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Old 10-03-2008, 03:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default My First post!
This is my first post. I am new to growing bananas and have a few questions! I hope you can help.

I live in St Petersburg Florida.
I bought an "Ice Cream" about 5 feet tall from my local nursery. I planted it on SEPT 1 and fed it about a pound of fertilizer. Now its 7 feet tall and has sprouted 8 new leaves! WOW! I followed the nurseries instructions they gave me. So far so good.
My question is, will this 8 ft tall "tree" resume growing in the spring and evenually produce fruit? I have reservations about planting this "tree" so late in the season.
I also purchased and planted a MUSA GRAN MICHEAL #23 sword sucker on Sept 1. It is doing exceptionally well also. Purchased it off of ebay. I understand that the #23 is susceptible to panama and other diseases.
My second question is, if the #23 gets panama disease could it also infect my "Ice Cream" ?
Thanks!
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