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JoeReal · 08-08-2006, 01:11 PM

I'd like to invite you all to a presentation that I am going to give to Santa Clara Valley California Rare Fruit Growers. This is also open to the public or non-members ($5 entrance for non-members). I'll be talking about bananas and how to grow them successfully in the Bay Area and the inland Valley of California. The meeting place will be at Emma Prusch Park, 647 King Road, San Jose 95116. Between 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Saturday, August 12, 2006.

I will be giving away one big Dwarf Brazilian banana plant that is ready for planting in the ground and would likely bear fruit next year if you planted it in the right location. The plant will be raffled to all interested attendees. Dwarf Brazilian is pseudostem cold hardy to zone 9.

Here's the tentative outline for my talk:

Growing Bananas

Short history
Banana cultivars
commercially grown bananas and the big banana cultivar hype
bananas the rest of the non-western world enjoys
6 major groups of bananas
common uses of bananas
different colors
different sizes (1 ft tall to 65 ft tall bananas)
different taste
influence of climate
cold hardiness

Pests and Diseases

Objectives of growing

ornamental purposes
fruiting and ornamental effect

Cold hardy types

diferent measures of cold hardiness
Inland Valley Northern California
Bay Area

General care and requirements

fertilizer, mulches, drainage, irrigation, cold protection

Tips to growing and fruiting in zone 9

Minimum requirements for hardiness
Microclimate and preferred location in your yard
Protection against the cold snap and arctic blast
General care during winter, spring and summer
Increasing chances of fruiting
Increasing fruit yield
Increasing fruit size
Uses of the male banana blossom
Care after fruiting

Advanced tips to growing in zone 8 and below

Surviving
The challenge of producing fruits in colder zones

Propagation

different types of pups
encouraging pup production
pup separation how and when
corm propagation
tissue cultured plantlets
banana seeds
transporting, packaging, shipping

Bananas in my backyard, a small tour
My yard experimentations
Sources of bananas in the USA

California Nurseries
recommended online stores
eBay
other CRFG members

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JoeReal Senior Member JoeReal's Photo Gallery Location: Davis, California USDA zone 9 Find me on the map! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,034 BananaBucks : 471,407 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 108 Times Was Thanked 474 Times in 228 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 16 Times	CRFG Banana Seminar, Aug 12, 2006. I'd like to invite you all to a presentation that I am going to give to Santa Clara Valley California Rare Fruit Growers. This is also open to the public or non-members ($5 entrance for non-members). I'll be talking about bananas and how to grow them successfully in the Bay Area and the inland Valley of California. The meeting place will be at Emma Prusch Park, 647 King Road, San Jose 95116. Between 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Saturday, August 12, 2006. I will be giving away one big Dwarf Brazilian banana plant that is ready for planting in the ground and would likely bear fruit next year if you planted it in the right location. The plant will be raffled to all interested attendees. Dwarf Brazilian is pseudostem cold hardy to zone 9. Here's the tentative outline for my talk: Growing Bananas Short history Banana cultivars commercially grown bananas and the big banana cultivar hype bananas the rest of the non-western world enjoys 6 major groups of bananas common uses of bananas different colors different sizes (1 ft tall to 65 ft tall bananas) different taste influence of climate cold hardiness Pests and Diseases Objectives of growing ornamental purposes fruiting and ornamental effect Cold hardy types diferent measures of cold hardiness Inland Valley Northern California Bay Area General care and requirements fertilizer, mulches, drainage, irrigation, cold protection Tips to growing and fruiting in zone 9 Minimum requirements for hardiness Microclimate and preferred location in your yard Protection against the cold snap and arctic blast General care during winter, spring and summer Increasing chances of fruiting Increasing fruit yield Increasing fruit size Uses of the male banana blossom Care after fruiting Advanced tips to growing in zone 8 and below Surviving The challenge of producing fruits in colder zones Propagation different types of pups encouraging pup production pup separation how and when corm propagation tissue cultured plantlets banana seeds transporting, packaging, shipping Bananas in my backyard, a small tour My yard experimentations Sources of bananas in the USA California Nurseries recommended online stores eBay other CRFG members Last edited by JoeReal : 08-08-2006 at 01:18 PM. Reason: format layout