How to grow potted banana trees? Cultivation methods and maintenance matters

How to grow banana trees in pots

1. Choose the soil

To maintain potted banana trees, you need to provide soil suitable for growth. Generally speaking, you can use a mixture of humus, garden soil, and a small amount of pine needles and sandy loam. Such soil is loose and porous, has strong drainage and air permeability, and is generally acidic, making it more suitable for banana trees to take root and serve as their growth medium.

2. Reasonable watering

Banana trees are suitable for living in a relatively humid environment, but they are not resistant to waterlogging, and the root system of the plant is relatively fragile. It is easy to be eroded and soaked by stagnant water, resulting in root rot. When watering it, you need to do it moderately and keep the soil moist. In summer, you can water it more appropriately or spray it with water.

3. Adjust the temperature

The banana tree is a tropical plant that prefers a warm and humid growing environment. Although it can tolerate low temperatures around 0 degrees for a short period of time, it is very likely to suffer frost damage if it is in a low temperature environment for a long time. Therefore, the ambient temperature around it must be stabilized at above 4 degrees, preferably around 25 degrees.

4. Ensure lighting

The fruit of banana is high in nutritional value, large in number and large in size, so it is necessary to ensure daily sunlight exposure so that the banana tree can carry out photosynthesis and accumulate more nutrients. Especially for potted plants, the light area is small, so it is best to place the banana in a place such as a balcony for maintenance.

Precautions for banana tree maintenance

1. Winter maintenance: Banana trees cannot tolerate low temperature environments and are usually grown in front of windows or in courtyards. If the temperature is below 0 degrees in winter, you need to take measures to keep warm. It is best to control the temperature at around 4 degrees so that it can survive the winter more safely.

2. Timely pruning: During the growth period of the banana tree, the yellow leaves should be cut off in time to avoid increasing nutrient consumption and affecting the appearance. Dense branches and leaves should also be thinned out to increase ventilation and light transmittance and reduce diseases.