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Tropicallvr · 02-27-2006, 10:58 PM

There needs to be more home growers, growing their own. Too bad most of the US is too cold.
There was a Musa balbisiana strain grown in Germany that ranked in between basjoo, and sikkimensis in hardiness. A hardy M.balbisiana would be great for making a cold hardy hybrid. Balbisiana has been used for the male pollinator in the past when trying to create disease resistant plants in India, so I don't see why one couldn't be used for hardiness.
How about CA gold as a mother, and hardy balbisiana as pollen donor(maybe mix a small early blooming dwarf in there too).
Just dreaming out loud!

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Tropicallvr Member Tropicallvr's Photo Gallery Name: Kyle Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,032 BananaBucks : 427,435 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 230 Times Was Thanked 414 Times in 163 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 14 Times	Re: How Canada built the world a better banana There needs to be more home growers, growing their own. Too bad most of the US is too cold. There was a Musa balbisiana strain grown in Germany that ranked in between basjoo, and sikkimensis in hardiness. A hardy M.balbisiana would be great for making a cold hardy hybrid. Balbisiana has been used for the male pollinator in the past when trying to create disease resistant plants in India, so I don't see why one couldn't be used for hardiness. How about CA gold as a mother, and hardy balbisiana as pollen donor(maybe mix a small early blooming dwarf in there too). Just dreaming out loud!