Kern, who is chair of the West Los Angeles chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers, finally gave up growing Gros Michel, but ...

When you think of a banana, it's sweet, yellow, and seedless. But this wasn't always the case! Bananas once had a lot of big ...

A new genome mapping model uncovered 62 key trait loci in bananas, overcoming chromosomal barriers and aiding future crop ...

I started growing and writing about Rainbow Rhythm daylilies from my landscape perspective in Muscogee County, Georgia. That ...

My red Abyssinian banana (Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii') grew as a successful bonsai to about 1 metre tall, not bad for a tropical plant growing on the South Island's West Coast. I had it for many ...

COIMBATORE: Over 15,000 banana plantains were uprooted in a gale ... They said the government offers Rs 17,500 per hectare which is Rs 6 per plant against the loss of Rs 800 per plant.

In addition, working in fresh compost around the plant in addition to applying mulch will also help it to thrive. First of all, a banana plant is actually an herb, not a tree. As for fruit ...

plant only drought-hardy or moist soil species together. Red banana refers to a few species within the Ensete and Musa genera; they all thrive in full sun. The red Abyssinian banana (Ensete ...

Once you’re finished snacking on a banana, don’t throw the peel away. An expert has advised that blending them into juice can actually provide a great nutrient-filled drink for plants.

ERODE/TIRUPPUR: Following heavy rain and strong winds, over 50,000 banana plants have collapsed in various villages in Nambiyur, Bhavani and Anthiyur taluks of Erode district. Meanwhile ...

I wrote last time about a flowering shrub called pineapple guava, a plant that produces fruit that resemble neither pineapples nor guavas. Today I’ll talk to you about banana trees that produce ...

The endosperm of the enset plant is eaten locally and a fibre is extracted from the base of the stem ...