Question

Can bananas be grown hydroponically?

Answer 1

Hint: Roots of plants are directly immersed in nutrient solution for the cultivation of plants then this technique is known as soil less culture or hydroponics.
The commercial production of crops involving the technique hydroponics is known as tank farming. Hydroponics are mainly useful in areas having dry soil and infertile and they grow free of soil pathogens because the crops are grown in water and that’s why they do not require weeding and the crops obtained are having good yield.

Complete Answer-
A mineral solution was obtained that is suitable for the plant growth by adding or removing an element or given in varied concentration. With the help of this, we easily identified the essential elements and their deficiency symptoms. This is suitable for the cultivation of various vegetables such as tomato, seedless cucumber and lettuce.
Yes, bananas can be grown hydroponically but special measures has to be taken –
Dwarfing is done on the tree from an early stage to fit the banana tree in the hydroponic system.
Actually the size of a tree is 16 ft high but by the help of dwarfing the height will reach around 8 ft.
Growing a medium and hydroponic system is the best medium for bananas.
A banana tree is shown below:

The pH of the nutrient solution is 5.5 to 6.5. Bananas are water lovers and roots are highly susceptible to root rot so, according to this, make sure the nutrient medium is sufficient enough.
Light required by the banana tree 4-6 hours every day.

Note:
A German botanist, Julius Sachs in 1860 demonstrated that plants could be grown to maturity in defined nutrient solution in the absence of soil. There are various methods involved in the culture of plants in a soil free environment, defined as a mineral solution. In these the roots are immersed in nutrient medium and the single nutrient supplied as per the requirement of the plant.