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Snookie
05-19-2012, 11:59 AM
Hello

Seems like I've gone banana crazy....LOL
Stopped by my local Home Depot and found these Cardaba Banana's there so I bought a couple @$11.88 ea.

Reading from tag Cold Hardy to 10 degrees.

Any help on how to plant and where tag reads part sun...Don't want to over cook it lol if it can't take the heat and humidy of down here in South Louisiana near Lizard Creek.

Again any info would be truly appreciated here are a couple of pictures of them. Now they have pups....should I remove them befor planting or wait.

This homeboy ain't never done no pup deliveries lol

Thanks in advance for your help.
Snook:drum:

Snookie
05-19-2012, 12:12 PM
Hummmmm Look's like I screwed up pictures to lol

Dean W.
05-19-2012, 12:16 PM
Hummmmm Look's like I screwed up pictures to lol

Looks as though you got a pretty good deal. Don't sweat the pics, there okay.

Dean W.
05-19-2012, 12:29 PM
Forgot to mention that they are pretty easy to separate while still young like that. You can pull them out of the pot and get a sharp knife or shovel and just cut through the corm. Just try your best to get some corm on each plant. And then you'll have a whole slew of plants before you know it.

oakshadows
05-19-2012, 01:10 PM
Good buy, when seperating also get some root on the pup as this will help much to get it started. Good luck and keep us posted.

Snookie
05-19-2012, 03:33 PM
Good buy, when seperating also get some root on the pup as this will help much to get it started. Good luck and keep us posted.

Coolio So I seperate them now eh?

Then simply plant the pups in pots?:nanadrink:

oakshadows
05-19-2012, 03:48 PM
Repotting might be a good idea now so the plant can grow a bit larger and give the pup some time to grow good roots. Watch the plant and check to make sure it isn't getting root bound. Easy to do, just remove the plant from pot and see if the roots are circling around the pot. We are a bit rough with the plant roots but haven't had any severe problems. When repotting we untangle the roots as best as possible and using good compost and other composted tree bark and leaves give them a larger condo to move into(bigger pot). Most of the time they love it and in a very short will start to show their growth. As with life, patience and discipline pays off in hearts. Have fun.

venturabananas
05-19-2012, 04:24 PM
The two potted plants in the pictures are not Cardaba bananas. They look like Dwarf Cavendish. Cardaba has closed petioles that are long and those plants have open petioles that are short.

momoese
05-19-2012, 04:34 PM
The two potted plants in the pictures are not Cardaba bananas. They look like Dwarf Cavendish. Cardaba has closed petioles that are long and those plants have open petioles that are short.

Wow good catch Mark!

kaczercat
05-19-2012, 04:53 PM
They never really seem to sell anything other then Cavendishes.
I would not seperate that pup for a while. Just repot it for now.
I wish they'd sell more here, anyone seen bananas at target?? (Target is coming to my area nest year.

Snookie
05-19-2012, 04:59 PM
The two potted plants in the pictures are not Cardaba bananas. They look like Dwarf Cavendish. Cardaba has closed petioles that are long and those plants have open petioles that are short.


What?????? You guy's mean the tag's on them are wrong?

Snookie
05-19-2012, 05:01 PM
They never really seem to sell anything other then Cavendishes.
I would not seperate that pup for a while. Just repot it for now.
I wish they'd sell more here, anyone seen bananas at target?? (Target is coming to my area nest year.


I was planning on planting them in the ground......Not repotting...:03:

Snookie
05-19-2012, 05:08 PM
Oh Well :lurk:

kaczercat
05-19-2012, 05:30 PM
I was planning on planting them in the ground......Not repotting...:03:

even better! the experts here always know by the leaves and colors and so on. but if I hadn't been told id live my life thinking it was what the tag says. I would be so pissed if this happened to me!

Velutina
05-19-2012, 05:57 PM
The two potted plants in the pictures are not Cardaba bananas. They look like Dwarf Cavendish. Cardaba has closed petioles that are long and those plants have open petioles that are short.

