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Old 07-18-2018, 08:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Hiya How to get more bananas to grow?

This is the second time that I am excitedly expecting fruit from an indoor banana plant! This plant is the offspring of the first plant, which fruited 2 years ago. Last time I got 22 bananas and the rest of the little flowers were duds. As you can see in the picture, I am again only getting a few bananas (19) and the rest are duds. Why don't more of these little flowers turn into bananas? Is there anything I can do next time to get more bananas?

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Old 07-18-2018, 09:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Banana flowers are female and swell. The small flowers are male and are not meant to be bananas kust pollen makers.
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Old 07-18-2018, 09:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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Is it typical then for a dwarf cavendish to only produce a dozen or so bananas?
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Depends on growing conditions, soil quality, and cavendish variety. Some cavendish can give you 100 pounds or more. If the plants are stunted in a pot that restricts them then they will produce less.
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Looks more like a super dwarf to me.. I don't think they make full size bunches.... Bigger pot may help. Getting fruit off a potted banana is good anyway, congrats.
Just a thought, you can buy Cavendish, maybe a different variety? There might be one that works better in a pot, I don't know.
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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.
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looks like you bin doin good to me!
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Plant more Bananas!
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Old 07-19-2018, 09:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
 
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I appreciate all the advice. I thought I had it in a pretty large pot: 20 inches.

I was lucky to get 2 plants a few years ago. Normally, they are not available up here in Manitoba (zone 2).

I do have more plants that have developed from suckers (see pic). I wonder if I should not allow suckers to grow in the same pot with a fruiting plant? But by the time I notice that a plant is fruiting, it is probably too late to make a difference by removing suckers...

Right now I have a lot of plants, ... but I won't even have room for them all once they reach full size!
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I think those are all problems we all have even here. Culling suckers and giving them away gets to be pretty common. Even in the ground you need to cull the competition. You are now a mini banana farmer. Since you have had success, maybe pass on the suckers to others and show them how you did so well. I am actually impressed.
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Big plant --> Big bunch, the opposite is also true. I see it everyday in my plantation
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I forgot to add the second pic, one that shows the pups:

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Big plant --> Big bunch, the opposite is also true. I see it everyday in my plantation
Northern Thailand! Wow! That is cool! I've looked at some of your photos. Tonight I'll dream of visiting your plantation.
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High potassium fertilizer produces bigger bunches. The stuff I get here in S Fla is 6-3-16. I can't remember how many times I have posted this.
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