View Full Version : Best 5-8 footers, including mislabels (other than d nam)
Jasmine
02-15-2009, 01:56 PM
Hi all, I am interested in finding a nice banana that won't get too tall and shade my fig tree. I already have a dwarf namwah, and I'm curious to know if there are any other productive, delicious bananas out there with that height ceiling. I hear that many of the ones we are familiar with -dwarf brazilian, zan moreno, etc- don't really put out nice bunches for the most part, perhaps that is a misconception?
Bonus points for looking nice and being stocky! Mislabels and mysteries and great to hear about, and if it's really great I might try to buy it from you (just a warning!).
Thanks a lot
just j
02-15-2009, 02:16 PM
dwarf cavendish dwarf orinoco raja puri double mahoi grand nain dwarf red are all around 5- 8 feet in a pot
Worm_Farmer
02-15-2009, 03:37 PM
dwarf brazilian, Super Dwarf cavendish, Little Prince
revolutionman
02-15-2009, 04:26 PM
I wish i had that problem. Some of my bananas barely shade the ground! LoL
No but seriously my average plant doesn't grow past 6 feet before fruiting. My biggest dont pass 8.
Worm_Farmer
02-15-2009, 04:29 PM
I wish i had that problem. Some of my bananas barely shade the ground! LoL
No but seriously my average plant doesn't grow past 6 feet before fruiting. My biggest dont pass 8.
NICE! How do you do that? Are they growing in shade? My IC 8' right now, my best guess is that it will push out about 2 more feet before flower but I am waiting.
island cassie
02-15-2009, 04:44 PM
I second what they say - have only had experience with dwarf cavendish and dwarf orinoco myself - the latter are gorgeous when fully ripe, and a nice stocky plant too. Good luck with your choice.
revolutionman
02-15-2009, 04:49 PM
NICE! How do you do that? Are they growing in shade? My IC 8' right now, my best guess is that it will push out about 2 more feet before flower but I am waiting.
Most of my bananas are growing under the shade of two very very old breadfruit trees that If i had to guess were nearly 40 feet tall. Unfortunately they dont fruit very well, but there are a few things that could be contributing to that. the fruit unfurl in very tight and close grouping and just are not growing to a conventional size before ripening.
But even those i've planted in direct sun and give decent sized bunches are not very tall. I'm gonna take pics tomorrow.
revolutionman
02-15-2009, 04:51 PM
I second what they say - have only had experience with dwarf cavendish and dwarf orinoco myself - the latter are gorgeous when fully ripe, and a nice stocky plant too. Good luck with your choice.
maybe one of those (or both) are what my plants are, some of them do develop very thick "trunks".
Gabe15
02-15-2009, 05:27 PM
Keep in mind that when referring to fruiting heights they are (or should be) in reference to the height of the pseudostem, the actual total height of the plant will be larger with the leaves. A plant listed as 5ft could still reach 8-9ft in the air with its leaves, and an 8ft plant could easily reach over 12ft with leaves.
revolutionman
02-15-2009, 05:46 PM
thanks for clarifying that. My stats stand but so we're clear the leaves do, as you say, add another couple of feet in height. So in total I, 5'9, can walk underneath the leaves with little interference.
So the trunk is called pseudostem then. excellent.
just j
02-15-2009, 06:21 PM
you r right about the hieght i have 9 foot ceiling in my home and the leaves on one where to the ceiling and bending down so when a new leaf started comin up i just wrapped the window blind cord around it to kind of bend it to the side lol
Jasmine
02-16-2009, 10:10 PM
Hey thanks for responding. Whever i make a new thread I wonder if it will get any replies! Anyone have any experience with Dwarf Colorado Blanco?
The 5-8 feet I initially referred to was the stem, not including leaves.
Thanks!
Richard
02-17-2009, 12:02 AM
Hey thanks for responding. Whever i make a new thread I wonder if it will get any replies! Anyone have any experience with Dwarf Colorado Blanco?
The 5-8 feet I initially referred to was the stem, not including leaves.
Thanks!
The Dwarf Colorado Blanco is a genotype AAA with yellow skin, orange pulp, and a pseudostem height of 8 feet in central America. In subtropical climates, it is likely to grow shorter.
Add Sweetheart to your list of candidates. I think Dwarf Brazilian is under-rated. The plants I've seen in southern California produce a nice bunch with excellent tasting fruit.
Jasmine
02-18-2009, 05:51 PM
Wow ok, thanks Richard. I had no idea FHIA 3 was that short! I thought for sure it was 8-9'.
Last year I went to a CRFG meeting in Balboa Park in San Diego (Subject: Pomegranates) and the speaker told me he grows Dwarf Brazilian somewhere in Ocean Beach and didn't recommend it. Another guy who seemed to grow many bananas nearby chimed in that it was a poor producer for him also, that's why I assumed it behaved like that.
But if you've had different experiences that is great to know. And thanks for the banana bucks, whatever those are used for!
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