Planet Banana
Musa mannii
Musa mannii
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- Description
- Germination instructions
A small banana originally from northeastern India which only grows to around 2 metres tall and flowers and fruits quickly. Can be grown outdoors in a pot in a warm spot in the summer months but not at all hardy so will need to brought under cover in winter with a minimum temperature of 10C.
Not Hardy.
Special treatment is required to break dormancy. Soak seeds in warm warm for 48 hours and then sow on the surface of a sterile seed compost, before covering the seeds with vermiculite. Keep compost moist but not overly wet and maintain humidity levels so that compost does not dry out. Keep in a well lit spot.
Musa seeds require a daily temp cycle of around 9 hrs @ 30-35C and 15 hrs @ 12-15C to germinate. Germination is erratic - some seeds may start to germinate from around 5 weeks whilst others can take a number of months and sometimes over a year. Once germinated, keep the seedlings at a constant 25C to 30C until they are around 10-15cms tall, before potting on individually into 7cm or 9cm pots for growing on.
