Story so far...
Bought Dwarf Cavandish seeds off ebay and used a heat mat through 20c to 28c fluctuations...months later none sprouted. Cheated and bought a small DC from ebay which went really well. It grew to about 1 foot til winter when I brought it indoors and it shriveled up in the spare room but was revived by a 400w HPS light so I stopped using the light then it shriveled up again...then I binned it. Now I know they can be kept dormant through winter, so may have thrown the best cold hardiness cavandish known to humanity in the bin...ohwell.
I now have these 2 Dwarf Cavandish's...the one on the right was cut from the left and survived...looks a bit less healthy but has struggled through.
Bought this Musa Banjoo but leaves were cut for postage reasons and I transplanted it to a bigger pot today.
Since its still summer...can I chop it right down and let it grow again to start from scratch as it would look better or is it best to let it settle in for a few weeks to gain energy then cut it? Will there be enough summer time for it to make new leaves before winter or should I just leave it?
When a banana plant actually fruits in this country it literly hits the news it's that rare so would be good to at least get the Banjoo to fruit. Got some Icecream seeds coming from Canada as I heard they were cold hardy but will see.