LilRaverBoi

Yeah, one consideration people tend to leave out is that in a pot, you're adding at least a foot to total height just for the soil's level being in the pot. Therefore, if you have 8' total, 1' is taken for the soil/pot, and you probably need 1.5-2' for new leaves to come out properly....so you really only can sustain 5' of pseudostem. SDC is about the only fruiting banana I can think of that really fits within those parameters. Some of the other dwarfs might work out, but it'd be a stretch.
Yes, this was my understanding as well. I was told it was quite a monster of a plant. Probably not well suited to being grown indoors if height is limited. I heard the fruit was excellent, though.
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I have some that are massive for Dwarf Brazilians (this is after thinning a half dozen big pups...ask Scott)....heavy mulch and it has rained unbelievably the last week in Tampa.

I will post some pics this weekend.

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Rmplmnz's Dwarf Brazs plants were around 11-14 feet.
I feel it totally has to do with your environment, soil conditions, planting conditions. My potted plants went into the ground and took off! The pots will keep plants a bit smaller......thus smaller fruit yield.
The SDC would work great in a home during winter.
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Well I have a question do you know if this list is very accurate?

NAME SUBTROPIC_HEIGHT_FEET
Truly Tiny 1.5
Red Jewel 3.0
Super Dwarf Cavendish 3.0
High Color Mini 4.0
Mauritius 4.0
Dwarf Cavendish 5.0
Dwarf French 5.0
California Gold 6.0
Dwarf Orinoco 6.5
Dwarf Gros Michel 7.0
Dwarf Namwa 7.0
Dwarf Nino 7.0
Dwarf Puerto Rican 7.0
Dwarf Red 7.0
Dwarf White Iholena 7.0
Gran Nain 7.0
Misi Luki of Samoa 7.0
Mona Lisa 7.0
Rajapuri 7.0
Rose 7.0
Sumatrana X Gran Nain 7.0
Texas Star 7.0
Walha 7.0
Zan Moreno 7.0
Kofi 7.5
1000 Fingers 8.0
Berangan 8.0
Double 8.0
Dwarf Brazilian 8.0
Dwarf Colorado Blanco 8.0
Enano Gigante 8.0
Kalela 8.0
Latundan 8.0
Mahoi 8.0
Masak 8.0
Nangka 8.0
Safet Velchi 8.0
Tango 8.0
Sweetheart 8.5
Banane Corne 9.0
Cavendish (banana) 9.0
Kumunaba 9.0
San Jose 9.0
Williams Hybrid 9.0
African Rhino Horn 9.5
Pisang Klutuk 9.5
Black French 10.0
Cardaba 10.0
Chini Champa 10.0
Cocos 10.0
Lacatan, Jamaican 10.0
Nino 10.0
SH-3640 10.0
Tuu Gia 10.0
Viente Cohol 10.0
1780 hybrid 11.0
Ebun Musak 11.0
French Horn 11.0
Golden Aromatic 11.0
Golden Pillow 11.0
Goldfinger 11.0
Hua Moa 11.0
Kru 11.0
Monthan 11.0
Nehumbahoka 11.0
Pitogo 11.0
Popoulu kaia 11.0
Sarttra 11.0
Balongkaue 12.0
Enano Nautia 12.0
FHIA-21 Plantain 12.0
FHIA-23 12.0
Giant Cavendish 12.0
Golden Beauty 12.0
Ice Cream 12.0
Ma'ia Maoli 12.0
Manzano 12.0
Maqueno 12.0
Namwa 12.0
Rasthali 12.0
Super Plantain 12.0
Valery 12.0
FHIA-17 13.0
Gros Michel 13.0
Pelipita 13.0
Praying Hands 13.0
Red Iholene 13.0
Cuban Red 14.0
Green Red 14.0
Pace 14.0
Lady Finger 14.5
Iholena 15.0
Jamaican Red 15.0
Lakatan, Philippine 15.0
Mysore 15.0
Pisang Ceylon 15.0
Pisang Masak Hijau 15.0
White Iholena 15.0
Belle 16.0
Giant Plantain 16.0
Kaulau 16.0
Orinoco 16.0
Ele Ele 17.0
Kandrian 17.0
Tall Red 17.0
Ae Ae 18.0
Brazilian 18.0
Manaiula 19.0
Monkey Fingers 19.0
Colorado Blanco 20.0
Saba 21.0

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jeffreyp

Truly tiny is a super dwarf brazilian banana - more sub acid/apple aftertaste

of the cavendish types, little prince or super dwarf cavendish/hi color mini are good choices.

imclueless17

OK so I just measured my ceiling and its 8' 4" and the pot they will be growing in is 10.5" tall so that leaves 7' 5.5". So I really don't wanna grow a sdc or TT so is there any other naner that could possible fit without crunching leaves. Thanks.

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do you have enough light? just because you have the height ceiling wise the plant still needs to get sufficient lighting...

imclueless17

Yea I use a grow light and let them see the sun all day.

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Is it a 17watt one like from walmart or a metal halide? :^)

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imclueless17

Metal halide. But enough of this plz I just need to know what banana could possibly grow in a 7' 5.5" space that's not a sdc or tt.

Omg I just had an epiphany I didn't even think of using our huge storage shed as a virtual greenhouse. We have this huge shed outside prolly 13-15 ft tall that would be perfect for naner growing. It would still have to be dwarf-ish but I that opens up my options quite a bit.

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jeffreyp

try a dwarf brazilian, dwarf orinoco, manzana

imclueless17

Ok so whats the bast tasting naner that has about a 8' p-stem.

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jeffreyp

taste is subjective, I favor brazillian bananas.

Abnshrek

They list is considered p-stem height not total height. Good question. :^)

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I have two mattes of Dwarf Brazilians. I have never fertilized them (not even with horse poop or fish meal), they are never watered except by rain (they are not in the main garden area), they are mulched.

I measured one yesterday, the top of the highest leaf was 15 feet 10 inches, the top of the pseudostem was right at nine feet, the circumference was 37 inches and this one is a ways from throwing out a flag leaf.

The pics with the eight foot ladder (for scale) I took this week, the others are from 2008.

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Abnshrek

Looks like your holding Bam Bam's bat from the flintstones.. :^)

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