Hello,
I have a banana plant that is leaning over. It is now making fruit, and therefore the weight burden will increase. Should I leave it alone, and a bit of lean is okay, or should I support it?
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Provide it with strong support is what I would do.
I would put a 2x4 under it
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I’ve seen 2x4’s used in Fl to prop banana flowers…
I managed to overwinter indoors my basjoo and didn’t lose any of the pseudostem. If the banana is starting out now at 5 feet tall, how tall would it have to be to fruit? Isn’t there a rule about number of leaves or something?
I’m sure it will need to be in a bigger than 10 gal pot (and I know I could plant it, but I have no room for an in-ground banana at this point.
Scott
Support it by all means or a slight wind will knock it down. You can tie it with a rope to something sturdy.
Here is my first attempt at support. I got this idea from a lecture linked by a Gregalder.com post. It is 2 inch PVC pipe from a local hardware store. The angle was tough so it has a lean. I may have to modify this.
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Jon V also uses 2" PVC pipe and you can see a couple of illustrations on his website, about 1/2 way down the presentation:
http://webebananas.com/culture.html
There’s a ton of useful information there.