I bought a banana tree in August of 2021 and never thought it would actually fruit. I was walking by it the other night and saw something purple/maroon out of the corner of my eye. Popped my head between some leaves and was greeted by some baby bananas!

    • cybervseasEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Wow she’s beautiful. A dwarf banana tree? Or full size? Now I’m concerned that the one I have in my indoor pond is going to get too huge.

      • zdangerOPEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Yeah. It’s a dwarf cavendish. It’s about 6 feet tall to the end of the leaves

        • cybervseasEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Wow okay. If mine gets that big I’ll be prepared with how I’ll keep her in my pond. Let’s see!!

          • zdangerOPEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            Good luck. That’s a cool pond to have in the house. Any fish in it?

            • cybervseasEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              Yep! Some platinum medaka (japanese rice fish), a whole dozen white cloud mountain minnows, some shy peacock gudgeons, and a bunch of goofy gold laser corys. And so many orange shrimp and some snails.

              • zdangerOPEnglish
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                9 months ago

                That’s really cool. Is there much maintenance involved?

                • cybervseasEnglish
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  So far not really. The plants keep the water clean, the fish produce fertilizer for the plants. A bunch of different microfauna help with the cycle and also provide tasty snacks for the fish in between feedings. I can leave for about a week at a time and everything is fine.

                  Two things recently were I had to set up a snail trap to reduce their population, and I’m currently dealing with a cloudy water situation where normally it’s crystal clear.