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Old 07-27-2012, 12:57 AM   #201 (permalink)
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Hi, the gros Michel looks like a fairly large plant. Does anyone know how long each branch grows? I'd like to know if I have enough room in my back yard and how far I need to plant it from the property line.

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Gabe reported that he had a Gros Michel 'Highgate' fruiting at 7 ft, and a 'Cocos' at fruiting at 6-8 ft.

'Highgate' and 'Cocos'

They are both dwarf varieties of Gros Michel, with the 'Highgate' making slightly smaller fruit than 'Cocos'. The regular Gros Michel has a p-stem of about 15 ft when it fruits.

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thanks yug! would you happen to know how long each leaf/branch grows? i want to calculate the radius i need in my yard.

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Old 07-27-2012, 10:48 AM   #204 (permalink)
 
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thanks ventura! do you know if the leaves of the dwarf varieties grow to 10 feet long also?
They'll be shorter. Closer to 6', I would guess.
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I alos love the colors of mine and it holds up better to heat then any of my nanners in my profile. It never wilts i swear . Must be heat tolerant.
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Here's an updated pic of a Gros Michel tc I got from Terry back in April. P-stem is now about 2' tall and 2.5 inches wide (it's the one that's front and center).


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Old 07-28-2012, 02:15 AM   #207 (permalink)
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thanks yug! would you happen to know how long each leaf/branch grows? i want to calculate the radius i need in my yard.

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Well, I've never had a mature one, but here are some photos of different Gros Michel bananas. I guess you will have to look at them and make an estimate. I could take a shot at it, too, but I really have never had a fully grown one yet. Take a look and see what you think. Mine is about 7 1/2 ft wide, but it is still young.

Gabe with Gros Michel 'Cocos', mine is two generations from this plant
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My GM is just showing a pup. How are these plants with pupping?? edit was not a pup but a weed
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Couldn't tell you, but mine has about 4 ft or slightly less of p-stem, and has three showing. Gabe told me it was a month old when I got it, and that would make it about 8 1/2 months old.
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I just wanted to add that I have GM plants for sale in this thread:

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Do you still have any available I would love to get a couple
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Here's an updated pic of a Gros Michel tc I got from Terry back in April. P-stem is now about 2' tall and 2.5 inches wide (it's the one that's front and center).
Updated pic from about a month later (GM is the biggest plant in the picture, just left of center, leaning to the right, with tip of newest leaf touching the ceiling; p-stem is now about 3.5'):


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The Gros Michel (and Dble Mahoi) I got from Terry (Chance1945) are possibly all gone thanks to a higher than we thought it would be storm surge from Hurricane Isaac.
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What are you going to do with this plant as it gets bigger? The clone that these were TC'd from averaged 4.7 m (15.5') p-stem at fruiting -- so well over 20' to the top of the leaves.
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What are you going to do with this plant as it gets bigger? The clone that these were TC'd from averaged 4.7 m (15.5') p-stem at fruiting -- so well over 20' to the top of the leaves.
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