{"id":14727,"date":"2022-07-24T03:48:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T03:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecofamilylife.com\/?p=14727"},"modified":"2022-07-24T20:05:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T20:05:59","slug":"why-bananas-do-not-have-seeds-top-4-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecofamilylife.com\/garden\/why-bananas-do-not-have-seeds-top-4-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bananas Do Not Have Seeds | Top 4 Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fruits usually have seeds simply because they need those seeds to reproduce. If you think about apples, mangoes, and other fruit, they all have pits or seeds in them, but bananas do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bananas do not have seeds simply because they don\u2019t need them. This is because modern bananas grow quite different from the way other fruits grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are a few interesting facts about bananas<\/a> and why they do not have seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Banana trees are actually herbs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Instead of a fruit tree, banana trees are actually very large herbaceous flowering plants, which is why they grow and reproduce differently than other types of fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With fruit such as apples, the seeds fall to the ground and get buried, and a new tree grows from those seeds. Banana on the other hand can grow and divide by extending their underground rhizome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New stems will grow from the rhizome and can be divided off into new plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Banana Trees stems die back after fruiting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the season and after the fruit is harvested, the banana tree<\/a> plant dies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suckers, which are small bulbs growing underground, are replanted at this point, and new plants grow from these. Because of this, bananas just don\u2019t need seeds as other fruits do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. SOME Bananas Do Have Seeds!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Though rare, some bananas do actually have seeds. You find these types of bananas mostly in Southeast Asia and East Africa, where you can find tiny black seeds once you open up the fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is said that the seeds taste somewhat like almonds or hazelnuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In most of the world, however, bananas do not have any seeds in them. Modern varieties have been selected to grow large delicious fruit without seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Banana Seeds are the Result of Stress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yet another reason most bananas have no seeds is that the seeds are the result of stress while the plant is growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certain chemicals or conditions, most notably too much nitrogen, can cause stress on the plant as it grows and cause it to develop seeds on the inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Grow Bananas without seeds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bananas can be grown either outdoors or indoors, but first, it\u2019s good to know that there are two different types of bananas. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n