Originally Posted by venturabananas (Post 207478)

Don't give up hope. VC is a bad choice for raising your own bananas also because, even in good conditions, it makes very small bunches of small fruit, i.e., very little of your favorite fruit. If I were you, I'd get a Dwarf Namwah. They are about as indestructible as you will find in an edible banana plant and they make big bunches of tasty fruit.

Originally Posted by sunfish (Post 207480)

Need to call it Musa Namwah frozen yogurt then more people will want it.

Originally Posted by harveyc (Post 207451)

This is one of the most sensitive bananas I've grown (maybe 40 varieties or more). I had 3-4 large plants surround by some smaller pups of VC going into last winter, one with undeveloped fruit hanging, and they all died completely. It was a colder than normal winter with 35 nights of frost and one morning got down to 22F, but none of those days were very cold during the daytime (40s or higher).