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venturabananas
08-19-2010, 02:09 PM
Hi all,
I've searched through the old posts and couldn't find anything about the fruiting height of "dwarf ladyfinger" when planted in the ground. I gather that some of you have them planted in the ground. What was the p-stem height when they fruited?
Also, I understand that "dwarf ladyfinger" is just a descriptive name and not a "real" cultivar. Anyone sure of what it is? Nino, perhaps?
Thanks,
Mark
Steve L
08-19-2010, 03:40 PM
This information probably won't help much but mine is flowering in a pot at a little more than 2 feet of pseudostem. It's a 3 yr. old TC plant from Logees. One pup is taller than the flowering mother. The flag is just showing up so I'm not sure if I will actually get any bananas on such a short plant. The funny thing is that the pup which is between 3 and 4 feet of pseudostem height is showing signs of flowering also putting out progressively smaller leaves. I'm going to post a few pictures after the inflo shows up.
Steve
venturabananas
08-19-2010, 04:53 PM
Wow Steve, very interesting. Mother and pup possibly flowering at about the same time. And flowering at only 2' of pseudostem. I wonder how much bigger they would get in the ground.
sunfish
08-19-2010, 06:56 PM
Musa Dwarf Ladyfinger - Bananas Wiki (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Dwarf_Ladyfinger)
venturabananas
08-19-2010, 07:03 PM
Yes, I did look at the Wiki, but aside from nice photos of potted specimens, it didn't have any info for flowering height of plants in the ground, genetic group, etc. I'm hoping someone will chime in with that info.
venturabananas
08-19-2010, 07:08 PM
I should narrow things down by saying that I'm referring to the dwarf ladyfinger sold by Logee's.
Steve L
08-20-2010, 09:23 AM
Venturabananas,
You get occasional freezes, don't you? This banana is very cold sensitive so it would probably need good protection in Ventura. Logees lists it as Zone 10That's why I'm growing mine in a container.
Steve
NANAMAN
08-20-2010, 11:26 AM
I planted one in the ground a couple years ago and it struggled to grow! I don't know why, but it barely stayed alive. So I potted it up and it took off again, go figure? After that I just decided that it needed to grow in a pot. Good luck with yours!
venturabananas
08-20-2010, 12:27 PM
Steve, I do live in zone 10 (Sunset zone 24), within 2 miles of the ocean, and we hardly ever get a freeze, but it does happen maybe once a year or less. So maybe I'll stay away from this variety because I don't have room for it in the house on cold nights.
Nanaman, has your dwarf ladyfinger produced fruit for you in its container? If so, at what height?
sunfish
08-20-2010, 12:31 PM
I'm am zone 10 the Ladyfinger has done fine outside'
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35829&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35829&ppuser=2868)
venturabananas
08-20-2010, 12:38 PM
Tony, looking at the nice photo of that lovely little plant, I'm guessing your dwarf ladyfinger hasn't yet fruited for you. Is that true?
I'm pretty sure that I've read elsewhere in your posts that you didn't buy that plant from Logee's, but was it a pup of a plant that someone else got from Logee's?
sunfish
08-20-2010, 12:59 PM
Tony, looking at the nice photo of that lovely little plant, I'm guessing your dwarf ladyfinger hasn't yet fruited for you. Is that true?
I'm pretty sure that I've read elsewhere in your posts that you didn't buy that plant from Logee's, but was it a pup of a plant that someone else got from Logee's?
I did not buy it from Logee's I don't know where the person I got it from bought it.
GreenFin
03-27-2012, 09:49 PM
Anybody fruited a Logee's Dwarf Ladyfinger in the ground yet?
If so, how tall was the p-stem and how were the fruit?
venturabananas
03-30-2012, 11:08 AM
Anybody fruited a Logee's Dwarf Ladyfinger in the ground yet?
Not me. But like people said, it is very cold sensitive. We had several nights in the mid to high 30's this winter (but none with frost or sub-32 temps), and my dwarf Ladyfinger looks awful. It's still alive, but looks like the main stem may die. It's sent up a tiny, weak-looking pup. I don't think this variety is destined for a permanent spot in my yard. But if you have the heat and need something short, it seems like it could be good.
FYI, I asked Gabe about this one and he was pretty confident that it is a Cavendish somatic mutant based on its appearance. If so, expect the fruit to taste like a store-bought banana, more or less. My plant looks so sad that I may never find out what its fruit taste like!
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