Banana
Your ultimate guide to Banana: Everything you need to know with expert info for beginners and advanced gardeners alike.
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Can You Eat Banana Peels? Edible Uses Of Banana Skin
Can you eat banana peels? Learn how to prepare them for food, fertilizer and even a cleaning compound.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Planting A Banana Shrub: How To Grow Banana Shrubs
Banana shrub is a tropical to subtropical elegant tree to bush. If you are a warm region gardener, you should explore how to grow banana shrubs. This article will help.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Banana Mint Plant Care – Banana Mint Information And Uses
Banana mint plants are a variety of mint with bright, fuzzy, lime-green foliage and a pronounced, very delightful aroma of banana. Like all mint plants, growing banana mint is easy. This article will help get you started with this fun, quirky plant.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Plantain Plant Care – How To Grow Plantain Trees
If you live in USDA zones 8-11, you get to grow a plantain tree. I'm jealous. What is a plantain? It's sort of like a banana but not really. Click on this article for fascinating information on how to grow plantain trees and plantain plant care.
By Amy Grant
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Banana Plants In Winter: Tips For Successfully Overwintering A Banana Tree
If you don't actually live in the tropics, you're going to have to find something to do with your tree once winter comes. Find information about how to keep a banana tree over winter in this article. Click here to learn more.
By Liz Baessler
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Propagating Banana Plants – Growing Banana Trees From Seeds
Commercially grown bananas don't have seeds. In nature, many banana plants have seeds. Can you grow bananas from seed? Click here to find out.
By Amy Grant
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Hardy Banana Trees: How To Grow And Care For A Cold Hardy Banana Tree
Love the look of lush tropical foliage? Cold-hardy banana plants grow well and overwinter up to USDA zone 4. Learn more about growing these hardy bananas in this article.
By Amy Grant
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Growing Ornamental Bananas – How To Grow A Red Banana Plant
There are many types of banana which produce copious amounts of fruit. But did you know there are also various types of the ornamental red banana plant too, specifically grown for their attractive red foliage color? Learn more about them here.
By Ilana Goldowitz Jimenez
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Common Diseases Of Banana: What Causes Black Spots On Banana Fruit
Banana plants are prone to a number of diseases, many of which result in black spots on banana fruit. What causes black spot disease in bananas and are there any methods for treating black spots on banana fruit? Click this article to learn more.
By Amy Grant
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Banana Tree Problems: What Causes Bananas With Cracked Skin
It takes some work to grow bananas and, even so, they are susceptible to their share of diseases and other banana tree problems. One such issue is bananas with cracked skin. Why do bananas split on the bunch? Find out about banana fruit cracking here.
By Amy Grant
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Banana Tree Fruit – Tips On Getting Banana Plants To Fruit
Banana trees are a staple of many hot weather landscapes. While they're very decorative and are often grown for their tropical leaves and bright flowers, most varieties also produce fruit. Learn how to get banana trees to produce fruit in this article.
By Liz Baessler
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What Is Banana Yucca: Tips For Banana Yucca Care
Banana yucca is named for the fleshy, sweet-tasting, green to dark purple seedpods, which are about the size and shape of a banana. Interested in growing banana yucca in your garden? Click on the following article to learn how to grow banana yucca.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Banana Trunk Planter – Growing Vegetables In Banana Stems
Growing veggies in banana trunks is an innovative way to garden. Banana trunk planters may just be the next new thing. Learn more here.
By Tonya Barnett
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Banana Tree Harvesting – Learn How And When To Pick Bananas
Bananas are one of the most popular fruit in the world. If you are lucky enough to have a banana tree of your own, you may wonder when to pick the bananas. Click this article to find out how to harvest bananas at home.
By Amy Grant
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Banana Tree Fruit Issues: Why Do Banana Trees Die After Fruiting
Banana trees not only are beautiful tropical specimens, but most of them bear edible banana tree fruit. If you have ever seen or grown banana plants then you may have noticed banana trees dying after bearing fruit. Click this article to learn more.
By Amy Grant
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Growing Banana Fed Staghorns: How To Use Bananas To Feed A Staghorn Fern
In the case of the staghorn fern, adding whole banana peels is just as effective as composting them first. You can ?feed? a whole peel or even a whole banana to the plant by placing it on top of the plant, among its fronds. Learn more in this article.
By Ilana Goldowitz Jimenez
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Thai Banana Fruit – How To Grow Thai Banana Trees
In Thailand, bananas are everywhere and synonymous with the tropical region they thrive in. If you're yearning to introduce a more tropical look to your landscape, try growing Thai bananas. What are Thai bananas? Click here to find out about Thai banana care.
By Amy Grant