Being a newbie with very little experience, I found it very hard to find decent information about bananas on the Net. Not that there isn't any information available, but before I believe anything I read on the Net I want it confirmed somewhere else.
When I compare the things written on a number of commercial sites (e-bay on top) with the things I've read on this list ... well, let's say that an e-bay banana is almost by definition "a new and rare plant, growing on the high mountains of Nepal/China/Tibet/India [pick one] that is presumably at least as frost resistant as Musa basjoo ...'. I take that with a grain of sat. I think the best and unbiased information can be found on lists like this one.
Just making up a list of species I could grow in my zone 8 proved to be more difficult than it should be. So I have begun my own primitive banana data sheets.
Erlend, you took the words right out of my mouth. I've been walking around with the idea of making a banana grower's guide for a few weeks. The guide would only contain information confirmed by multiple members or backed by a banana expert (given that I would get support from the members on this list). So I can only applaud your initiative.
If I can, I want to help succeed this initiative. I can't help with first-hand experiences, but I could help maintain (part of) the documentation.
Great initiative,
Possible subjects:
- potting soil mix
- soil preparation, how deep, how wide
- plant the corm how deep
- how to measure a pseudo stem: height, diameter
- what plants give edible fruit, with/without seeds, after how many years, cold-hardiness, full sun/(partial) shade
- how to separate pups from the mother plant
Most of this can be found in past postings on this list, but it would be great to find all of this together. As you can tell by my questions: yes, I'm a total newbie with still LOTS of questions
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