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Old 01-27-2014, 07:18 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: What are some Great indoor fruiting banana plants?

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50 watts per sq. ft.? Hmmm...That's a lot of watts an probably high electric bill :/
It's really only viable for people with a source of power on their property or the capital to build a solarium and fill it with artificial daylight.

There are some people here from your region who have grown fruiting bananas -- keeping them outdoors during the warmest months and indoors other times. The time to fruit has been 5 years.

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We'll I'm thinking I want one that gets between 4-8ft.
Keep in mind that the light source needs to be overhead.
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