Plant your banana in filtered light to part shade and keep it moist but not drenched. Once you have a sprouted pink banana, things get moving fast. Musa velutina flowers within the year with resulting fruit. The plant itself, in optimal conditions, can grow as tall as 7 feet in a single growing season.

The white flesh from inside the pink and hairy fruit that grows on these trees is edible and has a sweet taste.

Place one banana seed into each pot, about 3/8 inch below the surface of the soil. Cover the seed and then slip the peat pot into a plastic bag. Place the bagged pots in a bright room out of direct sunlight and away from drafts. Check the pots daily and add water when the medium begins to lighten in color.

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