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Bananas are one of our best sources of potassium, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. Since the average banana contains a whopping 467 mg of potassium and only 1 mg of sodium, a banana a day may help to prevent high blood pressure. Bananas have long been recognized for their antacid effects that protect against stomach ulcers and ulcer damage. Could be World's Healthiest Food.
How do bananas grow? A banana plant takes about 9 months to grow up and produce a bunch of bananas. Then the mother plant dies. But around the base of it are many suckers, baby plants.
At the base of a banana plant, under the ground, is a big rhizome, called the corm.
The corm has growing points and they turn into new suckers. These suckers can be taken off and transplanted, and one or two can be left in a position to replace the mother plant.
How to get started growing bananas. Bananas can handle extreme heat (if they have enough water), but they don't like it. They can handle cool weather for a short while, but they don't like that either.
You need very rich soil. If you don't have good soil to start with, make some. Planting bananas You can not grow good edible bananas from seeds. Keep the fertilizer close to the trunk as bananas don't have a big root system.
Growing banana fruit You may see your first flower emerge after about six months, depending on the weather. Leave the leaves around it, especially the one protecting the top bend of the stalk from sunburn! As the purple flower petals curl back and drop off they reveal a "hand" of bananas under each. Each banana is a "finger" You may get anything between four to a dozen or more full hands. Then, under the next petal, you'll see a hand of teeny weeny excuses for bananas. Those are the male fingers. The male fingers just dry and drop off. Only the stalk remains. They will eventually ripen on the bunch, and those bananas taste the best.
ALOCASIA and COLOCASIA
are giant leafy (mostly) tropical plants. Colocasia’s are what we primarily call “elephant ears,” but alocasias (upright elephant ears) slip in there, too. All our are grown from disease-free top quality Tissue Cultures; In the late 1990s and early 2000s, when tropical plants in temperate places became the hot (pun intended) design trend, plant breeders selected, developed, and released elephant ears with varying leaf colors and sizes. They’re fantastic for quick summer greenery and a lush look in the landscape. When & Where to Plant - Elephant Ears are warm-weather plants. Light: Most plants grow best in partial to full shade. Soil: Grow elephant ears in moist, loamy soil with a high organic matter content Spacing: Spacing depends on the variety you’re growing. You could need anywhere from 2 feet to 6 feet between plants to allow them enough room to spread out. Planting: When planting new elephant ears or re-planting for the spring, set plants in the garden when nighttime temperatures are consistently 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit. Most elephant ears will grow to be at least 4 feet wide, so give them space! Plant plants 2-4 feet apart, 2 inches deep in moist, well-drained soil high in organic matter. You can grow the smaller varieties in large containers. (Large, as in whiskey-barrel-sized containers.) If growing in containers you’ll have to keep the soil evenly, and constantly moist. Watering: These are high water plants. The more water they get the bigger they’ll grow. Some varieties will even thrive when planted in a pot and grown as a marginal pond plant. (Pot fully submerged.) Containers will need to be watered daily during the summer. Plan on giving plants at least 2-3 inches of water per week. Fertilizing: Elephant ears are heavy eaters, as well as drinkers. Fertilize monthly with a general fertilizer of choice. Organic slow-release fertilizers will last longer, so choose something like bonemeal or bloodmeal when possible. Trimming & Pruning: Plants will produce new leaves throughout the growing season. Remove wilted, browning, or ratty leaves by cutting them off at the base of the plant.
Banana and Fruit Plants Growing Information
Broad, long, graceful leaves and rapid growth-commonly reaching full size in just a few months make banana a favorite plant for providing a tropical look to pool and patio areas. The development of bananas after growing about 45 leaves, is a source of both pride and amazement to those unfamiliar with banana culture.
Banana is a tropical herbaceous plant consisting of an underground corm and a trunk (pseudostem) comprised of concentric layers of leaf sheaths. At 10 to 15 months after the emergence of a new plant, its true stem rapidly grows up through the center and emerges as a terminal inflorescence that bears fruit.
