Heracleum

Hello I am a new member as from today and I have already learnt a lot of things I never knew about bananas.

Gardening here in Northern England Leeds/Bradford West Yorkshire.

Look forward to learning more

momoese

Welcome aboard. What Bananas are you growing?

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Mitchel

Heracleum

Thank you for the welcome. For the last five years I have had a desultory attempt at growing a variety of bananas from seed with about a 10% germination success.
This year I have sown 3 seeds of the following varieties all on Dec 12th. 2005 under the best conditions I can provide .The seed has come from 3 different suppliers hence the dupication .
FWIW J= Jungle seeds C=Chilten T= Thompson & Morgan (All uk suppliers)

At this date 21 Feb 2006 I have 5 germinations.
My reasons for sowing these seeds was to test the viability of seeds from different suppliers. The whole thing is the subject of a massive excel spreasheet.
In the past I have grown some of these as annuals and composted the mush in late December but this year I will try an overwintering.
There is nothing particularly rare about the seeds I am trialing but as a result of this forum I have got a few others on the way.

Ensete glaucum C
Musa balbisiana C
Musa Ensete C
Musa Hookerii C
Musa nagensium C
Musa paradisiaca C
Musa Sapientum C
Ensete glaucum J
Ensete superbum J
Ensete ventricosumJ
Musa accuminata J
Musa balbisiana J
Musa cheesmani J
Musa coccinea J
Musa nagensium J
Musa ornata J
Musa paradisiaca J
Musa sikkimensis J
Musa sp Burmese BlueJ
Ensete glaucum T
Ensete ventricosumT
Musa lasiocarpa T
Musa Mixed T
Musa sikkimensis T
Musa velutina T

MediaHound

Welcome to the board!