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Snookie 05-15-2012 05:45 PM
Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Hello

Bought a 3'tall Darf red Banana grown and shipped from Dewar Nursery in Apokola Fla. at Lowes last night.

Can anyone school me on this variety, I'm new at this Banana thang as a shiney copper penny.

Thanks in advance
Snookie

sunfish 05-15-2012 05:49 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Musa Dwarf Red - Bananas Wiki

caliboy1994 05-15-2012 05:59 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Red varieties like Dwarf Red aren't cold hardy and take a longer time to make fruit than most, but the fruit are good and they are nice looking plants.

Snookie 05-15-2012 06:09 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
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Originally Posted by sunfish (Post 194674)

Thanks that helped.....
Now to get it in the ground lol

momoese 05-15-2012 06:12 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
That wiki entry is not correct about ripeness. If you let reds turn black they will be mush just like any other banana. The photo Gabe posted showing the nice orange, red, yellow colors is ripe.

Pretty plants, pretty fruit bunches, very aromatic fruit with a unique flavor. As Andreas pointed out they do take longer to fruit, and longer for the fruit bunches to mature.

Snookie 05-15-2012 06:20 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
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Originally Posted by momoese (Post 194678)
That wiki entry is not correct about ripeness. If you let reds turn black they will be mush just like any other banana. The photo Gabe posted showing the nice orange, red, yellow colors is ripe.

Pretty plants, pretty fruit bunches, very aromatic fruit with a unique flavor. As Andreas pointed out they do take longer to fruit, and longer for the fruit bunches to mature.

Coolio Maybe I should go buy the other two remaing plant's Lowes have/ had?:waving:

momoese 05-15-2012 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Snookie (Post 194681)
Coolio Maybe I should go buy the other two remaing plant's Lowes have/ had?:waving:
If you want more plants right now then yes, but that one plant will provide more pups down the road that you can replant wherever you want. Just depends how much of a hurry you are to fill in your space.

Snookie 05-15-2012 08:07 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
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Originally Posted by momoese (Post 194684)
If you want more plants right now then yes, but that one plant will provide more pups down the road that you can replant wherever you want. Just depends how much of a hurry you are to fill in your space.
Wow didn't think about that:}

Thanks, I like DAT me!:nanadrink:

Yug 05-16-2012 05:19 AM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
I have a Dwarf Red with over 12 pups currently and it hasn't even fruited yet, so I'm sure there will be even more. I'm not sure how many pups bananas typically grow (I'm still learning, too), but to me it seems like a lot. I'm thinking that you will have 'plenty' before you know it, and may be having a hard time keeping them under control. :08:

venturabananas 05-16-2012 12:16 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
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Originally Posted by Yug (Post 194729)
I have a Dwarf Red with over 12 pups currently and it hasn't even fruited yet, so I'm sure there will be even more. I'm not sure how many pups bananas typically grow (I'm still learning, too), but to me it seems like a lot. I'm thinking that you will have 'plenty' before you know it, and may be having a hard time keeping them under control. :08:
That's interesting. Mine has been a slow pupper. It is fruiting size (6+ feet) but sill only has two pups. Both are big healthy pups. And it was slow to produce those. Different results in different conditions, I guess.

Yug 05-16-2012 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by venturabananas (Post 194759)
That's interesting. Mine has been a slow pupper. It is fruiting size (6+ feet) but sill only has two pups. Both are big healthy pups. And it was slow to produce those. Different results in different conditions, I guess.
Yup, and maybe cultivar differences too. Mine is about 8 1/2 ft, and I had expected fruit by now. It has a pretty stout p-stem, too. Everything about this one appears to be wide and/or thick.

sunfish 05-16-2012 01:57 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Mine put out lots of pups and was pretty good at temps. in low 40's

Dangermouse01 05-16-2012 04:05 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Dwarf doesn't necessarily mean small. Here is a picture of my DR, the fence behind is about 5'-8", the p-stem is just over 8'. Started out just under 3', 10 months ago when it went from it's nursery pot and into the ground.
East coast of central Florida, the couple of cold nights this winter (upper 20's and frost) fried the leaves. All the leaves showing are since then.

It hasn't fruited yet but I think soon, but has produced about 8 pups. I think it would be hard to beat for color tho.

DM

blownz281 05-16-2012 04:17 PM
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Awesome nanner! Wonder if one would survive here zone 8b Wilmington NC. We are a mile from the ocean. I could always bundle it up it temps got cold in the winter.

Yug 05-16-2012 05:35 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dangermouse01 (Post 194791)
Dwarf doesn't necessarily mean small. Here is a picture of my DR, the fence behind is about 5'-8", the p-stem is just over 8'. Started out just under 3', 10 months ago when it went from it's nursery pot and into the ground.
East coast of central Florida, the couple of cold nights this winter (upper 20's and frost) fried the leaves. All the leaves showing are since then.

It hasn't fruited yet but I think soon, but has produced about 8 pups. I think it would be hard to beat for color tho.
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DM
WoW!! If you placed that next to mine, you'd swear they were not even close to the same type at all. Mine has short thick petioles, and the red is more like dark maroon. Also, yours has narrower leaves. I love that red color.

There must be different types of Dwarf Red. This has an 8 ft p-stem at the date of this photo.

venturabananas 05-17-2012 05:31 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yug (Post 194806)
WoW!! If you placed that next to mine, you'd swear they were not even close to the same type at all. Mine has short thick petioles, and the red is more like dark maroon. Also, yours has narrower leaves. I love that red color.

There must be different types of Dwarf Red. This has an 8 ft p-stem at the date of this photo.
And mine looks somewhere in between the two you guys have. Short petioles like Yug's but much more red. Maybe Yug's is a green red? Or just in a different environment. The color of the fruit will give the answer.

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sunfish 05-17-2012 06:34 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
Could it be a Kru ?

Dangermouse01 05-17-2012 08:18 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
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Originally Posted by sunfish (Post 194920)
Could it be a Kru ?
Which one?

DM

sunfish 05-17-2012 08:23 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
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Originally Posted by Dangermouse01 (Post 194934)
Which one?

DM
This one ?

http://www.bananas.org/f2/lowes-dwar...tml#post194791

TommyMacLuckie 05-17-2012 08:49 PM
Re: Lowes Dwarf Red Banana ? Questions
 
I've thought about getting one of these. For some reason I never have. Probably because of the time it takes to fruit.

Which has always puzzled me - it takes a very long time for the initial plant to fruit and then what? The pups fruit in a more 'normal' banana way?


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