The flowers appear in groups (hands) along the stem and are covered by purplish bracts that roll back and shed as the fruit stem develops. The first hands appear to contain female flowers which will develop into bananas (usually seedless in edible types)
The number of hands of female flowers varies from a few to more than 10, after which numerous hands of sterile flowers appear and shed in succession, followed by numerous hands of male flowers which also shed. Generally, a bract rolls up and sheds to expose a new hand of flowers almost daily.
Be careful when buying field-grown banana tree offshoots or offsets. Many have plant diseases. Some growers sell banana tree water shoots which have big leaves when small, these banana plants are not very good for landscaping or bananas. Remove these as they grow and keep the good banana tree baby offshoots (corms) that have a sword-like thin leaves until 3' tall.
Starting new plants from the main clump is a rather easy procedure that requires only a spade to break off a sucker or "pup" from the main pseudostem. This is done by digging straight down between the main stem and around the "pup". I typically dig down at least 2 ft. and dig around the perimeter of the pup and with one final scoop, you have yourself a new banana plant!
Climate
Banana is a tropical plant that grows best under warm conditions. In colder areas where banana is used mostly as an ornamental, new plants are obtained and planted each spring.
Soil and Site Selection
Bananas grow in a wide variety of soils, as long as the soil is deep and has good internal and surface drainage. The effect of poorly drained soils can be partly overcome by planting in raised beds, as the plant does not tolerate poor drainage or flooding.
The planting site should be chosen for protection from wind and cold weather, if possible. The warmest location in the home landscape is near the south or southeast side of the house.
The first priority to consider when growing banana is to use the proper growing media. Use a potting mix because it will dry out fast and that is when the roots will grow. Just do not keep it wet during the first month. The shade is best for a few days when they come out of the box
Fruits The ovaries contained in the first (female) flowers grow rapidly, developing without pollination into clusters of fruits, called hands. The number of hands varies with the species and variety. The fruit (technically a berry) turns from deep green to yellow or red and may range from 2-1/2 to 12 inches in length and 3/4 to 2 inches in width.
Location: Bananas require as much warmth as can be given them. Additional warmth can be given by planting next to a building. Planting next to cement or asphalt walks or driveways also helps. Wind protection is advisable, not for leaf protection as much as for the protection of the plant after the banana stalk has appeared.
During these last few months propping should be done to keep the plant from tipping or being blown over. Soil: Bananas will grow in most soils, but to thrive, they should be planted in rich, well-drained soil. The best possible location would be above an abandoned compost heap. They prefer acid soil with a pH between 5.5 and 6.5. The banana is not tolerant of salty soils.
Irrigation: The large leaves of bananas use a great deal of water. Do not let plants dry out, but do not overwater. Standing water, especially in cool weather, will cause root rot. Plants grown in dry summer areas such as Southern California need periodic deep watering to help leach the soil of salts. Spread a thick layer of mulch on the soil to help conserve moisture and protect the shallow roots. Container-grown plants should be closely watched to see that they do not dry out. An occasional deep watering to leach the soil is also helpful.
Fertilization: Their rapid growth rate makes bananas heavy feeders. During warm weather, apply a balanced fertilizer once a month-- an 8:10:8 NPK fertilizer appears to be adequate. A mature plant may require as much as 1-1/2 to 2 pounds of the above fertilizer each month. Young plants need a quarter to a third as much. Spread the fertilizer evenly around the plant in a circle extending 4 - 8 feet from the trunk. Do not allow the fertilizer to come in contact with the trunk. Feed container plants on the same monthly schedule using about half the rate for outside plants.
Frost Protection: Bananas flourish best under uniformly warm conditions but can survive 28° F for short periods. If the temperature does not fall below 22° F and the cold period is short, the underground rhizome will usually survive. To keep the plants that are above ground producing, protection against low temperatures is very important. Wrap trunk or cover with blanket if the plants are small and low temperatures are predicted.
