Originally Posted by gaudesys

Hi, (first time in my life) I am growing several banana plants in a year-round 24/7 climate with temps +10C to +27C (50F to 80F) and for 9 months the temps in my yard are below +20C (68F) and above +8C (47F). The summer months get temps 65F to 80F (18C to 27C) with most temps around 68F to 75F (18 to 23C). Now the "problem" is that after 2+ years after being planted (they were about 2 ft. (60cm) tall back then) I got 7-8 lants to bear fruit and the size of the fruit is very tiny, even smaller than the locally grown bananas in the local stores. Some are more or less curved and I am afraid if the fruits will not fill more (blow up more, become thicker) here will be not much inside after the skins are peeled. Pencil size at most. My neighbour says that first planted bear smaller fruit and their offspring will bear larger fruit. Is this true or false?

Other people in the town I spoke to they told me our cation is not good for growing bananas, but I see a small field of bananas nearby within 3 km or so which has bananas, although I can not discern their size from a far. We are about 150 m above sea level, about 2 km from the coast, in a small island in the Atlantic Ocean (Azores).