Anyone tried Pisang Ceylon
 

Anyone tried Pisang Ceylon how cold tolerant is it?

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Agri-Starts says zone 8-10

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anyone have pictures? Thanks

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these people sell them Willis Orchard Company: Pisang Ceylon Banana Plant here is a picture from this board http://www.bananas.org/vbclassified/.../897t9pvw7.jpg

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Thanks for the picture ID

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just found a 2 ft one on ebay for 9.99 plus 8:99 shipping

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Very, very nice bananas. Small, finger size. Very tall and skinny plant. MUST support when fruiting. Doesn't take wind, Medium pupper.

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Hej Cowboy, I'm tired of Pisang Ceylon (to understand, please, read the thread name)... :D ;)

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Not sure if they're tired of Pissing.... Uh.... Er.... Pisang Ceylons yet but has anyone heard from Chironex, Klemmthamm, or JPfloors yet? Can't help but wonder how theirs are doing.

BTW, Cold Tolerant can be a fairly relative concept. I've been growing things for 3 years that should be very marginal in Oklahoma - sometimes it's more a matter of strategy, especially in bordering zones :).

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don't know who got scott's but he sold off all of his inventory. what about these can't find any listed except tyty and I wouldn't risk them.
Texas Star
Amistad
Carolina King
Golden Rhinohorn

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Don't blame ya on tyty but the 1st & last in the list are at Aaron's Nursery (If ya wanna risk them).... Still can't figure whether they're selling lewd photos or plants :confused: !

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yeah they are looking more like tyty everyday. just bought a pisan ceylon thought I would give one a try, got it for 18.00 2ft plant.

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I think tyty and aaron's are the same nursery

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Good luck with the Pisang Ceylon (excuse the humor, I couldn't resist :)). Ya got me going now with the Texas Star, Carolina King, & Golden Rhinohorn. Searched the internet & couldn't find anything on that Amistad, though. Living in Oklahoma (my whole life, so far), I think I'll try for all 3. If I get hold of one, I'll let ya know... & where I got it.
Need to get them in the wiki, too. From what I read this afternoon, they're some great nanners... esp Texas Star... 16 degrees & came back!? Incredible!

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I have 2.. one is a pup I had written off as dead, and low & behold it's got a lil green chute coming up.. I'm glad I replaced my heater with the busted thermstat when I did.. For a while there I though my green thumb was busted, and needed an overhaul :^)

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Mine is doing well in the greenhouse, it has a small dark splotch on the stem but seems to still be solid all the naners have been slowly growing a new leaf all winter. can't wait for spring

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Well yesterday I was unbagging the 2 nanners at the corners of the deck (well two of them (cause I noticed soemthing was wrong). Someone tripped over the cord of the heat-tape and unplugged them. Any how I guess my mother PC is down to under a foot versus 3.5 feet of p-stem w/ 12 of leaf. Dwarf Orinoco, and Raja Puri took a beating too. Well I think when I get done I can start a thread "Heat-tapes vs. no heat-tapes" or tall & green vs. alot of cut-off brown. Well i know the unplug effected two more so I best be off to check out the Raja, and the SDC's. @ least they are all alive thanks to the straw :^)

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I have 4 nanners I'm putting in the ground behind my garage, I might just have to do that or some other taller (homemade version) method depending how they grow this summer :^)

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I bought a Pisang Ceylon, an Ice Cream, and a Misi Luki from Willisorchards several weeks ago, all apparently nice plants. Only now is the Misi Luki starting to seriously grow. Nothing appears to be happening with the one-leaf Ice Cream, which was the situation with the Pisang Ceylon. Then, about a week ago the Pisang Ceylon's pseudostem softened and collapsed. It looks like a fungus to me, but I saw no black on the leaves or trunk. I had a similar problem with a Grand Nain earlier this summer. I sprayed and sprayed, but nothing helped. It appeared to be rotten to the root. It had a keiki that has grown strongly, no sign of fungus, and it has a keiki of its own. I have a lot of otherwise healthy banana plants. So, what is happening?