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Old 06-01-2008, 02:21 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: high temperature banana growing habits

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Originally Posted by Chironex View Post
Hey Pauly, so glad you started this thread. We can reference it for our research. It stands to reason that if we can keep them growing, eventually, a sport might develop that will have more heat/humidity tolerant characteristics. The only question is how many years will we have to wait....could be years, could be a few generations. I have no idea.
Has anyone heard of genome research on bananas? What traits does Mysore have that make it most heat tolerant? Is there a banana that is more drought resistant? Is there a banana that prefers more alkaline soil types like we have in LV? Can bananas be grafted? Just some thoughts that might help in our research.
It might be a good idea to plant next to a large shade tree in LV to offer some protection and increase localized humidity by decreasing evaporation in the immediate area.
Thinking out loud here, but comments are welcomed.
ya know an odd thing hapind this morning one of my ice cream bananas was all bound up and insid of the leaf ther was three other lefs growing and one is of a most paculur shape and size is this a posibal ganetic X
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