aemaris
07-15-2007, 06:04 PM
Hi all! Thanks for all the good info here! I chose a mysore for my first banana and got it from Stoke's tropicals. It arrived last week looking healthy and gorgeous with three nice leaves, about 20" long. Two little pups at the base.
About 15 years ago I was told I was allergic to bananas and avoided them. Lately, I was retested and told I could try them again. I find they don't bother me as long as they are well ripened. I prefer the sweet little bananas I get in mexican markets. yum! Or fried and served with sour cream.
But, that's not why I got started growing bananas...I needed something to shade my bromeliads from the intense afternoon sun we get on the hillside here. Anything higher than 16 feet or so will block our view, so hopefully the mysore species will look good, stay short enough, and give me tasty little bananas eventually!
For the bromeliad shade, I previously tried avocado and citrus trees, but they didn't like getting their leaves wet or the blazing sun. (Bromeliads like to be moist and under a canopy) Palm trees were expensive and not my favorite, so now I turn to bananas! I hope the musa mysore works. So far it looks happy with the bromeliads, but I need another few feet of growth before they get any shade from it. Any advice appreciated!
I have been to brazil and admired the banana farms there, and seen the gizzilions of different varieties. Being a newby, chosing one was overwhelming, so I did a lot of reading, and hopefully chose a good one. I am also enjoying all the other plant pics members have posted--tropicals and carniverous--wow! cheers, Ann
About 15 years ago I was told I was allergic to bananas and avoided them. Lately, I was retested and told I could try them again. I find they don't bother me as long as they are well ripened. I prefer the sweet little bananas I get in mexican markets. yum! Or fried and served with sour cream.
But, that's not why I got started growing bananas...I needed something to shade my bromeliads from the intense afternoon sun we get on the hillside here. Anything higher than 16 feet or so will block our view, so hopefully the mysore species will look good, stay short enough, and give me tasty little bananas eventually!
For the bromeliad shade, I previously tried avocado and citrus trees, but they didn't like getting their leaves wet or the blazing sun. (Bromeliads like to be moist and under a canopy) Palm trees were expensive and not my favorite, so now I turn to bananas! I hope the musa mysore works. So far it looks happy with the bromeliads, but I need another few feet of growth before they get any shade from it. Any advice appreciated!
I have been to brazil and admired the banana farms there, and seen the gizzilions of different varieties. Being a newby, chosing one was overwhelming, so I did a lot of reading, and hopefully chose a good one. I am also enjoying all the other plant pics members have posted--tropicals and carniverous--wow! cheers, Ann