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Old 09-28-2007, 10:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default A cold hardy stand of bananas in a Sacramento backyard.

My co-worker lives in south Sacramento, CA.

He has these growing in his backyard and would like to know what kind they were. Can anyone here help?

They seem to be about 10-12 feet tall at the P-stem. There is one flower on each mat. Old flowering stems have not been cut after flowering. There appeared to be only one or two cut P-stems per mat.








He said they were there when he moved in 6 years ago. The fruit only gets to about 2-3" long. He barely waters them with the lawn sprinkler and no deep watering (could explain the small inedible fruit). He does nothing to protect them in winter and just basically lets them do what they want.

By the way, he gave me 2 pups.

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There is no excuse for still having grass. I haven't mowed in 20 years.

With all that space, I could plant another 100 bananas.
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