Originally Posted by sddarkman619 (Post 354624)

No they don't exist

Originally Posted by SodaBananas (Post 354601)

the blue java banana viarety interests me but im not sure if it has a dwarven viarety or not. so im asking here. Anyone have some experience or tried to breed up some seeds? i wanna figure this out to determine growability (ill probably build a rig that allows me to condense my reapers and pineapples, to grow more bananas. its all going on hydroponics in some form.)

Originally Posted by SodaBananas (Post 354626)

then how come i have come across a canadian store advertising max 3m tall blue java banana plants then?

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 354629)

Blue Java is a variety in the Ney Mannan subgroup and likely a sport or mutation of one of the other varieties from that subgroup. If you're looking for a dwarf variety search the entire subgroup. I'm not aware of a dwarf variety being commercially available but certainly wouldn't be surprised if any exist or have existed in the past.




Don't confuse 6.1.2 (Dwarfism) with 6.2.1 (Pseudostem height)

There was a study done by CIRAD using a Ney Mannan variety that ranged in pseudostem height from 2.1m to 2.9m.

https://www.cirad.fr/en/

If you are interested in seed production with Ney Mannan there was a study done by IITA.

https://www.iita.org/cropsnew/banana-plantain/

Originally Posted by SodaBananas (Post 354630)

Cool ill check those resources out. in case you want to see for yourself, i have attached a link to the retailer.
https://tropicofcanada.ca/plant-varieties/banana/

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 354634)

There were plenty of errors on that website and they didn't say it was a dwarf.

Canada Banana Farms has two locations in Ontario.