Pruning: Only one primary stem of each rhizome should be allowed to fruit. All excess shoots should be removed as soon as they are noticed. This helps channel all of the plant's energy into fruit production. Once the main stalk is 6 - 8 months old, permit one sucker to develop as a replacement stalk for the following season. When the fruit is harvested, cut the fruiting stalk back to 30 inches above the ground. Remove the stub several weeks later. The stalk can be cut into small pieces and used as mulch.
Pests and Diseases: Bananas have few troublesome pests or diseases outside the tropics. Root rot from cold wet soil is by far the biggest killer of banana plants in our latitudes. Gophers topple them, and snails and earwigs will crawl up to where they can get continuous water, but these pests do not bother the plant.
Fruit Harvest: Stalks of bananas are usually formed in the late summer and then winter over. In March they begin "plumping up" and may ripen in April. Occasionally, a stalk will form in early summer and ripen before cold weather appears. The fruit can be harvested by cutting the stalk when the bananas are plump but green. For tree-ripened fruit, cut one hand at a time as it ripens. Once harvested the stalk should be hung in a cool, shady place. Since ethylene helps initiate and stimulate ripening, and mature fruit gives off this gas in small amounts, ripening can be hastened by covering the bunch with a plastic bag. Plantains are starchy types that are cooked before eating.
Cold protection of the top is possible by the use of coverings and heat sources, but such is not often practical. However, in colder locations, soil can be banked around the trunk just before a projected cold spell to better protect the underground buds, which will allow the plant to regenerate in the coming spring. Unprotected but well-established bananas across the south with some exceptions, regenerated after freezes.
Some people dig the entire plant, rhizome and all, remove the leaves and store the plant, dry, in a heated area over winter. To assure survival, it is easier to dig small suckers, severed very close to the parent rhizome, and pot them for overwintering indoors.
After fruiting, the mother plant which bore should be cut off near ground level, as it can never produce again. The old trunk will quickly decompose if cut into three or four pieces, with each piece then being split lengthwise. Use the remains in a mulch bed or compost heap.
Tattered older leaves can be removed after they break and hang down along the trunk.
Production: Maturity and Use Most bananas will produce the flower bud within 10 to 15 months of emergence as a new sucker, depending mostly on the variety and extent of cool/cold weather. Most production north of the lower Rio Grande Valley occurs in the spring and summer following a particularly mild winter.
The reddish-purple bracts of the flower roll back and split to expose a hand of bananas, usually at the rate of one per day. After all hands with viable fruit are exposed, the bracts continue to roll back and split for several weeks, leaving a bare stem between the fruit and the bud.
Well-tended bananas in commerce produce fruit stems approaching 100 pounds, but such yields are rare under most conditions. The more delicately flavored, small-fruited varieties may attain stem weights of 35 to 40 pounds. Most producers readily accept the production of stems having only two or three hands, although six to eight hands per stem is common for well-tended plants.
The entire stem (bunch) should be cut off when the individual bananas are plump (full) and rounded. Although green in color, the fruit is mature and will ripen to good eating quality. The stem of the fruit should be hung in a cool, shaded place to ripen. Ripening will proceed naturally in a few days (if properly harvested) but can be hastened by enclosing the bunch in a plastic bag with a sliced apple for about a day. Once ripening starts on the oldest hand, the entire bunch will ripen within a couple of days.
Ripe bananas are consumed fresh out-of-hand, in salads, compotes, ice-cream dishes, and pudding. Overripe fruit can be pureed in a blender for use in ice cream and baking. Both dessert and cooking bananas may be fried or baked, but the cooking bananas are generally more starchy until nearly spoiled ripe, and their fresh flavor is not so good. Green (mature but not ripe) bananas and plantains can also be sliced thinly and fried for a starchy treat.
