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momoese
07-01-2007, 07:57 PM
I can just see the tiny bananas down in there! I'll post more pics as it opens.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=3986&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3986&ppuser=42)

Paulwatson
07-02-2007, 08:11 AM
Thats brilliant. Not many people get them that far. Can you tell me a little bit about what you have been feeding it, The amount of light it gets, Soil its in etc. I have 2 here in the uk, One for 5 years. Any info what be great.

MediaHound
07-02-2007, 08:18 AM
Paul, has that one been in one spot for the 5 years or have you moved it around (even once) as the years passed?

Great pic momo!

momoese
07-02-2007, 09:14 AM
Thats brilliant. Not many people get them that far. Can you tell me a little bit about what you have been feeding it, The amount of light it gets, Soil its in etc. I have 2 here in the uk, One for 5 years. Any info what be great.

I feed it Chicken and Steer manure, Sul Po Mag, home made compost, worm castings, and some EB stone organic plant food twice a year. It's been in the ground for about 22 months. My soil is clay but I try to keep it as loose as possibly by constant amending with compost and manure. During the summer months it gets about 6-7 hours of direct sunlight, and in winter about 2. This last winter I covered it at night with black plastic to help save it from the frost we had here. At the time it was also protected by the canopy of banana leaves from the Ice Creams and Namwah's. Lots of water in the summer, almost none in the winter.

Paulwatson
07-02-2007, 11:35 AM
Paul, has that one been in one spot for the 5 years or have you moved it around (even once) as the years passed?

Great pic momo!

Yes, more than once. Does it make a difference. It's in a large pot, in the conservatory.

MediaHound
07-02-2007, 12:32 PM
You would have much better success at fruiting it if you plant it in the ground and leave it there for a while.
We've determined that moving the SDC around does set you back, but being in a pot and moving it isn't the same thing I meant.. I meant digging it up and replanting it. Although your chances of it fruiting in the pot are very slim, would love to see some pictures if you do get it to, as thats' pretty rare!

xyzzy
07-02-2007, 03:02 PM
Wow, lovely flower. None of mine are big enough to flower I don't think as they are all 1 year olds. I am fascinated by how low light they seem to thrive in when I bring them in for winter. Other bananas would hate it, but they carry of steadily growing with very little light at all! Mine have a tendancy to burn white sometimes in full sun though.

How big was the plant when it flowered? How wide was the stem?

http://www.celtlore.co.uk/garden/sdc.jpg

momoese
07-02-2007, 03:09 PM
How big was the plant when it flowered? How wide was the stem?

The pseudo stem is about 3 feet tall and about 6" across but was bigger before stripping dead and rotting leaves from the frost.

xyzzy
07-02-2007, 03:15 PM
Ah, so I'm going to have to work up the pots a bit to at least half barrel size and not hold my breath waiting at the moment?

Did you remove the endless pups or leave them on?

momoese
07-02-2007, 03:31 PM
Ah, so I'm going to have to work up the pots a bit to at least half barrel size and not hold my breath waiting at the moment?

Did you remove the endless pups or leave them on?

I was pretty vigilant about removing them until I saw the flower coming. I think I'll just chop them at ground level now.

xyzzy
07-02-2007, 03:33 PM
Thanks for advice and good luck with your flower becoming fruit.

Greenie
07-02-2007, 03:47 PM
Niceeee!!

momoese
07-02-2007, 04:17 PM
For size reference this my dog Chica. She stands 20" at the withers. (top of the front shoulders) I tried to adjust the photo so you can see the pseudo stem a little better.

Maybe we should have a Bananas and Pets thread?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4000&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4000&ppuser=42)

JoeS475
07-02-2007, 11:41 PM
Congratulations on the bloom! My SDC's are pretty unlikely to make it that far!

BTW, Beautiful dogs, Mitchel and xyzzy! Here is my English Springer Spaniel, Gemma:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=672 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=672&ppuser=233&sl=j)

~Joe

It_lives!
07-03-2007, 10:43 AM
OH, wow, that first picture looks awesome! Hope you get lots of little nanners from it!

