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jmc96
02-04-2018, 04:07 PM
Been searching far and wide around Australia for several years with zero luck. I have many fruiting and ornamental cultivars to swap or happy to buy.
C,mon Aussie banana lovers, someone must have one, somewhere, cheers from Aus.

edwmax
02-04-2018, 07:48 PM
Sorry, I'm not in OZ. But welcome to the forum anyway. ... You should make a post in the 'new member' section and tell us more about your self and the Bananas you grow.

jmc96
02-04-2018, 09:10 PM
Sorry, I'm not in OZ. But welcome to the forum anyway. ... You should make a post in the 'new member' section and tell us more about your self and the Bananas you grow.

Sure ed will do. I was hoping to get the attention of delonix who apparently lives very close to me, who has the cultivar I'm desperately chasing. I'll collate my grove and tell all in the newbie section asap, cheers

edwmax
02-04-2018, 10:26 PM
delonix87 ....???.... Try sending a PM.

jmc96
02-05-2018, 12:16 AM
delonix87 ....???.... Try sending a PM.

Thanks ed, done already. Unfortunately he/she's left no other contact details. Just a sit n wait I'm afraid.

brod
02-05-2018, 02:11 AM
I'm with you JMC96. Someone in Oz has to have GM.

jmc96
02-05-2018, 03:55 AM
I'm with you JMC96. Someone in Oz has to have GM.

I have a promising lead thanks to Narnia.

druss
02-05-2018, 04:35 PM
Where are you in oz? I have gros michele, but im in WA.

jmc96
02-05-2018, 09:48 PM
Where are you in oz? I have gros michele, but im in WA.

Wow, the genuine article?? I have a son in Munster, is that far from you?
Maybe I PM you...yaahoo!!

Paco
02-06-2018, 06:05 AM
Hello all and fellow Aussie banana enthusiasts!

I hope to snag a gros michel pup one day. Hopefully I'll have a cultivar or two worth swapping when that day comes.

Good luck with your searches, JMC.

jmc96
02-06-2018, 06:22 AM
Hello all and fellow Aussie banana enthusiasts!

I hope to snag a gros michel pup one day. Hopefully I'll have a cultivar or two worth swapping when that day comes.

Good luck with your searches, JMC.

I have two great leads in the making. I can almost smell success.

mygc
03-31-2018, 05:38 PM
I am very interested in trying out the fruit (i think my climate is a bit too cold to grow it, I live in Melbourne). If anyone has some fruit and is willing to sell a hand or knows where i can get some, please message me.
Cheers
mygc

jmc96
03-31-2018, 08:06 PM
Leads are drying up. A guy on Fb has contacts in DPI who apparently grow it, he's making some inquiries on my behalf, and druss from WA has a friend who will give/sell me one when pups appear. Not all lost just yet.

druss
03-31-2018, 10:36 PM
One has pupped, just waiting on the pup to be large enough to separate.

jmc96
04-01-2018, 12:18 AM
Wow, reading that has made my Easter.
Thank you for the update, druss. I'll be hopping around all day on the good news.

Richard
04-01-2018, 04:19 AM
Why bother with GM? Namwah is a better cultivar.

jmc96
04-01-2018, 05:20 AM
It's known as Ducasse in Australia. I'm keen to try a Dwarf Duccasse I recently acquired from a forum member.

Richard
04-01-2018, 08:46 AM
"Big Mike" and "Ducasse" are different cultivars.

jmc96
04-01-2018, 04:41 PM
Yes, sorry, my last statement could have been misleading.
I was referring to Namwah as what we know as Ducasse here in Australia.
GM is rarely mentioned, but I'd like to change all that.

Akula
04-01-2018, 11:51 PM
I think growing a GM or one of the GM dwarfs is a worthy endeavor since it has disappeared from our shelves. Bringing it back in your garden and reclaiming a piece of history is great and makes for a great conversation with your family and friends.

Plant what you want to plant based on what you think is interesting (and capable of growing based on your climate, resources, and patience)!

Richard
04-02-2018, 01:32 AM
Yes, sorry, my last statement could have been misleading. I was referring to Namwah as what we know as Ducasse here in Australia. GM is rarely mentioned, but I'd like to change all that.

GM is much more sensitive to cool weather than Namwah. If you are truly in zone 10a/b, you will find that in your climate GM grows at half the rate of Namwah.

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Richard
04-02-2018, 01:37 AM
It's [Namwah] known as Ducasse in Australia. I'm keen to try a Dwarf Duccasse I recently acquired from a forum member.

Definitely worth growing in zone 10. With good care and an "eagle-eye" for nurturing the follow-on year pup it will provide you with fruit every year.

BTW -- you and I are at the same latitude and distance to the ocean, N/S reversed.

jmc96
04-02-2018, 03:33 AM
Definitely worth growing in zone 10. With good care and an "eagle-eye" for nurturing the follow-on year pup it will provide you with fruit every year.

BTW -- you and I are at the same latitude and distance to the ocean, N/S reversed.

My first GM will get top shelf treatment. Pity the polyhouse is only 3.5m tall, otherwise it would live in there.
At least I'm 35m ASL, above the frost line.

jmc96
06-11-2018, 05:05 PM
I must say a big thank you to everyone that participated in this thread. A govt based agg department came through with the goods, a Big Mike arrived in a TC vial not long ago and it's going great.
Moving on to my next acquisition....