banana plant Question

[nycfatcow]

thinking about adding a banana plant into my tank... i was just curious after a while how come the bananas portions of the plants get soft and die?

 

[smn723]

My friend that has one said that it died off after sprouting a couple shoots. It does live a rather long time though. It requires at least medium lighting so some form of co2 would be advised. HTH

 

[nycfatcow]

agreed... i had bananas for 6 months growing and everything...but eventually they die off... i was just wondering why

 

[Hara]

"the bananas" store the nutrients for the rest of the plant. As the plant uses up the nutrients, the bananas die.

 

[nycfatcow]

so is it possible to play the remaining stems without the banana/?

 

[Hara]

I am not understanding your question.

 

[smn723]

Hara, think he means: so is it possible to plant the remaining stems without the banana?

 

[Hara]

oh, sorry..yes, you can plant the stems if they dont have bananas.

 

[Angry the Clown]

How can you get the plant to develop new bananas?

 

[rkilling1]

This article may help some of you with growing this plant:

http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Plants/Nymphoides.html