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blownz281
01-06-2009, 04:52 PM
I live in Zone 8 in NC 30mins from Topsail Beach. I brought all my winter hardy cacti and Musa Basjoo from Ohio. Was wondering how many different types of banana plants people grow all year around here. Pics please if you have some as well. Thanks
Chironex
01-06-2009, 05:05 PM
Hi blownz, first of all, Welcome! You will find plenty of reading about cold-hardy bananas all over the world. There are many photos in the threads and in the gallery. You will also find a thread just for cold-hardy bananas in the main page.
It would also be great if you would introduce yourself in the New Member forum so that everyone can see your post.
Have fun!
cactus6103
01-06-2009, 07:53 PM
I grow Basjoo, Musa Bordelon and Sikkimensis. I usually just keep them outside in the ground. This winter I dug them up and have them in the garage. I’m trying to start off next season with a taller P’Stem. I just want bigger faster. As for the cactus, they grow outside all year long and do well. Red
blownz281
01-07-2009, 09:37 AM
Thanks for the Welcome. Okay i will mark those two down for this spring and thanks for the help.
mskitty38583
01-07-2009, 10:57 AM
look in the banana wiki at the top of the page and youll see all kinds of nanas that we grow.some of us only have a few where others have many many kinds. btw welcome to the org.
tophersmith
01-07-2009, 03:28 PM
I live in Zone 8 in NC 30mins from Topsail Beach. I brought all my winter hardy cacti and Musa Basjoo from Ohio. Was wondering how many different types of banana plants people grow all year around here. Pics please if you have some as well. Thanks
Over here is Raleigh we have the usual suspects
Basjoo
Sikkimensis
Lasiocarpa
Pink Valutina
Ornata
Saba
Cocinea
trying to protect while in ground this winter
Orinoco and Maurelli Enstete
Out by the coast praying hands could probably make it along with the mountain varieties Musa Intinerans, Musa Yunanennsis, and M. Cheesemani
Here is a link to my photo album so you can see it will be easy to create a tropical jungle
]Banana Gallery - those_first_banana_leaves_that_cross_the_path_are_6ft_2_inch (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13350)[img]
blownz281
01-07-2009, 05:36 PM
I'm printing that list of nanners out thanks. Nice looking plants! okay I will check out that area for more photos.
in wilmington i have saba, mysore, basjoos, siks, lateritas, and red abyssians in the gorund, with the warm weather I have basjoos still pushing out new leaves
blownz281
01-08-2009, 11:59 AM
nice. thanks for the response
Simply Bananas
01-08-2009, 08:48 PM
I can give you some info on bananas in Charleston also. Ice Cream, orinocos, raja puri should be edible fruiters for ya'll.
tophersmith
01-09-2009, 08:44 AM
I can give you some info on bananas in Charleston also. Ice Cream, orinocos, raja puri should be edible fruiters for ya'll.
Raja Puri would definately grow on the coast here in NC, Ice Cream may need a little protection. Oh I also forgot California Gold
blownz281
01-09-2009, 12:52 PM
Well thats alot of different types I have to look into. Maybe in the spring I can find someone close by that would trade some pups for cavendish and basjoo I have. Thanks!
blownz281
01-09-2009, 01:09 PM
also was looking up pictures of these nanners everyone stated and some vendor said cavendish was zone 8 hardy? thought they were 10? I got them from a guy and they were six feet tall so I don't think they are drawf cavendish but never heard of any being cold hardy.
mskitty38583
01-09-2009, 10:44 PM
i think that a dwarf cava. can get 8-10 ft tall. its in the wiki. mine were only 3 ft tall before winter hit them. there is also the dwarf oronico and that gets about the same height. and no neither are suppossed to be very cold hardy. i have an experiment going on now with both types outside.
blownz281
01-10-2009, 09:16 AM
I'm with some of the other members here. I don't feel like protecting anything,so I would rather just grow plants that are know to be hardy. But I think I will try some cavendish outside with some mulch and see what happens. Kinda sorry I got them since they have to live inside when it gets cold but I have enough to not worry about losing some to the cold next year. Hopefully someone will trade me for some other nanners in the spring .
Bananaman88
01-10-2009, 09:40 AM
I'm in Zone 9 and my Dw. Cavendish typically don't fare well even in our winters here. Having said that, I do have one that I have wrapped the trunk on a couple of times so far this winter when cold weather has threatened and it still has about 5' of good firm pseudostem. I'm hoping that we won't get too cold this winter and that maybe it will flower and fruit this spring. If the cold weather does get it I will likely replace it with something hardier.
modenacart
01-14-2009, 08:41 PM
I grow orinoco, rajapuri, goldfiner and gauy namwah. The only one that has even come close to being able to be left out is orinoco. I have some out right now that still have green puedostems but we are going to get really cold this weekend so we will see how they do. The rajapuri, goldfiner and namwah didn't even keep the stem under my house. Neither did the saba before I lost it completely. I am in New Bern too, about 30 minutes from the coast.