Description/Taste: The beautiful and stately banana "tree" grows about one hundred pounds of bananas. Bananas are cut and left in large clusters just as they grew. Cut while still green and unripe, the flesh of the banana is very dense and starchy. As the banana ripens, the flesh becomes somewhat sticky and deliciously sweet. A very popular fruit, a ripe banana offers a satisfying soothing flavor and a wonderful creamy texture.
Nutritional Value: Bananas are one of the FDA's top twenty fruits. An excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B-6, and potassium, they provide fiber, and are low in fat, cholesterol-free, and low in sodium. A regular-sized banana has about 95 calories. Some medications for controlling blood pressure deplete the body's storage of potassium. One banana eaten each day restores the balance of potassium. Recognized as an important part of the diet and to lower the chances of cancer, at least five servings daily of either fruits or vegetables are recommended. A recent study found that eating nine or ten daily servings of fruits and vegetables, combined with three servings of low-fat dairy products, was effective in lowering blood pressure.
To whiten teeth on the cheap. No need to spend a fortune on professional whitening treatments at the dentist. Let banana peels do the job instead. Make it a point to rub the inner white side of a peel against freshly brushed teeth for about two minutes daily. The combination of plaque-busting, astringent salicylic acid and gently bleaching citric acid in banana peels will efficiently lighten surface stains on teeth without eroding the enamel. With this clever trick, you'll have bright pearly whites by the end of the week.
To buff away scuffs on leather shoes. We spend a bunch load on leather shoes, but, sadly, the scuffs and stains on the toes are just unavoidable. To get them back in mint condition, lightly rub the spots with the white side of a banana peel, then wipe with a clean cotton cloth. The peels potassium content (a key ingredient in leather polish) will be absorbed into the leather and diminish the marks almost immediately, leaving your shoes looking pristine.
Bananas are one of our best sources of potassium, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. Since the average banana contains a whopping 467 mg of potassium and only 1 mg of sodium, a banana a day may help to prevent high blood pressure. Bananas have long been recognized for their antacid effects that protect against stomach ulcers and ulcer damage. Could be World's Healthiest Food.
How do bananas grow? A banana plant takes about 9 months to grow up and produce a bunch of bananas. Then the mother plant dies. But around the base of it are many suckers, little baby plants.
At the base of a banana plant, under the ground, is a big rhizome, called the corm.
The corm has growing points and they turn into new suckers. These suckers can be taken off and transplanted, and one or two can be left in a position to replace the mother plant.
Great, so now you know what to do once you have bananas growing in your garden, but how do you start?
How to get started growing bananas. Bananas can handle extreme heat (if they have enough water), but they don't like it. They can handle cool weather for a short while, but they don't like that either.
You need very rich soil. If you don't have good soil to start with, make some. Incorporate lots and lots of compost before you plant your bananas (wood ash for extra potassium doesn't hurt either), and then mulch them very thickly. And keep mulching and feeding them!
Planting bananas You can not grow decent edible bananas from seeds. Good Edible Banana plants don't produce big seeds.
You just need to sprinkle on some fertilizer every now and then, to replace what you took out of the system when you took the bananas. Keep the fertilizer close to the trunk as bananas don't have a big root system.
Growing banana fruit You may see your first flower emerge after about six months, depending on the weather. Leave the leaves around it, especially the one protecting the top bend of the stalk from sunburn!
As the purple flower petals curl back and drop off they reveal a "hand" of bananas under each. Each banana is a "finger"
You may get anything between four to a dozen or more full hands. Then, under the next petal, you'll see a hand of teeny weeny excuses for bananas. Those are the male fingers.
The male fingers just dry and drop off. Only the stalk remains. If you let it grow it will eventually reach the ground.
They will eventually ripen on the bunch, and those bananas taste the best. But once they start they ripen very quickly, faster than you can eat or use them. So you may as well cut the top hands off a bit earlier and ripen them on the kitchen bench.
