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nullzero
08-03-2010, 12:06 PM
Here are some pictures of my banana plants;

Dwarf Orinoco taken June 10th (around 5ft)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/__by570IItgA/TBKvHbWI-RI/AAAAAAAAAJk/meP77g8Q50s/s800/P1010198.JPG

Same Dwarf Orinoco taken July 31st (+6ft)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/__by570IItgA/TFX0E0bEPAI/AAAAAAAAAPw/xeIes_erdBo/s800/P1010471.JPG

Dwarf Cavendish (+3ft)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/__by570IItgA/TFYA5Cxwj6I/AAAAAAAAAPw/eXPLK6fO6M8/s800/P1010489.JPG

Any tips or input on trying to get these Bananas to fruit? The bananas are in decently sized containers +15 gallon and are very healthy looking.

hammer
08-03-2010, 01:39 PM
Here are some pictures of my banana plants;

Dwarf Orinoco taken June 10th (around 5ft)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/__by570IItgA/TBKvHbWI-RI/AAAAAAAAAJk/meP77g8Q50s/s800/P1010198.JPG

Same Dwarf Orinoco taken July 31st (+6ft)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/__by570IItgA/TFX0E0bEPAI/AAAAAAAAAPw/xeIes_erdBo/s800/P1010471.JPG

Dwarf Cavendish (+3ft)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/__by570IItgA/TFYA5Cxwj6I/AAAAAAAAAPw/eXPLK6fO6M8/s800/P1010489.JPG

Any tips or input on trying to get these Bananas to fruit? The bananas are in decently sized containers +15 gallon and are very healthy looking.Plants look very nice. I had some dwarf cavendish in pots never could get on to fruit in 25 gallon pots they always get root bound so i planted mine in the ground and now i have fruit. i pot mine up for the winter.

nullzero
08-03-2010, 02:02 PM
Plants look very nice. I had some dwarf cavendish in pots never could get on to fruit in 25 gallon pots they always get root bound so i planted mine in the ground and now i have fruit. i pot mine up for the winter.

I was thinking of upping the size of the container to 30 gallon plastic barrels. However I am still not sure if that will even spur fruit development. I noticed in a recently posted thread, a fellow dwarf orinoco container grower got his to flower. I was thinking maybe I was feeding my banana to much nitrogen and not enough P and K?