I was thinking the same thing. I have bought 2 cardabas from 2 different sources and both look the same as each other (and very different from your pics). I'm not certain mine are actually cardaba, but they seem to match the description. They are not dwarfs, like the ones you bought seem to be. The underside of the leaves and pseudostem have a bluish appearance in certain lighting and have a lot of waxy/white coating.

Here are the two "cardaba" plants I have for comparison

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt201/triterium/June202010100-1.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt201/triterium/3f5b5870.jpg

caliboy1994
05-19-2012, 06:05 PM
The same thing happened to me when I was sold two plants labeled "Ice Cream." They were mislabeled, and instead I have two unidentified plants. It's pretty common for this to happen at big box stores and even some smaller nurseries, and in most cases it's likely not their fault. It's probably a better idea to not buy banana plants from large stores like Home Depot and Lowe's and instead buy them from smaller, more specialized nurseries.

Velutina
05-19-2012, 06:08 PM
A couple closeups.

Maybe hard to tell in this photo, but the underside of the leaf has a bluish/white color
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt201/triterium/f0b9db5b.jpg

Closeup of petioles
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt201/triterium/4b4cdbe0.jpg

Snookie
05-19-2012, 06:13 PM
Well crapola will they survive the winter down here in south Louisiana?

Hey wait a minute no foul I guess lol

Got a one year no matter what guarantee

So..... What would you guys suggest

RAINFOREZT
05-19-2012, 07:05 PM
The same thing happened to me when I was sold two plants labeled "Ice Cream." They were mislabeled, and instead I have two unidentified plants. It's pretty common for this to happen at big box stores and even some smaller nurseries, and in most cases it's likely not their fault. It's probably a better idea to not buy banana plants from large stores like Home Depot and Lowe's and instead buy them from smaller, more specialized nurseries.

My dwarf namwah from laws look like tall namwan now...I am not very happy

http://www.bananas.org/f2/dwarf-namwah-14405.html

caliboy1994
05-19-2012, 07:52 PM
Well crapola will they survive the winter down here in south Louisiana?

Hey wait a minute no foul I guess lol

Got a one year no matter what guarantee

So..... What would you guys suggest

DC has some cold hardiness, but it will suffer through the winter. Even if it dies to the ground, it will probably still come up again in the spring. You could try to overwinter it. The good news is it won't get very tall like the actual Cardaba.

Snookie
05-19-2012, 08:35 PM
The same thing happened to me when I was sold two plants labeled "Ice Cream." They were mislabeled, and instead I have two unidentified plants. It's pretty common for this to happen at big box stores and even some smaller nurseries, and in most cases it's likely not their fault. It's probably a better idea to not buy banana plants from large stores like Home Depot and Lowe's and instead buy them from smaller, more specialized nurseries.

That's foe show....LOL

Oh well what the *ell

Maybe I better stick to raising tomatoes and bell peppers lol

trebor
05-19-2012, 09:56 PM
Well crapola will they survive the winter down here in south Louisiana?

Hey wait a minute no foul I guess lol

Got a one year no matter what guarantee

So..... What would you guys suggest

Not to worry! My neighbor bought a Williams from Home Depot. Turns out to be a plantain :)
I bought A dwarf Cavendish from a local guy here who swears to me its a dwarf, turns out to be a normal Cavendish.. Hey as long as they grow I'm happy
But let me help you a little in the beginning :) there are a lot of different bananas out there . If you want good fruit then read up on the cold tolerant ones then just get them! People on the list will help ya
Cavendish seem to produce lots of pups , so in a year you will have plenty of pups to replant .. But there are other much more cold tolerant plants
Catalog of banana trees and banana plants offered at Going Bananas (http://www.going-bananas.com/bananavarietycatalog.htm)
That's a link to a local grower here in South Florida read the different cold tolerant types he groups together toward the bottom of the page to help you select the types you might like .. Yea baby .. then go crazy! Ask for what you want on the list .. try to be patient .. ha ha ..
See if you can find the rare fruit council in your area / county.. some one there will help you find whats growing locally

Snookie
05-20-2012, 12:28 PM
Coo;

Thank you for your info

Snookie:nanadrink: