soobak0313

There are only 7 or so banana varieties grown in Korea, and there are only 2 edible varieties grown. I want to grow some other varieties here and importing banana corm or root is banned in Korea unless the importer is permitted as a research institute or some other things. The question is : Is there any way to import edible banana plants (I mean, no seeds) without root and corm, and then make the plant produce root again?

Well, it seems impossible.

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Soobak0313
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Cheongju city, North Chungcheong province, South Korea (Hardiness zone 8a)
Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea (Hardiness zone 7a)

Abnshrek

Import them as Office Decor.. :^)

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soobak0313

I mean, it is unable to import corm or root part of naner unless I am permitted by government...

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Soobak0313
Location :
Cheongju city, North Chungcheong province, South Korea (Hardiness zone 8a)
Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea (Hardiness zone 7a)

Abnshrek

now that sucks..

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sunfish

You answered your own question.

importing banana corm or root is banned in Korea unless the importer is permitted as a research institute or some other things

soobak0313

I meant that can there be any way to import banana plants without roots, for example, importing tissue culturing kit which has banana plants not developed roots(Umm, this looks a lot difficult :P). I mean - is that possible to do so, and if possible, is there anyone who does that? I don't know much about those things and, well, it seems to be a lot hard.

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Soobak0313
Location :
Cheongju city, North Chungcheong province, South Korea (Hardiness zone 8a)
Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea (Hardiness zone 7a)

Abnshrek

So what types of banana's plants can you purchase there?

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sunfish

Seems to me you could import TC's without soil.

asacomm

Annyong hasim nika?

Does your government not permit an import of TC plants without soil?
TC plants are sanitarily clean and therefore there would be no reasons
for refusing to import them to your country.

Annyong ga soyo!

soobak0313

It's "Annyonghi ga seyo", not "Annyong ga soyo". Korean is a difficult language

The law is saying that the gov is banning "underground part of plants in Musaceae", I don't know much about TC but I think TC plants before developing root should be okay to import. The question is : Is there anyone who sells those plants internationally?

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Soobak0313
Location :
Cheongju city, North Chungcheong province, South Korea (Hardiness zone 8a)
Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea (Hardiness zone 7a)

sunfish

You might send an email here

Novi Syatria
David's Tissue Culture Laboratory and Nursery
Jl. Nusa Indah V gang VI no 226 Perumnas Klender, jakarta - Indonesia
kuljar.com email: novi_syatria@yahoo.com

Bananas.org - View Profile: novisyatria

soobak0313

It seems like the link on the profile is broken.

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Soobak0313
Location :
Cheongju city, North Chungcheong province, South Korea (Hardiness zone 8a)
Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea (Hardiness zone 7a)

john_ny

Years ago, there were 4 Agri-Starts, Agri-Sarts I, II, III, and IV. Each grew a different set of plants, and sold them in 72 cell trays. (I think that were called stage 4 TCs.) I don't knoe if there was one owner, or they were separately owned, but they worked together. You could order from one, or several, and they would consolidate the orders, and ship it out as one. (They, later, went their separate ways, and one company took over another, so now there are only two; Agri-Starts, and AG3.)
Then, they came out with Agri-Starts V. This was mainly for international sales. They sold the plants in gel, in jars, or flasks, like orchids. They gave me some samples (Alocasia) to try. They transferred easily into the 72 cell trays, and grew well. However, by the time I was ready to buy some, they had abandoned this division.
There are some other companies that do this as well. I'll be talking to one, Sunshine Horticultural, next week. They have a facility in Florida but, I think the main place is in Taiwan, or Singapore. I don't know if this type of material would be acceptable to your authorities, but if I find out something more, or the names of other companies, I'll post it when I get back from Florida.

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