How to plant bananas for high yield and management methods

Banana is a common fruit in daily life. It is suitable for people of all ages and rich in nutrients. It likes hot and humid environment and is usually grown in southern regions. There are many ways to plant it, and it requires careful maintenance to harvest good quality and high-yield bananas.

Banana planting method

1. Bud propagation

Sucker bud cultivation is a more traditional banana planting method and also one of the most important cultivation methods. It mainly involves picking the sheath buds or sword buds for reproduction. The sword buds generally grow in November each year and are the red parts that emerge from the ground after the beginning of spring. The sheath buds grow from August to October and are the parts that are planted in February to March of the following year.

2. Tuber propagation

Tuber propagation is a method that can quickly cultivate a large number of seedlings in a short period of time. It is also a relatively common cultivation method. It uses plants that have not yet bloomed and borne fruit and underground tubers that sprout around October-November for planting. If they are planted before January of the following year, the germination rate is very high.

3. Division propagation

Division propagation is also one of the more common methods of banana cultivation. The principle is also to use suckers for propagation. When the suckers grow to about 40 cm, you can prepare for division. Dig up the soil next to it and use tools to peel it off from the mother plant. Cut off the damaged fibrous roots and then plant.

Banana planting tips

Bananas can be propagated in many ways, but seeds alone cannot be used to grow bananas. This is because the huge seeds contained in wild bananas have basically disappeared after many generations of long-term cultivation and improvement. The seeds are too weak and small to support the reproduction of bananas.