You can also cut the whole bunch and hang it somewhere if you need to protect it from possums or birds or other thieves. But then all bananas will ripen at once! So be prepared.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3522 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Received citrus trees in great shape in a timely and economical manner.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3489 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Good Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Quick to respond to my emailed questions regarding the product I purchased and provided helpful information. Very satisfied with the purchase.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3487 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Good Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Banana plant arrived very healthy and was pleased with its size. Shipping was extremely fast and affordable. I will definitely purchase plants from this merchant again.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3440 Rating: Good Comments: Price Rating: OK Shipping Options Rating: OK Delivery Rating: Awful Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Good Title: Body: Some delay in receiving the item. I had to contact the merchant for reason but they followed up by sending out the next day along with adding an extra item at no cost to me.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3429 Rating: Good Comments: Price Rating: OK Shipping Options Rating: Good Delivery Rating: Good Ease Of Purchase Rating: Good Customer Service Rating: Good Title: Body:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3423 Rating: Good Comments: Price Rating: Good Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3393 Rating: Good Comments: Price Rating: OK Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PURCHASE WAS A DELIGHTFULLY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3379 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Good Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Banana plants came in very healthy. More so than I expected compared to Stokes Tropical. WILL do business with them again!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3373 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: plants were exceptional quality, fastest shipping I've ever seen! I love my trees Thank You, Brenda
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3371 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: The service was excellent. I received an email confirmation shortly after placing the order and received the book 3 days later. I haven't completely read the book yet but I am very pleased so far. It has all of the helpful information that I was expecting plus more. I highly recommend this seller and would definitely buy from again.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3346 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3333 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: WOW! That was fast delivery. Quality product too.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3312 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Not Rated Title: Body: The plants that I received were a very nice....very good size for the price and healthy! I cannot complain about anything really.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3293 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body:
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3270 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Greenearth Publishing Inc is simply superb easy to order from great to respond to questions.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3258 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: I purchased a book on the greenhouse business. I was pleasantly surprised to come home the very next day and find it in my mailbox! Also, the author has been kind enough to answer some questions by email.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3234 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Plants arrived today in good condition, instructions included. Prices were good and the plants were promptly shipped. Very pleasant experience.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3124 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Good Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Great service, very reliable and fast! Great overall!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3123 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Good Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: Great service, great product great overall!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3100 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: OK Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3088 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: OK Shipping Options Rating: Good Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Body: excellent service
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3034 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Good Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Great Company Sells Cool Plants Body: I really like this merchant. Takes care of the customer to the max. I will order again from them. Good products, good quality, and honest customer service.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 3010 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: straightforward Body: I make purchases all the time online and once again it was like always straightforward, just what I expect.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2982 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Good Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: OK Title: Good Prices & Quick Delivery Body: I ordered 2 Banana Trees and they were delivered in less than a week!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2976 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Great Business Body: I thank you so much for your ease of purchase. I will gladly do business with you again!!!!!!!!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2938 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Excellent Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Good Title: Second Experience As Good As The First Body: I purchased a banana tree from Greenearth recently. It arrived quickly and in really good condition. This is the second time I have ordered banana plants - my other two plants from the earlier order are growing and continue to look healthy. There were instructions included with the plants that were helpful. The only suggestion I would offer is to provide an email address on those instructions should a customer have additional questions or want to order more plants. (I had to look around to find the address the 2nd time because I didn't keep the information handy!)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2935 Rating: Excellent Comments: Price Rating: Good Shipping Options Rating: Excellent Delivery Rating: Excellent Ease Of Purchase Rating: Excellent Customer Service Rating: Excellent Title: Banana Plant Body: The product arrived in very good condition. Instructions are easy to follow. Easy ordering on the web and very quick delivery.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2909 Rating: Good Comments: No problems. Thanks
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2904 Rating: Excellent Comments: The order was here faster then I had expected. Thank you
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2890 Rating: Excellent Comments: I really enjoyed the quality and speed of the plants and the delivery. I liked the low postage rate. The plants were the biggest I've seen come through the mail.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order: 2889 Rating: Excellent Comments: I liked the service and I will by more, the plant are super thank you, Ted
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