BANANA – MUSA BALBISIANA – EXOTIC TROPICAL – COMPOSTABLE PACKET – 15 BEST SEEDS

Product Description

Banana 

Musa Balbisiana

Packet contents: approx 15 seeds

The packaging of this product is fully compostable, so once you have finished with it, it can be added to the compost heap, so nothing goes to landfill.

Musa Balbisiana, also known as plantain, is one of the ancestors of the modern cultivated bananas. It grows lush leaves in clumps with a more upright habit than most cultivated bananas. The flowers grow in bright shades from red to maroon. In colder climates, it needs to be kept frost free, so protection in winter is essential.

Preparation: Soak the seeds in tepid, sterilised or distilled water for about two days, change the water after the first day.

Sowing: Sow the seeds in sowing compost with coir, vermiculite or sand. Sow the seeds half covered with the growing medium and place them in either a propagator or cover with a plastic bag to maintain temperature and humidity. Once small shoots appear, move the seedling into peat free compost mixed with sand or vermiculite.

Required temperature to germinate: Daytime 30-35⁰C/Night 15-20⁰C

Germination time: 2-8 weeks

Potting on: Once small shoots appear, move the seedlings into peat free compost mixed with sand or vermiculate.

Tip: Place/plant banana plants out of the wind. Strong winds will quickly damage the large leaves.

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