There are few people who do not like bananas. This sweet overseas fruit is on the shelves of our supermarkets all year round, as it sings quite quickly and for a year there are several such cycles at the plant. Let's find out where the bananas grow and how they are grown.
In which countries do bananas grow?
In the expanses of the former USSR, fruits now fall mainly from Ecuador , whereas earlier they were imported to us from Cuba - a friendly island nation. So the answer to the question, in which natural zone the banana grows, is obvious - it is cultivated in the tropics, where the climate is hot and humid enough.
But not only these states are producers and suppliers of bananas to the world market. Also they include some African states, as well as Latin America (Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama).
But most of all the bananas are grown by India and China, and it is here that the birthplace of bananas, here they appeared first of all. But not all of them go for export, but serve more for the personal consumption of the population of these countries. Bananas from Asia are not so easy to meet on sale in the European market.
No matter how strange it sounds, bananas are grown on the Scandinavian islands, namely in Iceland. How is this possible, in such an uncomfortable climate with a minimum of sunny days and a fairly cool temperature?
All is simple - bananas grow in huge greenhouses where there are all conditions for their maturing - bright light, high humidity and temperature. Imported to Iceland, bananas were still in the 30s of last century and through time became one of the directions of the country's exports.
Do bananas grow in Russia?
Due to the harsh climate of most of the Russian Federation, banana cultivation is impossible. But this concerns only cultivation in the open air. But in the greenhouse, this is quite realistic, and some amators for the sake of entertainment are engaged in the cultivation of this overseas fruit and have an excellent result.
In Sochi, Anapa and Gelendzhik, you can also meet this plant, but not in a greenhouse, but in the open air. True fruit here does not come out - they just do not have time to mature. So bananas here grow only in the form of decor for planting the site.
Do bananas grow on palm trees?
Often in cartoons show how bananas are torn from a tall palm tree, topped with bunches and a green top. But it turns out these fruits do not grow on trees at all.
It turns out that a banana grows on the grass. Yes-yes, this herb is a plant, but not in the usual sense of the word. This grass is simply huge size, reaching 15 meters in height, and the width of the sheet is about one meter. Such giants grow in the tropics.
The plant itself does not have a stem, it is made up by leaves, rushing upwards and fitting tightly to each other. The flower from which the bananas then only get one and when it fades, a huge cluster of 60 or more bananas is formed in its place, which are tightly attached to the base.
Harvesting
As soon as the bunch grows up, it is packed in a linen or cellophane bag so that it is not damaged by volatile
When the bananas are ready for harvesting workers, and they are working wrongly, establish a kind of conveyor belt on the plantation. After this, one inclines the trunk with fruits and the sharp ax makes a bunch.
At this time, the task of the second worker to prevent the trauma of the grapes - he simply must catch it. After that bags with banana bunches are hung on hooks and on a cable go to a place of washing, disinfection and packing.