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Gabe15 · 07-18-2011, 12:45 PM

For now, the best chance you have is to get a nice small variety, such as 'Dwarf Cavendish', and grow it in a large container, either inside all the time or moving the container outdoors for the summer. Small cultivars can actually grow quite well in containers, even comparable to in the ground if the right conditions are met.

There are some cultivars out there that may suit northern growers outdoors, and some are even being developed and more may be developed in the future, but for now they are not an option for the hobby growers to go out and find somewhere.

Many people are interested in this magical hardy, quick and edible banana, but the fact is bananas are tropical, and so its not so easy to just find or create the magic hardy banana, but perhaps one day it will become a reality.

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