This video explains how to bag bananas with several gardening tips and tricks thrown into the mix including a special method I use to prevent the bag from blowing up and exposing the bananas accidentally and to prevent bats or other animals simply learning how to get under the bag and at the fruit. Thanks for your support 🙂
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very useful if i could grow bananas here
good clip but I really like the old way best. that was a personal view of you & what you grow. thanks anyway.
awesome video dude !!
Quick question, can you regrow a banana plant/palm from the flowers itself?Always wanted my own banana palm but can never find seedlings or small ones for sale /:
Great information and I want to thank you for turning me on to Prager U some episodes back. I looked back to see which video that was but could not find it. Did it get deleted?
A tad bit short but what a brilliant idea!
While I will never have the privilege of growing my own bananas, still enjoyed this How To video.
The bag with the opening at the bottom is an awesome idea. Very often, when i bag my bananas, humidity turns into water, add to that the heat, the bananas tend ripe a little too quickly. Very nice tip, thank you Mark.
been pretty lucky nothing eats mine here at Cameron Park nsw but the family
love the format! I wish I could grow bananas.
I made wire mesh cages that completely enclose the bunch.
The top has 2 folding flaps that enclose the stalk.
It's the only way I could stop all the bats, possums, rats, turkeys and parrots.
Before, they ripped through a double layer of woven plastic bags.
You need dwarf banana plants.
Here in nth qld we have dwarf banana plants that throw a bunch at the 6ft mark. Big bunches and lovely tasting bananas.
No step ladders needed.
Oh and thanks for the video.
I use garbage bags to keep fruit fly off.
Thank you for putting up a variety of videos . This one reminded me of the banana farm that used to be on the coast of Southern California and their ice cream bananas. They were little , about as long as a finger, and tasted like vanilla and cream. What kind do you grow?
Great job Mark, bad it and tag it !! Seeya Rob
Good morning.
I have a question for you. I’ve seen some people who have raised beds (say a 4 foot raised bed) take a 3.5 foot pvc four inch in diameter drill out holes of varying sizes in the bottom 3 feet and place in the soil with only maybe .5 sticking out (with no holes present). They put on a male threading on top so they can cap it. They add their produce trim waste to it, cap it, and introduce worms in their beds.
I have not seen this done a lot but some in the US and more in other countries as I travel.
What are your thoughts on this? I cannot have a traditional composting set up where I live due to HOA rules.
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
P.S.: since watching your videos this past year, it’s been a game changer for my family and I. We now eat 2 of our three meals vegan. We use as much from the garden as we can and buy straight from local farms here in Texas for the rest. We have built a new 14 foot bed in the back, 2- 8 foot beds in the front and 4- 14×6 beds in a community garden we got a membership to. Everyday is a day of learning and it’s been great. So thank you!
This is the top banana of garden videos. How could you possibly top a banana video? Well, maybe with a topless video next time ;-).
Awesome explanation. I just bought two banana palms yesterday here in Sydney.
Can't wait for my first bunch.
Where did you get the bags from by the way?
Thank you for your video, it is great. I need more detail re when to apply the bag? I have a possum in my roof and bats that fly over at night and birds all day long. I have chooks too. My bananas have just appeared, there is about 10 bananas starting to form, around 2 inches with clear flower like areas. Should I place the bag on now or wait? If so when should I put the bag on? How can I protect them now? One thing I have been told is the many bananas plantations take hens that no longer lay, free and let the scratch around their plantation for the chook manures that make there harvest so much better.
Thanks for the tip, but does anyone know of the poles that farmers use to bag bunches without needing a ladder? (using a large elastic band). My bananas are very difficult to get to with a ladder.
Where can u get the bags and or info on the mesh cages. Tku
i love banana heart flower, here in Philippines we ate that, u can make salad or cook for sinigang and ginataan,
I would love to know where to get a few of these bags. I made two wire mesh cages but they're a pain to take on and off, especially when I would like to harvest a hand or two of bananas at a time to avoid having to deal with a glut of them at once. I live in Southern Florida and can't seem to find any USA based sellers of these bags, mostly in Australia or Asia and even that is difficult to navigate an order.
Where to purchase bags? Thank you for the video.
Wow very helpful! I’ve just got my first flower ever on my finger banana plant and am very excited.
Top video, cheers
Where did you get the bags? Thanks a bunch 🙂
Love your work Mark. If I have a question you always seem to have an answer. Keep up the great work.
Hey buddy. Where do I get the bags from?