use them in stews or even fry them.
Banana trees are a lot different than normal trees. In fact they are not trees at all. The trunk of the banana tree is actually the leaf of the plants that are wrapped around. As leafs start growing, they wrap on top of each other and the flowers that appear turns into bananas.
How long does it take growing bananas?
It all depends on the conditions. A banana plant takes about 9 months to grow up . After producing some bananas, the main tree dies and but around the base of it are many suckers, little baby plants. Growing bananas can be easy but you need to make sure to have right conditions.
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