A aborigine of the East Indies and other tropic countries , the Banana can be grown and fruit successfully in a roomy , well - heated nursery ; it is normally consider in botanical garden collections of economical industrial plant . In the far South , some kind are grown out of doors . In habit and general visual aspect , it disagree from the majority of plants . The foresighted sarcoid leafstalks , which turn out from a thick rhizome , overlap one another to imprint a play like structure varying in pinnacle from a few feet to 20 , and the immense shield - shaped leave organise a luxuriant tussock at their apex .
genus Musa nana , a dwarf species , is the Banana most more often than not work in the United States ; M. sapientum ( the Banana of commerce ) is commonly less satisfactory although some of the hardy varieties of this may be grow in the warmest role of the state . M. Ensete is grown outdoors in the South , and in the North may be treated as a half - hardy industrial plant ; it is used to provide tropical effects . When grow out of doors , Bananas involve rich soil and plenty of moisture .
How to Grow Bananas Under Glass
The plants are grow in prominent tubs 2 ft . or more in diameter ; or , in large glasshouse , they may be planted in specially prepared bed . They need perfectly drained , rich soil and need full exposure to sunlight , a minimum temperature of 65 degrees , plenty of water system , and fair to middling feeding with fluid plant food and top - dressings of fresh loam and manure .
Propagation
The Banana is easily propagated by substance of sucker growths from the base of the honest-to-god plants ; the rooted suckers are detached and planted , first in small potentiometer and , after a few months , in the tubs or box , or in the open bed , where they are to develop and yield . Spring is the best meter to potful or implant out rooted suckers : if the young plant are kept in a temperature of about 65 degrees at night , with an growth of 10 or even 20 degrees during the daytime with sun heat , save well watered and given liquid fertilizer every calendar week , they make rapid growth and gang of fruit can be obtained by the remainder of the next summertime . The main stem dies after fruit and the suckers are grow to replace it .
For Summer Bedding
Musa Ensete is raised from seminal fluid sown in March insandy soilin a propagating case that provides bottom high temperature of 75 degrees . The seedling are grown in pots until June when they are embed out for the summer in flower bed in a sheltered part of the garden and returned to the nursery in the autumn .
This manikin of bonk out , which is call subtropical horticulture , because the plant used are of a subtropical character , is little practiced by amateurs though it is represent in some public Park and garden where collections of subtropical plant find many admirers . It is not difficult to call forth suitable plants if a tropical greenhouse is available .