I fruited orinoco this summer but had to cut the fruit really early. They are just now becoming ripe. The taste is not bad, but they are suffering from spongy core. They never really plumped like they should have on the plant.
blownz281
01-14-2009, 10:34 PM
Wow that sucks! I live in Richlands, I have seen several banana plants growing around town. never got a chance to look at them,but maybe they were basjoo and thats why they did good.
modenacart
01-15-2009, 05:07 PM
I have plenty of spare orinocos.
blownz281
01-17-2009, 10:03 AM
What are you looking to get for them. trade for cavendish?
modenacart
05-27-2009, 11:50 AM
Just saw this post. Do you have anything else beside cavendish?
tophersmith
05-27-2009, 02:48 PM
What are you looking to get for them. trade for cavendish?
What are you looking for?
blownz281
05-28-2009, 04:38 PM
Anything hardy for zone 8. I have Basjoo and cavendish like I said. What do you have in mind for trade? please email me at blownz281@yahoo.com
Thanks!
modenacart
05-28-2009, 06:56 PM
If you are in the area, you can have one of the orinoco pups. I have so many.
tophersmith
05-28-2009, 09:34 PM
How about a Saba pup? Are you ever in Raleigh?
blownz281
05-29-2009, 12:06 PM
Nope I'm never out that way. Live in Jacksonville area.
blownz281
05-29-2009, 12:09 PM
Modenacart) Where are you located at? I'm in Jacksonville area.. I also have Basjoo that I grew for five years in Ohio winters. If we exchange emails then we change send pics of our plants to each other so we see what we are getting ahead of time. Thanks
modenacart
05-30-2009, 12:24 PM
PM sent.
trauts14
05-30-2009, 02:34 PM
i live in high point,nc and have myosre,super dwarf cav., and ice cream. i dig them up for the winter. i have a nanner cam sp i can watch the garden while at work and show others while at work. i will post a link soon. anybody else live in the Triad are?
modenacart
05-30-2009, 05:48 PM
I come to the triad all the time. I am interested in Ice Cream. I have orinoco, raja puri, guay namwha, cavendish and goldfinger.
fishoifc
05-31-2009, 08:06 AM
N.C. growers hello I have to get some pics today of my neighbors plants.There is many varieties growing here on the beach that are very hardy.So far I know that Ice Cream is very strong here,I talked with one neighbor he picked them up in florida twelve years ago and they always come back,he told me he gets fruit every two years but they dont always get ripe. Okay the real deal is down the street this guys plants STAY tall all winter.this matt turns brown stays up and eventually around April I guess they get tired of the mess chop the tops off and new growth starts right there.I will knock on the door today and take Pics. currently I have only tried Basjoo,Rihnohorn,and D.C. in the ground over winter.The D.C. did not make it I gave up last week.The other two are fine.I did try very hard to protect the D.c. It was three years old ang just to big to mess with anymore.the other two I did nothing,and I will say the main stems did not return,but each has two stems growing now. This year I think I will leave Saba in ground as it stays green under the house all winter. thanks
blownz281
05-31-2009, 08:58 AM
Cavendish come back every year 30mins from me in Pender County. A guy that owns the greenhouse there told me thats what they were and he knows what he is talking about as I asked him alot of questions. They are growing in mulch beds and get huge. Even this bad winter they all come back. maybe they were put in the ground deep?
modenacart
05-31-2009, 09:32 AM
I wonder if my Saba wasn't Saba because it didn't survive under my house.
fishoifc
06-01-2009, 03:41 PM
hello went knocking on some doors today to get some infohttp://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17919&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17919&ppuser=3890) I was told these were Ice creams.She says normally she wraps the biggest ones with plastic and in april she takes off the plastic chops the top and new growth starts there.this winter she did no protection and most of the stems were mush.She also told me she gets small sweet bananas about every two or three yearshttp://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17918&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17918&ppuser=3890)This is a different neighbor.I dont remember how old she said these were but these have never had any protection.The big stem is about ten feet and she told me that one had small sweet bananas on it last year.this person does no cutting they grow natural.when I asked what kind they were she told me "regular banana plants"http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17917&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17917&ppuser=3890) This is what I got out of visiting with my neighbors.the smaller one is suppose to be the Ice cream the other is the unknown.they look just alike except for size.Okay so neighbor "one" with ice cream has many people growing from her clump and they all look the same size no protection.neighbor "two" did not get her plants from Neighbor "one" and her plants are very tall,three times bigger than anythig else in the area.
