Bretrick
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If I bury a peeled banana in rich soil, will a Banana Palm grow?
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The little black things in bananas are seeds?
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PeppermintPatty
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Yes you can grow bananas if you have the right growing conditions which is sunny and 60 plus degrees for 9 to 15 months.
Purwell
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I thought they were hybrids?
dilettante
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- Michigan
Many hybrids are fertile and can produce viable seeds, they just don't normally breed very true.
I don't know about bananas though.
I don't know about bananas though.
VaughanJB
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I had a neighbor in Houston, TX that had grown a huge banana tree in their yard. 
Sadly, banana's are in trouble.
When banana's were originally eaten, those little black seeds were big. It made eating them a little.... difficult. So over the years they bred them until what we get today - seedless. The tree's are grown by cuttings from other trees. Not only that, but a banana eaten 100 years ago would have tasted different - sweeter. However, that particular type died out due to disease. The variety we get today are good, but they're not as sweet. There are different types of banana, but these days a banana is a banana is a banana (we most commonly get the standard variety).
However, the disease that wiped out the original banana's is now turning up again, wiping out the current crops (known as a Cavendish). It's quite a concern for banana people, apparently.
Sadly, banana's are in trouble.
When banana's were originally eaten, those little black seeds were big. It made eating them a little.... difficult. So over the years they bred them until what we get today - seedless. The tree's are grown by cuttings from other trees. Not only that, but a banana eaten 100 years ago would have tasted different - sweeter. However, that particular type died out due to disease. The variety we get today are good, but they're not as sweet. There are different types of banana, but these days a banana is a banana is a banana (we most commonly get the standard variety).
However, the disease that wiped out the original banana's is now turning up again, wiping out the current crops (known as a Cavendish). It's quite a concern for banana people, apparently.
Happyflowerlady
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- Northern Alabama
We have some banana plants here in northern Alabama. They come up in the spring, grow over the summer and die back when it freezes in the late fall. We canāt get bananas from them because they do not live long enough to produce fruit, but each year the banana plants get larger and taller.
Here is a picture of ours, they are about 7 feet tall. They are all dead now because of the freeze we had around late November.
They produce little plants in the spring , like aloe vera plants do.
Here is a picture of ours, they are about 7 feet tall. They are all dead now because of the freeze we had around late November.
They produce little plants in the spring , like aloe vera plants do.
TJo
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- Ashland, Oregon
Obviously.
VaughanJB
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Actually, from what I understand, this isn't going to happen. The most commonly sold banana is a "Cavendish", and they've been bred as being seedless. You cannot simply plant a banana and have it grow. Not anymore.
I haven't researched further, but it may be possible to do so with our types of banana, but not the usual store bought variety.
Tom52
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- The Villages, Florida
When I was in my mid-teens, a common place to find a part time job was at the local super market. The initiation for all the new "grocery boys" began early on the first day with the store manager coming up to you and demanding that you rush to retrieve a package of "banana seeds" and bring them to him.
As if to help you out, the manager advised to ask any of the other "grocery boys" where to find them if you had problems locating them. Of course, since all the other "grocery boys" went thru this same farce on their first day, they were always happy to send you somewhere else in the store in search of the elusive banana seeds. After a short time you figured out you were on a wild goose chase and were just paying your dues.
As if to help you out, the manager advised to ask any of the other "grocery boys" where to find them if you had problems locating them. Of course, since all the other "grocery boys" went thru this same farce on their first day, they were always happy to send you somewhere else in the store in search of the elusive banana seeds. After a short time you figured out you were on a wild goose chase and were just paying your dues.