View Full Version : What's the most wind resistant banana variety?
Want Them All
07-19-2010, 01:46 PM
Doesn't have to have edible fruits. I just want to plant one in front of the house. So, the more capable the leaves are against the wind the better.
Thanks,
sunfish
07-19-2010, 02:17 PM
For me the Goldfinger.The worst have been Red and White Iholena,
LilRaverBoi
07-19-2010, 03:03 PM
SDC has been good for me. 1) it's short and 2) it has very thick/leathery leaves.
jeffreyp
07-19-2010, 03:04 PM
Little Prince and Raja Puri are both very wind resistant.
timmko
07-19-2010, 04:50 PM
I have icecream, raja and DC's(namwah) and the Dc's seem to be a bit heavier and sturdier than the other 2. They still will tear in a very high wind but not like the others.
palmtree
07-19-2010, 06:28 PM
Musella seems like it has really good wind resistance but the best of my bananas is probably from my Super dwarf cavendish. Musa basjoo is the worst for me. Strong will will really tatter the leaves, fortunately the winds have not been bad lately.
Abnshrek
07-19-2010, 09:35 PM
I had a storm come thru with 70 mph winds and I think all mine took it well. The Ice Cream being the tallest did great, and still is. Dc's took it good too.
fishoifc
07-20-2010, 05:48 AM
I live in a wind tunnel everything I have gets shredded and broken.Dwarf orinoco is a good one for fruit,non fruit I would have to say Ensete Redhttp://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34508&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34508&ppuser=3890) Ensete on the right,kru,and rowe this is a 40 knot wind the Kru got uprooted.
You may want to Consider the Ensetes if producing edible bananas isn't the priority. E. Maurelii is short and stout at the base while still having huge ornamental leaves. For true bananas I'd pick Dwarf Nam Wah which develops a huge base of the psuedostem over time and should prove very resistant to toppling though the leaves will still shred during a major wind.
Kevin
07-20-2010, 09:54 PM
This is good to know. My Dwarf Orinoco has sure got beatten up by the wind since I planted it out in late May. I staked it, and good thing too, because I think it might have broken if I hadn't. The open prairie is not the best place for these types of plants! Maybe I'll try a Dwarf Cavendish and an Ensete Maurelii next year. Good to know that Musa basjoo wouldn't fare too well. I'd like to try one anyway, though.
sunfish
07-20-2010, 10:39 PM
The shorter the plant the less wind will hit it,that's for sure.
mushtaq86
07-21-2010, 01:33 PM
praying hands has done well for me.
Nicolas Naranja
07-21-2010, 02:18 PM
I had dwarf namwahs make it through 70 mph winds in a field
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