john_ny
06-01-2009, 04:16 PM
Nice pix. It'll be interesting to find out what they really are, and how they will do when someone actually pays attention to them.
modenacart
06-01-2009, 04:22 PM
It would be interesting to see pictures of the bananas. If its ice cream it should be pretty easy to see that. I bet the large one is orinoco.
blownz281
06-01-2009, 05:29 PM
Those are in NagsHead growing huh? I know that area very well but have not been then in acouple years. There is several houses in Topsail that have banana's growing. But I have no clue what type they could be.. I think one is the cold hardy Ruby red. Trying to get a construction guy to let me have some or one of the banana plants growing on his property .As he had no clue what they were and that they were growing there. But he had to ask his wife if she wanted them and have not heard back yet. They come back every year without protection.
Hey Blownz, Im in Wilmington, have
Saba
Mysore
Basjoo
Sikki's
Red absy
lateritas (or something like that from bman 88)
all came back really well again this year, sorry no pics at the moment.
lowes has had a lot of bananas at the monkey junction locaton for 9-15$
willing to trade some lateritas, they flowered for me last year.
modenacart
06-02-2009, 03:59 PM
Hey Blownz, Im in Wilmington, have
Saba
Mysore
Basjoo
Sikki's
Red absy
lateritas (or something like that from bman 88)
all came back really well again this year, sorry no pics at the moment.
lowes has had a lot of bananas at the monkey junction locaton for 9-15$
willing to trade some lateritas, they flowered for me last year.
Do the pusedosteams die back every year?
the basjoos actually never stopped growing this last winter even with 2 nights being 17*. the leaves had damage but kept putting out new ones. the saba and mysore got zapped by those 2 nights other wise they would have made it. sad cause both had 12-14" diameter stems both had pups that made it though. the red abys did not die back. the rest get almost no sun during winter due to sun angle so they did die back but everyone pulled through this spring.
being in between the river and beach(less then 1/4 mile to cape fear river and 3/4 mile to beach) I am lucky in that my temps are usually 5* or so warmer in the winter then in middle of wilmington. that really helps with my palms and bananas.
cowboyup4christ
06-04-2009, 08:29 PM
Just bought 2 Musa 'Dwarf Orinoco' first time tying bananas, I grow other type of fruit Asian pears, Paw paw, apples, Plums etc. So I am looking for info on how to get them started out right they are coming in pots so should I plant them in the ground or just put in a bigger pot for the first year, I am in the sandhills of NC in Carthage which is near Pinehurst thanks for any info.
modenacart
06-05-2009, 10:25 AM
How large are they? I would acclimate them to the sun, then you can plant in the ground if you want.
cowboyup4christ
06-05-2009, 10:31 AM
How large are they? I would acclimate them to the sun, then you can plant in the ground if you want.
they are 5-10 " plants in pots.
Thanks
Jim
tophersmith
06-05-2009, 12:37 PM
Let them sit for a week or so in partial sun, then plant them in the ground (using black cow) in full sun. Be sure and give them plenty of water. Keep you eye on them for the next 2 new leaves or so to ensure they get enough water. Be ready to pull them in early November or build cages around them and fill the cages with about 3 ft od leaf mulch (depends on the size of the banana). If you pull them jjust rinse off most of the dirt and through thme in your crawl space until spring.
cowboyup4christ
06-07-2009, 06:11 AM
Thanks for the advise, I have 6 coming in , well I have 12 really but other people have 6 of them, so I may pot 4 or so just in case somebody else in the neighborhood wants one, or I may plant all 6 who knows buit this site has help this newbie a lot thanks.
Jim:02:
tophersmith
06-08-2009, 08:31 AM
Thanks for the advise, I have 6 coming in , well I have 12 really but other people have 6 of them, so I may pot 4 or so just in case somebody else in the neighborhood wants one, or I may plant all 6 who knows buit this site has help this newbie a lot thanks.
Jim:02:
Once you start it's hard to stop, a couple of years from know you'll have 6 different types and a whole grove of plants :bananas_b
cowboyup4christ
06-10-2009, 01:35 PM
yea I can see that. I was walking through the gardens at the local community college and saw all these banana plants with all these pups around them, need to find out varieties and see if I can talk them out of some of those pups they just let them grow beside the mother some are as tall as the mother plant. hope they have some Ice cream. think they have some blood banana not sure.
modenacart
06-10-2009, 07:54 PM
Maybe if you have some pictures of them we could have a idea of what they are.
cowboyup4christ
06-10-2009, 08:32 PM
teaching a Photography class there tomorrow good reason to go to gardens, can you say field work. pictures to follow:ha:
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