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Originally Posted by microfarmer
It sure is purty, but, that seems kinda small for 14 months... Is that from the time of tissue culturing or from time of first planting. Thanks!  |
great minds think alike microfarmer. I emailed the Nambour Banana Research Centre the day I took the photograph to see if its normal for them to remain so small (it isn't normal). The 14 months is from when they were first received as in-vintro mini plants. Then there was about three or four months "hardening off" - getting them used to soil and sun - and then in the ground.
I haven't had a reply from the research centre.
Everything should be in the soil for the banana needs - four metres away are 8 metre tall lady fingers