fast growing?

Lodewijkp · 11-22-2007, 09:14 AM

what are the most fast growing bananas ? Sikkimensis ?

Tropicallvr · 11-22-2007, 12:09 PM

For cold hardy my experience has been that Musa sikkimensis Daj Giant has been the fastest, followed by Musa cheesmanii(but I did save my fastest M.cheesmanii seedling out of about 60 seedlings).
Overall I would definatly say Ensete ventricosum is the fastest when given room.
Here's an Ensete ventricosum grown from seed in zone 9 on the cool CA coast which rarely gets up to 80F(mostly in the high 60's in summer), but also only freezes a few times in the winter.
It's around 2.5 years old, grown in dune sand with lawn clippings, and not watered hardly enough.

musa_monkey · 11-22-2007, 01:21 PM

I guess it depends where you are and what you can get but for me its definately Basjoo. Mine grew at almost double the rate of my sikkimensis this year.

turtile · 11-22-2007, 08:34 PM

Musa sp. Helen's Hybrid has been the fastest growing for me. It grew twice the speed of the Basjoo planted next to it.

mrbungalow · 11-23-2007, 07:48 AM

Ensete, Helens Hybrid, Sikkimensis, Saba, Goldfinger, and Dwarf Brazilian are the fastest I have.

Musa Basjoo and Musa Formosana are among the slowest.

Erlend

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