How to grow Babaco growing and care:
Wind-less, humidity
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Vegetative Reproduction
Is it necessary to use vegetative reproduction?
Yes
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Allelopathy, when the plant full of fruit can be break by the wind or the weight of the ftuits
Planting season:
All year
Pests and diseases:
Ants, spider mite
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
Old leaves, recommend not pruning the branches but if the branches break reccomand to cut and evening to cover it with paste or something
Size of the plant?
2-5 m, 6-15 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing / Medium growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
All year
General information about the flower
Yellow flowers small in trumpet shape
Pollination is done by:
Self pollination
Fruits information
Fruit harvest season:
All year
Fruits pests or diseases:
Birds
What can be done with big quantities of Babaco fruits?
Eaten raw, juice, dried fruit
Work requirements on the fruit:
Nothing special
How long does it take to bear fruit?
4-6 month
Ripening of fruit
Can be picked when the not fully ready and be wait that will ready at home
Scientific name:
Vasconcellea × heilbornii
Categories
Blooming Seasons |
- Autumn flowers
- Spring flowers
- Summer flowers
- Winter flowers
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Edible Parts |
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Culinary uses |
- Alcoholic beverages
- Dried fruit
- Eaten raw
- Fruit
- Ice pop & Ice cream plants
- Jams
- Juice
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Flower colors |
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Climate |
- Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Tropics Climate
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Harvest Season |
- Autumn Harvest
- Spring Harvest
- Summer Harvest
- Winter harvest
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Ornamental parts |
- Ornamental leaves
- Ornamental plant
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Plant growing speed |
- Average growing plants
- Fast growing plants
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Plant life-form |
- Evergreen
- Herbaceous
- Perennial plant
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Plant Uses |
- Edible plants
- Ornamental plants
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Planting Season |
- Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
- Summer planting
- Winter planting
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Plants sun exposure |
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Watering plants |
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Hardiness zone |
- Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 11
- Hardiness zone 12
- Hardiness zone 13
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