The new Musa 'Helens' hybrid has got me wondering. It says on the RPS website that it will be the closest thing to a cold hardy edible banana.
In order to get fruit will you have to pollinate the flowers, or will they plump up without seeds? Maybe the chimi champa genes will trasfer to the seedlings and it will be a seedless plump banana?
I have read a few things about the number of chromosomes, but some of it still leaves me with questions.
Can a seedless be crossed with a seeded, and some seedlings will naturally be seedless? In theory at least?
Thanks, Kyle