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Originally Posted by MV8R
Tony,
that sounds like a rhetorical question, however, my understanding as a newbie is that the plants tend to flower at a certain height depending on the type, so a fast grower that flowers at 10 feet maybe no quicker to flower than a slower grower that flowers at 5 feet. If the slower grower has a shorter cycle from flower to fruit, slower growth is not a bad thing.
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Height and growth cycles depend on genetics, buts also on plant crop, first ratoon, and second ratoon. Within a cultivar, cycle times from plant to bloom can vary dramatically, while flower to fruit cycle times are more constant.
"There are considerable variations between cultivars in terms of time taken before flowering, time taken from flowering to bunch maturity and total time from planting to bunch maturity. This can be explained by the innate genetic variability of these cultivars. Banana cultivars can generally be categorized as early, medium and late maturing ones. It is, however, interesting to note that cultivars which took shorter time to shooting, are also normally earlier in attaining maturity."