Is it possible?!
One of my banana friends living in zone 9a told me that his Helen's hybrid
planted outside in the ground and overwintered there with strawmat
protection starts to flower only in 14 months including the dormant period
of say 4 months from Dec.-March, that means the actual growth period was
only about 10 months(14 months of total growth-4 months of dormancy).
My understanding is that the normal growth period of ordinary musas to start
flowering can be converted to the accumulated numbers of its leaves that
are 30-40. But I don't think it possible to open this amount of leaves in the
growth period of say 10 months.
My shortest length of period of other musas was 20 month, that means
actual period was about 16 months(20 months-4 months of dormant pediod).
Although Helen's hibrid is a kind of mysterious banana, is it possible for this
musa to start flowring in such a short period?
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