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PaulOdin · 08-01-2006, 10:14 AM

All I have that is old enough to have produced fruit are my Orinocos, but it has been a while since I tried to count cultivars, so when I read your post I went out and made a list!

Five month old tissue cultures, from 3" to 2' tall:

Double
Kru
Red Enholene
Dwarf Brazilian
1000 Fingers

Older TCs from A&B Nursery, all doing well, but still in pots:

Tuu Ghia
Praying Hands
Sweetheart
African Rhinohorn
Rose

Pup sized plants, mostly 3'-4', and in the ground:

Raja Puri
Ice Cream
Apple
Misi Luki
Dwarf Red
Dwarf Cavendish
SD Cavendish
Basjoo
Zebrina

And finally, the related plants I'd never have gotten w/out the bad influence of certain people on this list:

Musella lasiacarpa
Ensete maurelii

I guess all are doing well, except that some of the TCs are huge and some still very small. I have moved about 60 into 3 bathtubs, and all seem to be doing better w/ the additional space. I was originally concerned about their drainage, but so far, so good. The drains are open, of course, then I filled the tubs w/ leaves from the yard and topped it off w/ potting soil and Black Cow.

Paul

08-01-2006, 10:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
PaulOdin Muddy handed ditch digger Location: Leesburg, FL Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 137 BananaBucks : 40,721 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What varieties of Bananas do you Raise?? All I have that is old enough to have produced fruit are my Orinocos, but it has been a while since I tried to count cultivars, so when I read your post I went out and made a list! Five month old tissue cultures, from 3" to 2' tall: Double Kru Red Enholene Dwarf Brazilian 1000 Fingers Older TCs from A&B Nursery, all doing well, but still in pots: Tuu Ghia Praying Hands Sweetheart African Rhinohorn Rose Pup sized plants, mostly 3'-4', and in the ground: Raja Puri Ice Cream Apple Misi Luki Dwarf Red Dwarf Cavendish SD Cavendish Basjoo Zebrina And finally, the related plants I'd never have gotten w/out the bad influence of certain people on this list: Musella lasiacarpa Ensete maurelii I guess all are doing well, except that some of the TCs are huge and some still very small. I have moved about 60 into 3 bathtubs, and all seem to be doing better w/ the additional space. I was originally concerned about their drainage, but so far, so good. The drains are open, of course, then I filled the tubs w/ leaves from the yard and topped it off w/ potting soil and Black Cow. Paul Last edited by PaulOdin : 08-02-2006 at 01:26 PM.