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robert0514
04-27-2013, 07:30 AM
Does anyone know of any plantains that are relatively cold hardy, or just any plantains that you know that grow quite easily.
Thanks.

Abnshrek
04-27-2013, 07:40 AM
I think you may have to resort to a hardy cooking banana, cause I don't think they exist. :^)

robert0514
04-27-2013, 08:28 AM
Thanks, so does anyone know of any hardy cooking bananas.

PR-Giants
04-27-2013, 08:42 AM
Every banana can be a cooking banana, it depends at what stage you harvest.

Abnshrek
04-27-2013, 09:40 AM
Thanks, so does anyone know of any hardy cooking bananas.

Orinoco is hardy but getting it to fruit might be a challenge.. :^)

Illia
04-27-2013, 11:55 AM
Orinoco is a pretty good one. There's many other dessert type bananas that can be used for cooking, you're probably just best to avoid small lady-finger types such as Rajapuri, Brazilian, Mysore, etc. If you're in 9a though I'd actually recommend you grow them either on the south side of a wall/building or in a greenhouse, that way even with long ripeners or slightly less hardy cultivars you'd have better chances with good fruit.

JuniPerez
04-29-2013, 08:02 AM
Does anyone know of any plantains that are relatively cold hardy, or just any plantains that you know that grow quite easily.
Thanks.

There's the Dwarf Puerto Rican Plantain, and the Orinoco/Dwarf Orinoco (cooking bananas)... if you're trying to get fruit up north, I'd stick with the dwarf varieties, since they're easier to move in pots to keep them growing over winter.