Feasible propagation methods
Even if a fully grown plant is available. The propagation of cuttings, which effortlessly helps us to obtain new specimens in many plant species, is a wasted effort here. These three methods promise more success:
- Propagation from seeds
- Finishing
- Propagation by root cuttings
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Propagation from seeds
You can the Pulling Indian bananas from seeds. However, this is associated with some effort, since it is a cold germ.
Some internet shops offer seeds for sale. Ten of them are priced under five euros. You can also get seeds from a ripe Indian banana, but you have to free them from the pulp.
- Put the seeds in sand and store them for 8 to 10 weeks at a temperature between 2 and 6 degrees Celsius.
- After that, sow the seeds in Potting soil the end.
- Set the Growing pots(€ 16.68 at Amazon *) bright and at least 20 degrees Celsius warm.
- Wait patiently for germination. This takes place after about 60 days, sometimes later. First the roots develop, later the above-ground shoots follow.
Tips
The sown trees should be grafted after about two years, otherwise they are rather small fruit will form.
Finishing
the Refinement of an Indian banana is the common method of propagation when it comes to getting a cultivar. As a starting point, an Indian banana must already be available, as well as a noble branch of the desired Indian banana variety.
But it is not always easy to get a suitable mat and a scion. So it may be that the expensive purchase of an already refined Indian banana is the better alternative. To make matters worse, the refinement requires technical skill and can therefore be a failure for a hobby gardener.
Propagation by root cuttings
The Indian banana has fleshy roots. That is why it can be propagated well by root cuttings:
- Begin propagation in autumn
- Cut off root pieces as thick as a finger from the mother plant
- pound in damp peat
- Store cool and frost-free until winter
- cut into pieces about 8 cm long in winter
- put in sand-peat mixture
- Sprinkle a 2 cm thick layer of slightly moist soil over it
- store in a cool place at the beginning
- Keep soil moderately moist all winter
As soon as the roots have grown visible above ground, the pots are made lighter.