Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?
 

Hi all,
I would like to know if you have any experience growing this variety, and its cold hardiness.
I had the opportunity to try several of these recently and they are by far my favorite banana thus far.
Orange flesh, sweet and cake like. I loved them.

Thanks.

Re: Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?
 

like mine too. i have not eaten one yet.

winter can take the mother down, but the pups come back with a quickness. a good fertilizing program will help tremendously with the mother surviving the winter depending on how many frosts. and how many freezes.

keep us posted, pisant raja is a beautiful plant.

Re: Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?
 

Oh, I didn't mean to suggest I have a plant, only that I ate some of the bananas.

Re: Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?
 

For me it was quite cold sensitive. Don't grow it any more.

Re: Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?
 

their extremely hard to get. many places try to pass off rajapuri as pisang raja. the p-stem has a very nice purplish color that eventually turns more redish as it grows.

thanks for the taste test. :ha:

Re: Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?
 

Do you know how to tell the difference? I never got a plant ID on the one I got from Florida Hill Nursery so I just assumed it was the right one. I never got to try it as we got a pretty bad freeze here.

Re: Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?
 

I've never purchased from Florida Hills Nursery, but based on several other posts I have read on Bananas.org, Florida Hills seems to have a history of shipping incorrect varieties. (That's why I have never purchased from Florida Hills Nursery)