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Tropical lovelies

Did I mention I started bananas from seed?  I thought I had, but I’ve searched and can’t find any reference to it. I spotted a package of banana seed at Plant World very early in the season.  I was so curious, and I do love bananas (the plants; this is a non-eatin’ variety!).  So I bought it and planted the seeds – about 4-5 hazelnut-sized black ones – in a small salad container with nice seed-starting soil. Two have sprouted so far, a few weeks apart.  I’m not sure if I’m going to get any more.  Bananas aren’t the most fertile of plants to begin with, from what I understand. But isn’t it CUTE? The package directions say to replant it in as large a pot as you have… the only limitation on its growth is the size of its turf.  I can definitely see how it will be too big for this pot fairly soon. There’s another banana in the square-ish terracotta-coloured pot to the left of this one.  Much smaller, but it will catch up, I’m sure. Othe...