Originally Posted by Gabe15

What is Raspberry Banana?

Originally Posted by Gabe15

If you plant the seeds immediately after removing from the fruit (do not let them dry out in storage), there is a chance some will germinate, but the germinate rates are often poor. I normally sprout them in 100% coconut coir in the nursery under 30-50% shade. The potential resulting plants will be totally unknown in their traits until you grow them out, but often there are a number of rather messed up plants that can result due to chromosomal mispairings, mixploidy, or polyploids beyond 4N. Some may be parthenocarpic and fertile, others may be non-parthenocarpic and sterile, and others a range in between.

Many ABBs tend to easily produce seed in the presence of a good fertile pollen source nearby. I have observed it in my research fields commonly among Pisang Awak and Bluggoe types. I have not had spontaneous seed set in any other groups, but I have obtained seed from deliberate pollinations on AAB Pome, various AA, and some tetraploids. Many of the tetraploids are relatively female fertile, so I would be careful with them around wild species as well.