Sodak

A friend just brought some wild seeded unripe banana fruit back from Hawaii. Before I bring these into my home, I'm wondering if I might inadvertantly also introduce a disease to my plants. If so, how could I avoid contamination? Or, could I harvest the seeds and remove any pathogens if any did exist by cleaning the seeds?

Would the seeds from green fruit be viable?

Questions, question.

Thanks!

Gabe15

If the fruit is mature enough you might be able to get viable seeds from the green fruit, but it really depends. Can you post a photo? The only possible issue that comes to mind is the transmission of bunchy top virus. HOWEVER, the small black aphids MUST be present in order for the virus to transmit to any other plants and I have never seen them on the fruit, and even if they are there, all you have to do is make sure the fruit is clean and you will not have any problems. There are not too many varieties of seeded bananas around here, the most common is M. balbisiana followed by a few different subspecies of M. acuminata.

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Sodak

I have a photo on my cellphone. I just need to find the wire thingy that I used to transfer photos to my computer. I used it once, and forgot where it went to.

The banana was about 4" long or so, not too big, and solid green.

The banans seeds were removed from the fruit before they left Hawaii. So I now have a baggie filled with pulp and little seeds. I don't think the seeds will be viable though since they're on the soft side. Unlike the hard as rock seeds I have planted in the past.

Whaddaya think?

Thanks!