Banana tree

The Banana tree is a native of, and can be found on the island of Karamja, or may be grown with the Farming skill. Level 33 farmers may plant a banana tree seed in a plant pot that has been filled with dirt from any empty gardening patch. A gardening trowel is needed to plant the seed, then it must be watered. This action is all performed in the inventory or backpack section of the screen.

After 5 minutes or less, the planted seed will become a Banana sapling and can then be transferred to a Fruit tree patch. The fruit tree patch must be raked clean of weeds. Compost or Super Compost may be added prior to planting, and once planted (using a spade and trowel), the nearby farmer may be paid to watch over your tree. Payment is 4 baskets of apples (may be noted) (20 cooking apples).

A banana sapling may take fourteen or more hours to mature. An Amulet of nature may be bound to the patch to provide progress on its growth. Once mature, the tree produces up to six bananas at a time.

Planting the banana sapling gives 28 Farming experience. A healthy banana tree, when checked, provides 1,750.5 Farming experience. If the farmer does not watch the tree, then a diseased tree may be removed using secateurs. However, if left alone, the diseased tree will die.

Each banana, when picked from a tree in a fruit tree patch, gives 10.5 farming experience. Once all 6 bananas have been picked, the tree will slowly produce more bananas until all 6 are available again. However, the bananas may be picked anytime they show on the tree.

Some banana trees can be found in-game without being planted by players. Many can be found on Musa Point in northeast Karamja. Several can also be found scattered throughout the southern Kharidian Desert, particularly in and around Nardah, Menaphos, and Sophanem; picking bananas from these trees does not provide any farming experience.

Production costs
The data in this table is based on the Grand Exchange prices of an Banana tree seed and a Banana, assuming one seed is processed to 6 Bananas and a gardener is paid with 20 cooking apples in 4 baskets to keep the patch disease free. Farming all 5 Fruit tree patches will provide you with 9,207.5 experience, costing 0 coins.

Trivia

 * In real life, the banana plant is actually a herb as it contains no wood fibres. The plant's "stem" is actually the base of huge leaf stalks. The bananas produced are considered berries, and the entire plant would belong to the Lily family and the genus Musa.

Banana tree