Dwarf Namwah
 

Dwarf Namwah planted two weeks ago..hoping it will take off soon.

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Weather looks nice so maybe it will grow swiftly. Nothing in the storm report of any importance but it is Florida and one never knows. Good luck.

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Yikes ! That shell bed looks tuff to grow stuff in!

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Yes it is tuff. That's all the soil I have, in my backyard. I am taking it as a challenge.

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Make sure you have drainage out of that hole.

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Just planted 2 weeks ago?
Boy do I need to move south!!
Sorry for the sour grapes but, this is pack up time for us here, I really hate this time of year, putting them to sleep and all.
good luck with your Namwah!!

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I feel your pain
I bought this house many years ago . It was built on top of a parking lot for farm machinery. Then when the contractor decided to build on it he pushed all the garbage from his construction company into this lot and placed the house on top of it :( So I rented a back hoe and dug it up then hauled in some top soil. This was years ago when it was not to expensive to do things like this .. Today it would need a license and a survey plus MONEY galore …
Haaa ... I see pitangadiego has mentioned drainage.. I would consider that hole just like a pot above ground. Best of luck with it :2691:

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I know your feelings ...I moved down here about 5years ago.

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Here is an updated picture after two months.

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Classic D. Namwa.

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Here is some updated pics. I planted in the grounnd in september 2011. After 8.5 months, Its still in that shell bed, I will be removing the shellbed and replacing them with some good dark top soil. I want to see the fruits this year. It has three pups now.

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Grew pretty good considering the soil you were working with!

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I planted mine about 5 months ago, and I was worried because the next two leaves were almost white. I tossed some composted manure on it, and they gradually turned more green, and the third leaf was a normal green. I still don't know what the problem was, but it seems fine now. Mine seems to be a fast, vigorous grower. I'm still not quite used to the oval shaped leaves, they are almost round. Very unlike the other types I'm growing.

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I agree. Rainforezt's Dwarf Namwah leaves seem more long and narrow, and the p-stem is not nearly as fat as mine and the other ones I've seen. Maybe things will change when he "spoils them" with some good, dark soil.

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I seen your May14th Picture.


look at my early pics ... see the color of the leaf on my first picture. I just started to have those long leaves. I think you will see them soon.

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My plant is a tc,bought it from lowes for $4 on clearence ...was sitting down in a 3 gallen pot fror quiet long time before I planted. I will remove those shell bed and replace it with some dark top soil.

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As soon as a spot opens, I am going with a Dwarf Namwah. If I knew what I know now it would be one of my first plants instead of my last.

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Maybe, but the only similarity I see now is very long petioles. Mine also has a slight blush under the new leaves that goes away quickly when they unroll. I had already taken down the photo with the sickly white/green leaves. It reminded me of those 'pearl' Namwahs I saw, except the rest of the leaves were green - I thought the thing was going to waste away and die.

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Yes you both are right. I think mine is a tall dwarf namwah. Its is not really dwarf. I remember comenting on this post. http://www.bananas.org/f2/raja-puri-15211.html

So I need to get real dwarf namwah...bit disappointed because I wanted to plant a dwarf banana plant in that particular spot.:(

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Yes I did it..

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Nice pics. I love my Namwah,first year for growing it.

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Very nice naners
Bo

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Its been one year now and no fruits yet. 8 feet tall; 3 pups growing together with mom. Lots of pups came up and I crushed them all to the ground.

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I cannot wait to see the fruit that this bunch makes

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Tagging along:08: . How tall is your plant? Mine is over 6ft at the leaf tip and 12" or more thick.

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It's leaning over, but If I straightened it out it would be 7.5-8 feet tall

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Is this its second season?

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This is the second bunch from the mat, I harvested the first bunch the last week of July. This bunch should come off in early January. I need to get my wife to take a picture of my head next to this flower. It is huge.

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The banana pup I received from crazy banana last Fall is now sporting it's first cigar.
:woohoonaner:

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Congragulations Richard, I got my first bunch this past season I will definatley be moving pups to other places in my yard. I've been impressed with these for sure.
Bo

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For those of us who don't live in the tropics, this variety has a lot going for it. It's at the top of list for handling cool conditions and dry conditions. It is a very vigorous grower. In my yard, it is the best fruit producer. The fruit are good (when fully ripe -- there is even a hint of green on the peel, wait longer!) and they have long shelf life. It isn't my favorite for flavor or texture, but I prefer them over Cavendish varieties (which I buy from the store when I don't have home grown fruit). I wouldn't be without this bulletproof variety.

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Digestibility is also an important aspect of dessert bananas and would be more apparent with a GI chart.

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The plant overall is very fine for those living outside the tropics. I have just two major complains on this cultivar: first one, the fruit it's not so quick in filling, which is a problem with limited time to grow the plant. Secondly, the pstem can become pretty heavy/(and for some people, tall), making for a plant not so easy to drag around.

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People who live in glass houses ... should grow bananas indoors!
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It is a big plant for a dwarf. They max out around 10' of p-stem (and are usually shorter), which is shorter than say "Misi Luki Namwah", but I would estimate that Dwarf Namwah is every bit as heavy because its p-stem is so thick.

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The thick stem is a great attribute for wind stability if you are growing it planted in the ground year-round. Otherwise - yes, it makes for a very heavy plant in a 25+ gallon pot.

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I think that the heavy pstem makes it a good candidate for overwintering it in a crawlspace like in the bigdog post, because this way you don't have to add the weight of the pot to the equation, plus being cold and drought tolerant, it should survive well. But, i haven't read many reports of people doing it.