Bananaman88
07-06-2007, 11:24 AM
Awesome flower on the SDC! I have been growing this cultivar in the ground in the Houston, TX area for 4 yrs now. I always get tons of growth (relatively speaking, as it is DWARF after all) but it has yet to flower for me. I've traditionally just let it grow with however many pups it puts out, only occasionally taking off one or two as it starts to get out of hand. This year, I removed all pups but one and have been being a bit more diligent about fertilizing and we have just had tons of rain here this spring and so far early summer, so I'm hoping for bloom this year. I'll post if it happens! I'm also growing a High Color Mini in the ground which is doing great and still has fabulous color. I've read that sometimes the color goes away as the get a little larger. Hopefully mine won't.

memaribeth
09-07-2008, 01:37 PM
I would love to see follow-up on this thread. Mitchel, did you take pictures of the fruit? ...and did you get to eat it?

Also, I am wondering if SDC is the same as Truly Tiny? Although on further scrutiny I guess it isn't because my TT doesn't look anything like your Super Dwarf Cavendish.

I am new to bananas and right now only have a very tiny outdoors patio but I am hooked and I am really enjoying this forum!

momoese
09-07-2008, 02:52 PM
Hello and welcome Mary. I can't remember if I took pictures but the fruit was very small and never ripened, they just turned black and rotted. I have since completely removed the stand and gave a nice sized potted and rooted pup to my neighbor who has done a great job growing it in a container. It hasn't fruited yet and I doubt it will in the small container but she loves it none the less!

memaribeth
09-11-2008, 04:32 PM
Thank you, Mitchel, I really appreciate your very speedy reply!

~Mary

natedogg1026
09-11-2008, 11:43 PM
Very cool.

matt18e
04-22-2009, 05:56 PM
I just stumbled upon this thread so I felt the need to jump on the dog posing with the super dwarf cavendish band wagon :)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16801&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16801&limit=recent)

shannon2009
04-22-2009, 08:15 PM
nice sdc and nice dogs does any body no when a high mini super dwarf might bloom mine one year old.

momoese
04-22-2009, 10:31 PM
This thread makes me laugh! Anyone else have a dog and an SDC?

LilRaverBoi
04-22-2009, 10:44 PM
Woah...another blast from the past thread.

Oh well...here's a pic of my super 'mini' dwarf cavendish. I've had it two months...check out my other pics to see its growth in that time.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16804&size=1

PS...I'm a CAT person...but I don't have any pets...plants are my babies!

momoese
04-23-2009, 12:47 AM
Woah...another blast from the past thread.

Oh well...here's a pic of my super 'mini' dwarf cavendish. I've had it two months...check out my other pics to see its growth in that time.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16804&size=1

PS...I'm a CAT person...but I don't have any pets...plants are my babies!

Cats are ok, we have 3 of them, but dogs rule!

Bananaman88
04-23-2009, 06:12 AM
LilRaverBoi-you pic looks more like High Color Mini to me. Much more red on the leaves than SDC normally has, at least in my experience.

LilRaverBoi
04-23-2009, 03:32 PM
LilRaverBoi-you pic looks more like High Color Mini to me. Much more red on the leaves than SDC normally has, at least in my experience.
Well, it's possible. It was purchased as a Super 'mini' Dwarf Cavendish from Green Earth 2 months ago. It's still pretty small and I've been told/read that the color will decrease as the plant gets larger. Guess we'll find out. They're both great plants so I won't be upset either way :)

Bananaman88
04-24-2009, 06:30 AM
My High Color Mini has generally retained it's color, as opposed to my SDC which does lose its color as it gets older. Maybe that will help you in ID'ing it as time goes on.

LilRaverBoi
04-24-2009, 12:36 PM
Okay, Brent....I totally think you're correct in your identification. I got a comment on that pic in my photo gallery by someone guessing it was a dwarf cavendish rather than a super dwarf cavendish. I wrote them a message, and linked them to the Green Earth website where I got it.

However, when I went to the GE website, I noticed that the URL for the page that shows the description has /high-color-mini/ at the end. The description doesn't really say anything about it, but I'm gonna go ahead and agree with you that that's probably what it is.

Like I said before...no complaints either way. I'd say I actually prefer the high-color variant over the regular SDC cause I'm lovin' the red splashes on the leaves.

Thanks for the input on the ID!