Musa ochracea

Name: Musa ochracea
Brand: Planet Banana
SKU: 4661 BN3403 10 seeds
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The crepe banana from the lower levels of the Himalayas. Forms a smallish attractive plant up to around 2.5m tall with a yellow-green pseudostems and brownish red flower bracts. Best grown in a container and brought under cover during the colder months with a minimum temperature of 10C.

Not Hardy.

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Germination instructions

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Not Hardy.

Germination instructions

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.

Musa ochracea

Musa ochracea

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