Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 20 Jul 2024

Why Bananas? They are good for you and are fun to grow!

Red Banana

Red Banana

Praying Hands Banana

Praying Hands Banana

Banana fruit

Banana fruit

Rojo Banana

Rojo Banana

Variegated Banana

Variegated Banana

🍌 Why Bananas? They are good for you and are fun to grow!

  • 💛 Bananas are berries, not fruits!
  • 💛 They float in water like apples and watermelons.
  • 💛 Bananas are high in potassium, which helps muscles work properly.
  • 💛 They can improve your mood because they contain tryptophan, which your body turns into serotonin.
  • 💛 Bananas are great for your heart because they have lots of fiber and potassium.
  • 💛 Eating bananas can help with digestion since they are rich in fiber.
  • 💛 They are a natural energy booster, perfect for a quick snack.
  • 💛 Bananas can help keep your blood pressure in check due to their low sodium and high potassium content.
  • 💛 They contain vitamins like B6 and C, which are good for your immune system.
  • 💛 Rubbing the inside of a banana peel on mosquito bites can reduce itching and swelling.


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Date: 10 Aug 2025

Why every garden needs a banana tree (or three!)

Bananas

🍌 Why every garden needs a banana tree (or three!)

  • 🍌 Peel this: Banana secrets revealed.
  • The truth about bananas is - Bananas are everyone's favorite snack. Sweet, nutritious, and loaded with potassium. They're great for muscle cramps, post-workout recovery, and quick energy. But did you know you can grow your own bananas, even in a small backyard or container?
  • 🍌Banana Trees (Musa x acuminata) are:

  • 🟡Super easy to grow
  • 🟡Fast-growing and low maintenance
  • 🟡Clumping and self-reproducing
  • 🟡Beautiful and tropical-looking with their big, tropical leaves and showy, exotic flowers

  • 🍌Dwarf varieties fit in tight spaces, and rare types like Red Bananas or the creamy Banana Ice Cream bring flavors you’ll never find at the grocery store. Plus, your own bananas are organic, fresh, and way tastier.
  • 🍌 Start your banana patch today - and enjoy your own homegrown fruit all year long!


🛒 Explore Banana Varieties

📚 Learn more about Banana varieties:



📱Red Leaves, Red Fruit, Real Wow Banana

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Date: 17 May 2025

How to double your banana crop without extra space

Banana Double Mahoi

🍌 How to double your banana crop without extra space

  • 🍌 Double Mahoi - is a Cavendish banana variety that typically produces a double stalk of bananas in its second year, boosting the harvest. It is one of the most popular banana varieties for home growers - and for good reason! Here's what makes it so great:
  • 🍌 Double the Fruit: After the first fruiting, this variety often produces a second flower stalk - two harvests from one plant, which is rare among bananas.
  • 🍌 Heavy Producer: Known for large, dense bunches of sweet, dessert-type bananas. One plant can produce up to 100 bananas per cycle!
  • 🍌 Dwarf Size: Grows only about 6 to 8 feet tall, making it perfect for smaller yards, containers, or even patios.
  • 🍌 Tasty Fruit: The bananas are sweet, soft, and flavorful, similar to the classic Cavendish but often fresher and more satisfying.
  • 🍌 Self-Pollinating & Reliable: Easy to grow, doesn't need another plant to fruit, and performs well with basic care.
  • 🍌 Great for Containers: Compact growth and fast fruiting make it ideal for container growing - even indoors with enough light.
  • 🍌 Fast Fruiting: Can begin producing in 12-18 months under good conditions.
  • 🍌 Why everyone wants Double Mahoi Banana? Because it's the most productive dwarf banana for home gardens. You get lots of fruit, it doesn't take up much space, and you can grow it in almost any warm climate - or in a pot anywhere else. Double Mahoi is the go-to banana for gardeners who want reliable harvests in a small footprint.


🛒 Grow twice the Bananas - plant Double Mahoi

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Date: 11 Oct 2024

Top 10 fruit youll ever need for your health benefits:

Bananas

Bananas

😼 Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits:
#5 Banana
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  • 🟡Bananas are rich in potassium, which helps regulate blood pressure and supports heart health.
  • 🟡They provide a quick source of energy and are great for post-workout recovery.
  • 🟡The fiber in bananas aids digestion and promotes gut health.
  • 🟡East them fresh, add to smoothies, bake into breads and desserts, or use in various savory dishes.


📚 More about Banana from previous posts:



🛒 Plant a Banana Tree

#Food_Forest #Remedies #Bananas

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Date: 9 Jan 2025

NEW VIDEO:
How to get variegated vanilla bananas.
Discovering natural banana with seeds

with Fermin Garcia

We got a variegated banana from Thailand, planted it at our farm and started fertilizing with our famous Sunshine Rubusta (featured in our earlier blog: Sunshine Boosters Winter Use - The magic fertilizer in action.

In just a few months, it grew into a massive banana tree - one of the largest we've ever seen! Soon, a flower spike appeared, followed by variegated bananas. As they ripened, they turned yellow and developed a sweet vanilla flavor, with seeds! These are natural bananas, not modified. In today's video, we're showing how we harvested the fruit, tasted it, and discovered the seeds...

We've named this banana Fermin's Vanilla Delight Banana (Musa x paradisiaca). Fermin planted the seeds and we hope to have these plants soon. Add item 6379 to your wishlist and be the first to know when they're ready!

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Use Sunshine Robusta magic fertilizer to have your bananas (and everything else) grow like crazy! It is safe to use all Sunshine Boosters year around with every watering.

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