Garden Pests and Diseases: banana trees, 0 by trackinsand

trackinsand wrote:
if they keep getting nipped back by frost or freezes, be aware that they probably won't flower or set fruit the following summer. as long as they aren't killed to the ground, they will eventually have fruit. once that plant has produced fruit, it dies and the pups take its place. being killed to the ground isn't the end of your plants though. they will come back in spring.

they are heavy feeders and to look their best, need a good all purpose feed several times a year and lots of water also.

the year we moved to our present location, there were 4 hurricanes in the area. the lakes were full and beyond. these bananas in the picture were living in water when we bought the place. since then we've had several really cold winters and hard freezes and almost no rain. the bananas are still there but pitifully changed to struggling survivors.