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04-10-2016, 12:05 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Best bananas to plant
Zone 9b, what would be the best bananas to grow
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Re: Best bananas to plant
Mysore has been awesome for me. I hear it is one of the best tasting.
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That list is not the best by a long shot. Just cold hardy. Raja Puri is prone to choke making not even close to best. There are more factors to best than cold hardy.
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I had lists thrown at me but visiting places and getting real experience local made the difference.
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04-10-2016, 09:21 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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If I had one to choose, I'd go with Namwah.
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Re: Best bananas to plant
Namwah would be my 1st choice also- cold hardy and very tastee - D namwahs are easier to winterize - In my zone 9a (Gulf Coast) pups have to overwinter and fruit the following spring/summer.
My tall namwah mat has a flower right now but only 2 leaves on the pstem - it is a big mat maybe the corm will support the bloom?
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04-11-2016, 07:29 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Being familiar with Lompoc, I think Namwa would do well there. Perhaps venturabananas can provide a sanity check.
Be careful with recommendations from well-meaning 9b folks in the gulf states ... their weather is very different (high vs. low humidity) than yours.
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04-12-2016, 02:22 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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Re: Best bananas to plant
+1 what Jose263 said. Pretty reliable fruiters, and nice size bunches for our climate.
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