Pisang Raja ? Experiences? Cold Tolerance?

Dartolution · 07-14-2022, 12:23 PM

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.

beam2050 · 07-14-2022, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dartolution

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.

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.

Dartolution · 07-14-2022, 01:50 PM

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

pitangadiego · 07-14-2022, 02:13 PM

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

beam2050 · 07-14-2022, 02:58 PM

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.

Janelle525 · 07-14-2022, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by beam2050

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.

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.

Art_R · 07-17-2022, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Janelle525

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.

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)

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