Can banana seeds be planted?

It used to be that wild banana seeds have large particles and can be planted, but now bananas have been crossbred and the seeds become so small that they cannot be planted. So now bananas are generally propagated by sucking buds, tubers, ramets and tissue culture. The following is a brief introduction to the specific operation of these breeding methods.

Introduction to the propagation methods of banana

1. Tuber propagation

Tuber propagation is mainly used to cultivate a large number of buds in a short period of time. Using plants that have not yet blossomed or underground stems with large sucking buds (sprouting from October to November) as materials, the best time to cut into pieces is from November to January of the following year, most of them can germinate, and the seedlings in April, May and June can be planted with a height of 40cm to 50cm.

two。 Sucking bud propagation

Sucking bud propagation is a more traditional propagation method of banana planting, which mainly uses banana sword bud and jacket bud to propagate. The sword bud generally grew in November last year, exposed to the ground after the climate warming of the Beginning of Spring, and showed red color. It is usually dug up and planted in March-May in spring. On the other hand, the jacket buds generally grow in August-October in autumn, will temporarily wither in the time of drought and low temperature, and are usually dug out and planted in February-March in spring.

3. Ramet propagation

Ramet propagation is also propagated with sucking buds, which can be reserved as the next generation of mother plants or seedlings when the sucking buds grow to more than 40 centimeters. Ramet is to dig up the soil next to the sucking bud, separate it from the mother plant with tools, cut off the overlong and damaged roots, smear the plant ash and leave it in the shade to dry, and then plant it.

4. Tissue culture

It is generally used to cultivate disease-free seedlings and a large number of seedlings, but it is widely used in production at present. It adopts tissue culture and rapid propagation technology, which can not only move a large number of seedlings in a short time, but also remove diseases such as mosaic disease, which can obviously improve the yield.

The above reproduction methods are commonly used in banana planting, and you can take a look at them as a reference.