Abnshrek

I found Mysore & kardarian @ Lowe's. I might have to go back and pick up one since they were under $9.. & had 2' of stem.. :v)

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BrianOC714

I have a hard time not bring home new banana plants when I see them in stores.

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AeAe
Apple Manzano
Blue Java
Dwarf Cavendish
Dwarf Namwah
Dwarf Red
FHIA-1 Goldfinger
Grand Nain
Gros Michel
Pisang Klotek
Rajapuri
SH-3640
Veinte Cohol

crazy banana

Since I bought a mislabeled banana plant once at Lowes, I am proud to say that I can happily pass on any banana plants I see there no matter how much they are.
But it is fun to look what they pretend to have, usually Raja Puri and (oh yeah) Ice Cream.... Nope, I am cured with "big box" stores, but also spoiled by great members here on bananas.org or the CRFG who have provided me with some very nice plants that seem to be what they are supposed to be.

Abnshrek

The Mysore was spot-on, not njalipoovan, more like a pk.. I'd like to try a Kardarian since it's a monster (& ABB).. :v)

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RWalleyTX

I too have learned to pass on most types of bananas at lowes. Homedepot of the other hand..lol still sucks for bananas

Kat2

Did you go back and tell them there was an error? If not, they haven't a clue what they're selling to their other customers. I don't always get a positive reply when I complain but I do let them know there was an error. How can they do better if nobody speaks up? I don't care if it's 2 years later--I save receipts, pots and tags. (Yes, I've received refunds after the the "guarantee" period.)

Since you know what you were mistakenly sold, then you have a duty to others to let the stores know they've been misled. BTW, the only banana I purchased from Lowes was marked DC and was precisely that.

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crazy banana

I did, but not out of duty. I did it because I was mad as hell of myself that I had fallen for their crap. Hello, it is a big box store, right? And I did return the plant labeled as a Blue Java Icecream from La Verne. What I did not know when I returned it: the plant already had a pup in the ground which happily grows in my yard today in 3rd generation. All I know even with my unexperienced eyes is, that it is certainly not a Blue Java. It has more red in its P-stem and in its leaves than I have blush in my make-up kit. It has fruited once and it did not look even close to my "real deal" Blue Java from Jon.
But seriously Kat, these big box stores do not care if you return a mislabeled plant or not. It is simply quantity over quality and most people are probably just fine by buying " A Banana Plant" . Have seen many plants labeled just that and they sell just like that.

Kat2

Good for you for taking action! I'm guilty of not complaining to Aldi when I should and they definitely want feedback. Okay, I have a few times. Last summer I bought 3 fancy imported cheeses when visiting in Cocoa; I lived in Jville where there are no Aldis. There was mold on one so I wrote an e-mail. I was only expecting my money back; they say they'll replace and also return your money. Cool. I got much more. I ended up e-mailing with the company rep in England who was in Korea at the time; he sent me 3lbs of great cheese for free plus I got my money back when I was back here along with a replacement. I purchased 8oz of cheese with a blueish blemish which I could have cut out. I hit pay dirt; I adore Aldi!

I disagree that the big boxes don't care but they won't make changes until enough customers complain. They know the average customer figures that a bad buy for less than $10 will keep them quiet. Stupid on their part because people don't go back for another chance.

OT but I'm amazed at how many people list bananas that make "good tasting fruit" on CL. For no less than $15 for a pup and more like $45 for a 6 footer you dig (odds of it living to produce for me? Slim). I like to know what I'm growing in my yard; apparently I'm in the minority.

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Duckfood

It seems like I need to make a Banana Quest to Louisiana...

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Abnshrek

I heard they Have fresh crab & shrimp this time of year, not to mention crawfish.. :v)

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Duckfood

I have a friend in Alexandria...She and her boyfriend pulled in a little over 80 lbs. of shrimp yesterday...

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Kat2

How can I thank you for a picture that leaves me drooling and hungry? I can't. I really can't. Hope the beer was cold...icy cold.

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Duckfood

No thanks required, Kat... The pleasure was all mine...

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CountryBoy1981

The Lowes here locally had mysore and red iholene. I picked both of them up today. I am hoping they are what they are labeled as but I do not see any red on the red iholene; it is tall and slender. They do not look like anything I currently have so if they aren't they still should be a new edition.

Abnshrek

Red Iholena should have red underside to leaves that doesn't fade away.. :v)

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CountryBoy1981

The stem is a light green with yellow hints and its very slender. Its about a foot tall but I do not see any red at all which tends to make me think its another agristarts mixup. Time will tell if the red ever comes but whatever variety it is I don't have one of it in my collection.

CountryBoy1981

This is more than likely the usual agristarts mixup with the tall namwah being labeled a blue java. I believe that is where Lowes and other big box stores get their banana plants. I could be wrong but the problem at least with banana plants lies with the tissue culture source.

Kat2

Agristarts and TC other labs have no reason to be more careful (this is science?) unless they're called on it. It does no good for you or me or even this entire forum to grouse about it; the large purchasers have the clout. Beef and vegetables are recalled--why not mislabeled plants? And, yes, I am very serious. I realize that people don't die as a result of getting a DC instead of a Mysore but misrepresentation is fraud. (If you honestly don't know the variety, just call them "bananas"; I've seen pots of these in WM and the other stores.)

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Abnshrek

I picked up a Kardarian & found a FHIA-25... Score.. :v)

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crazy banana

Sure, but where is the prosecutor?
Lets take the Blue Java mix up: I have had a 30 minute phone conversation with Agristarts about their tissue culture material and have offered them the "real deal". They said that they were aware of the mix up, but the problem had been fixed. Well, that was over a year ago, but apparently nothing has been fixed. And they never called me back.
I am still willing to provide them with the real Ice Cream.