best banana for sacramento, ca

mycelium · 01-10-2015, 11:30 AM

hello folks,

what do you recommend for this area?

Bob3 · 01-12-2015, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mycelium

hello folks,

what do you recommend for this area?

Basjoo are the all time favorites around Sac but as for edibles, Dwarf Orinoco do pretty good around here.
By buddy has had good luck with Blue Java but it does lousy by me.
What's your altitude?
A few extra feet in elevation seem to miss more of the frost.

If you have a nice warm South facing wall on your house, you can grow just about any variety with a little frost protection. (greenhouse / lean-to best but frost cloth can also work out well.)

mycelium · 01-12-2015, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob3

Basjoo are the all time favorites around Sac but as for edibles, Dwarf Orinoco do pretty good around here.
By buddy has had good luck with Blue Java but it does lousy by me.
What's your altitude?
A few extra feet in elevation seem to miss more of the frost.

If you have a nice warm South facing wall on your house, you can grow just about any variety with a little frost protection. (greenhouse / lean-to best but frost cloth can also work out well.)

hi bob,

i don't know the altitude. out in the south sac area not in the foothills. is the orinoco tasty? i've never had a banana besides the ones in the supermarket.

Bob3 · 02-06-2015, 02:15 PM

Orinoco is a great cooking banana, my favorite for frying. Usually not as sweet as the store variety but with a more complex flavor.
There are some good Asian grocery stores in town that will have a variety of different bananas; often the "tinier" the banana variety is, the sweeter, but not everybody has the same flavor preference.

jeffaroo · 03-29-2015, 12:10 PM

Warning...one plant will quickly turn into two. Soon after you will want different varietys
Then your neighborhood will start calling you the crazy nannerhead. Its a curse

crazy banana · 03-29-2015, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffaroo

Warning...one plant will quickly turn into two. Soon after you will want different varietys
Then your neighborhood will start calling you the crazy nannerhead. Its a curse

It is like having potato chips: cannot have just one....😜

jeffaroo · 03-30-2015, 06:26 PM

Just curious....... What are you California folks using for a fertilizer program ???
I'm in Lodi and looking at other options

crazy banana · 03-30-2015, 06:31 PM

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Just curious....... What are you California folks using for a fertilizer program ???
I'm in Lodi and looking at other options

You cannot go wrong with Fruit Fuel ( www.plantsthatproduce)
It is 16-8-24 and there is also an organic version available.

jeffaroo · 03-30-2015, 09:07 PM

That's what I'm using now, but the shipping on each order is kind of a buzz kill. I hear of guys dumping 2 lbs of triple thirteen every month but that sounds a little risky. I'm just weighing out my local options
Its really hard to pull a $65 trigger on fruit fuel delivered when my local grow shop has 25 lb grow-mor for $10 bucks

I'm thinking of moving one of my basjoos to a 100 gal smart pot and "roid" the thing out like a WWE wrestler to experiment with

crazy banana · 03-30-2015, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffaroo

That's what I'm using now, but the shipping on each order is kind of a buzz kill. I hear of guys dumping 2 lbs of triple thirteen every month but that sounds a little risky. I'm just weighing out my local options

I'm thinking of moving one of my basjoos to a 100 gal smart pot and "roid" the thing out like a WWE wrestler to experiment with

Use lots of compost. I never have enough myself, so a couple times a year I go to the city dump which gives very nice compost and mulch away for free to all SD residents. I also have access to free mushroom compost, horse and chicken manure, so all this keeps the store bought fertilizer cost at a minimum. Usually horse and chicken farms give their manure away for free, too.

mycelium · 04-06-2015, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffaroo

Warning...one plant will quickly turn into two. Soon after you will want different varietys
Then your neighborhood will start calling you the crazy nannerhead. Its a curse

i bet.. i've gone on a flower binge this year for the front yard. wife likes dahlias and i went a bit overboard on the dinner plates

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Originally Posted by crazy banana

It is like having potato chips: cannot have just one....😜

potato chips are my favorite snack!

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Originally Posted by crazy banana

Use lots of compost. I never have enough myself, so a couple times a year I go to the city dump which gives very nice compost and mulch away for free to all SD residents. I also have access to free mushroom compost, horse and chicken manure, so all this keeps the store bought fertilizer cost at a minimum. Usually horse and chicken farms give their manure away for free, too.

awesome. i collect free horse manure, coffee grinds, fresh wood chips/leaves, granite shavings, wood ash and anything that can be useful for the garden. the worms turn it over real good and i have some great stuff for the garden.

enigma99a · 04-09-2015, 12:13 AM

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hello folks,

what do you recommend for this area?

Sacramento is a big area.. What part do you live in? Are you downtown or in midtown? then you're Zone 10a. Congrats, you can go any banana you want.

EDIT: (You said South Sac) Are you in Land Park? You're probably still are close to Zone 10. Further south... read below.

If you're somewhere else you'll want to try Orinoco, Basjoo, Ensete ventricosum, or pretty much any other banana you want - but expect to get some burn and your P-Stem should be fine.

jeffaroo · 04-09-2015, 12:18 AM

We need a central ca banana club. Lol

mycelium · 04-09-2015, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by enigma99a

Sacramento is a big area.. What part do you live in? Are you downtown or in midtown? then you're Zone 10a. Congrats, you can go any banana you want.

EDIT: (You said South Sac) Are you in Land Park? You're probably still are close to Zone 10. Further south... read below.

If you're somewhere else you'll want to try Orinoco, Basjoo, Ensete ventricosum, or pretty much any other banana you want - but expect to get some burn and your P-Stem should be fine.

i'm on the border of elk grove and south sac

mycelium · 05-28-2015, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by enigma99a

Sacramento is a big area.. What part do you live in? Are you downtown or in midtown? then you're Zone 10a. Congrats, you can go any banana you want.

EDIT: (You said South Sac) Are you in Land Park? You're probably still are close to Zone 10. Further south... read below.

If you're somewhere else you'll want to try Orinoco, Basjoo, Ensete ventricosum, or pretty much any other banana you want - but expect to get some burn and your P-Stem should be fine.

oops replied when i already did lol.

jeffaroo · 05-30-2015, 11:45 AM

We should trade pups sometime.

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