“Smart advice, but I had no idea banana trees grew that quickly. I’d guess one Florida winter will take care of the problem because if banana trees grew that far north, they would be growing them that far north.”
I don’t know how far north banana plants will grow, but we have them in south Alabama as a decorative plant. They grow like weeds. They will die in the winter and then in the summer you can just about see them grow. I have seen several bear fruit but not regularly. The bananas are very small but edible if allowed to ripen just right. The bananas you buy in the store have little relation to the ones grown in people’s back yards.
Your Alabama bananas are cold hardy, and generally not considered edible. All of our banana varieties are edible, and more yummy than store bought varieties. Avocados too.
Where I grew up, the co-eds would don swimsuits to enjoy the sun when the temperature got above freezing in March or April.