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Originally Posted by crimzonian
Hi. I feel in over my head reading about the different kinds of bananas that I could get. I didn't realize there were more than the supermarket cavendish until two days ago! I don't have any ground areas to plant large plants at my current place, so I was looking at dwarf varieties for containers to start out with. I was ready to get a dwarf cavendish, but then read that they and other dwarf musas don't usually produce fruit because they are delicate to even cool temperatures or something. I really could use some guidance.
Looking for banana varieties that are:
1. Edible sweet ones (From what I understand, they aren't all sweet??? Whoa.)
2. Dwarf, container-friendly
3. Growable in LA county (Zone 10) [Winter lows get to about 40 degrees F usually.]
If I get a thriving banana plant that produces pups, I would have an excuse to get more pots.  |
Hi crimzonian! Welcome! To the banana growing community!
Yes, some banana varieties are not all that good for fresh eating. Some are better as cooked, ie, orinoco, plantain types..........
When I first started getting into bananas I was also over my head too lol.
You don't have ANY sunny place to plant?
Bananas can handle cool Temperature, even frost, as long as the corn doesn't freeze. In zone ten you shouldn't have much of a problem. The plant will stop growing in the winter, when it gets below, say 70°
Container friendly varieties are,
#1 Dwarf Cavendish
#2 Super Dwarf Cavendish
#3 Truly tiny
#4 Little Prince
Maybe others.
I have some kind of super dwarf not sure which one of those though. Hope this helps
