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alaskanjungle

Banana noob - Help me ID my new tree?

16 years ago

Hi! I have never EVER had a banana tree before, but I seem to have acquired one! It appears to be healthy and thriving, and I hope to keep it that way. I was wondering if someone here might be so kind as to help me ID my tree? I assume it is a Cavandish (that's one of the varities, right?), but I am so new to this, I may be way off base.

I bought the tree from a lady on craigslist, and she did not know what it was. All she knew was that it was getting too big for her living room.

She told me to water it 1 qt a day. I think the current soil may be a bit heavy for what is ideal, and it desperately needs to be potted up. It will live in my living room all winter, and go out for daytime hours on the deck in the summer. But it will always be in at night, even in the summer.

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