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Banana Indian

Category : Outdoor Plants , Fruit Tree
QAR 55.00
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Delivers by Sun 22 Dec 2024
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Description

Growing Banana plant is an easy way to add a tropical flair to your garden. When you know that it has a unique leaf shape, edible fruits and how to care for Banana plants, you will be rewarded with many years of edible fruits. What makes it special:
  • One of the best garden fruit plants.
  • Low maintenance plant.
  • It is devoutly religious plant.
This product does not have the flowers and fruits at the time of shipping. After, 9-10 months, the plant will bloom and have beautiful fruits. Banana is the fruit of a plant of the genus Musa and Musaceae family, which is cultivated primarily for food and secondarily for the production of fibre used in the textile industry are also cultivated for ornamental purposes.The banana is an edible fruit, botanically a berry, produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants.Almost all the modern edible bananas come from the two wild species, Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana. Bananas are vigorously growing, monocotyledonous herbaceous plants.This banana is not a tree but a high herb that can attain up to 4 meters of height. The cultivars vary greatly in plant fruit size, plant morphology, fruit quality.Most bananas have a sweet flavor when ripe.In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains, in contrast to dessert bananas. That fruit is variable in size, color and firmness.The banana is a perennial plant that replaces itself. Bananas do not grow from a seed but from a bulb or rhizome.The time between planting a banana plant and the harvest of the banana bunch is from 9 to 12 months. The flower appears in the sixth or seventh month.
Common Name Japanese banana, Kela
Maximum Reachable Height
Flower Colour Green, yellow, red, purple or brown when ripe
Bloom Time Seasonal bloomer
Difficulty Level Easy

Care And Nurture

Sunlight
  • Morning sunlight of more than 6 hours a day is ideal for flower and fruit development.
Soil
  • The soil should be well drained, fertile and rich in organic content for growing Banana plant.
Watering
  • Poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture.
  • Apply 4 cup (approx.200ml) of water when the top soil (1-2 inch) in the pot feels dry to touch.
  • Do not overwater the plant.
  • As a rule of thumb, water the plants thoroughly in summer and reduce watering in winter and rainy season.
  • Water should be applied preferably in the morning or evening.
Application of Fertilizer
  • Before application of fertilizer loosen the topsoil without disturbing the roots of the plant so, it can uptake the nutrients and moisture easily.
  • Apply organic fertilizer once a month.
  • Apply water immediately after application of fertilizer.
Plant Protection
  • Remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and discard them away from the plants.
  • For any insect attack or disease, you can use Neem oil, Eucalyptus oil or Citrus oil spray for primary treatment.
Donts
  • Do not overwater the plant.
  • Avoid applying water on leaves during initial days as it may cause fungal infection.
Plant Name: Banana Indian Plant Code:  B1170

Plant Specifications

Plant Height 1.0 m