Best Tasting Dwarf......
 

OK so I've had a couple of bananas now and I've taken good care of them but due to space requirements I need to get into growing dwarfs. I need to know what dwarf variety tastes the best. I like sweet creamy bananas. Oh and the plant cant reach a height of over 8 feet. Thanks for advice in advance. :ukkibannana:

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8' total height or 8' of pseudostem (which is the typical measure of 'height' for bananas)?

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8 ft total height. probably a 6-7 ft p-stem. Also I was thinking of a dwarf namwah or a namwah variant....

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May I suggest Mahoi (double) or Dwarf Red. The flavor of the fruits are excellent! :2239:

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Sounds good. So do you happen to know if the double frequently produces 2 heads of fruit?

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Dwarf Namwah will get to tall Rajapuri , double or maybe Dwarf Brazilian

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You have to consider the environment and how cold your area may get. :^) Your not on the map is the only reason I bring that up.. :^)

Which fruit has more flavor the double or dwarf Brazilian also which do you think would yield a better naner crop.

Oh and I container grow plants so you dont really need to know where I live.....:camelnaner:

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The double produces two bunches of fruit in the secound and following shooting pseudostems of a mat. They may not be as cold hardy as other Dwarf types but do well in a well drained large pot, that can be moved in doors and out. :2239:

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A temporate zone wouldn't hurt.. If you have only 8ft ceilings an SDC :^)

Dwarf Brazilian is a great tasting banana...but is not a true dwarf (7 -14 feet depending on conditions)...just a smaller version of the Brazilian (20 plus feet)

Dwarf Reds are awesome......

It helps to know where you live.....how much sun you get, etc.,

There is more to climate than shoving a banana in a pot..

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Dwarf Ladyfinger ?

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I know I give them extra light, heat them give them high humidity, and let em have plenty of sunlight. :03:

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Rmplmnz thinks highly of this cultivar also, check it out!!



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Ok i think I've decided. I believe I am now in the market for 2 doubles and 2 dwarf reds.
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Raja Puri FTW,
I have yet to see my Red Dwarf flower but the way it grows and the color is very nice.

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Ohhhhhh no one mentioned the raja puri do u think the raja puri beats out the others (double and dwarf red)?

R U READY!
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OK so I might actually be in the market for 2 raja puri's and 1 double. Oh and what abot the williams hybrid is that any good?

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If had to eat a dwarf I'd probably try to eat Sleepy, or Dopey- they'd be the easiest to catch.


I guess it depends on how you cook them...

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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.
Good Luck

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Well I have a question do you know if this list is very accurate?
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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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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.

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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.:02:

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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...

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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? :^)

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. :woohoonaner:

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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try a dwarf brazilian, dwarf orinoco, manzana

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

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taste is subjective, I favor brazillian bananas.

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

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