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Originally Posted by jeffreyp
My comments were never meant to be a slam or derogatory against you or anyone on this board - take a deep breath.. It's my opinion that CG is an Orinoco type. I agree communication can be challenging sometimes... When someone comes over and asks for a glass of water is that an endless conversation in your home? Would you like a tall glass or short glass? Was that mineral or sparkling water? Did you want it on ice or without ice...gotta be specific now...lol
I think it's very questionable to sell CG on ebay often selling them for 40 - 60 dollars per plant when you can buy an Orinoco for 10-20 dollars.
Actually banana plants rarely sport. That's why FHIA spends ALOT of time searching for seeds in their banana fruits they have manually pollinated. If sporting was a common occurrence, this would be another way to obtain useful varieties. This is why there are huge problems with fungal diseases such as black sigatoka, panama disease, bacterial wilt, nematodes, etc.
Take a look at these articles..
http://www.truthabouttrade.org/article.asp?id=1597
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...o-bananas.html |
Well well... I guess it my turn to add my 2 cents worth... First let me tell you MR Good Eats ( Jeff. P ) .... If being in the media makes you you a banana expert... ( It doesn't )
Then I guess I am a banana expert...( I am not )
My work with bananas grown in marginal climates has been featured on no less than 6 TV programs and 6 different newspapers and in the Journal of the California rare fruit growers.
You whine ( ie " Its very questionable ) because I list Cal Gold for a friggin starting bid $29? Its in no way my fault if the bidding sometimes hits $50 or $60... Its supply and demand... I only sell less than ten a year. I am a honest backyard grower...Who has often spent more than $29 each on most of my mail order banana plants ( a little less for spindly TC plants.)
My auction descriptions are truthful ... straight forward and honest. I list a brief history, a description of of the plant and how well it performs in my garden. Along with a video showing them being aired on live TV loaded with fruit...After a winter where our temps had dropped to 25f! no less) what more can you ask for?
Others have shared with you similar results that I have. I have never heard anything other than good things about CalGold ( A big deal since many people who buy plants from me have such a brown thumb they can't even grow crabgrass )
So lets chill out. We are supposed to be sharing the knowledge we have ... not spouting off.
At least you must have went back and reread my ebay auction. You'll see that I offer my opinion as to it being related to the orinoco, blugoe, Ice Cream family. I might also add... that it also resembles Saba and and Cardaba as well.
And It is cold hardy!
I will do this... If you want to run your own genetic tests.... I will provide you a free tissue sample... you can have it analyzed for your self if it would make you happy.... but to be honest. In side by side comparesons... They don't look exactly like any other banana I have grown. And they taste different as well.
By the way... In my nearly thirty years of banana experimentation... I have seen banana mutation with my own eyes. It happens...I'm no scientist.. but I have seen it.
Enough said from me.
Jeff Earl