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Originally Posted by Richard
Nurseries in your area likely get banana cultivars from a distributor, who in turn likely obtain them as tissue culture from AgriStarts. The latter is a long-time producer of TC's to the ornamental plant industry. A few decades ago they started producing fruits. In the banana category, they weren't always correct -- for example they used "Namwa" for Misi Luki, Goldfinger, and Ice Cream. This spread throughout their distributors.
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Richard - The wholesale nursery I was going to pick up a dwarf Nam Wah from told me today that they use tissue cultures from AgriStarts. Has AgriStarts cleaned up their act since a few decades ago, i.e. can I trust a plant propagated from their stock? Thank you!