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Old 10-12-2014, 05:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Mine was Basjoo from a guy on a website when I lived in Ohio. I thought there is no way a banana would survive in Ohio winters. But I had nice large mats.
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Old 10-12-2014, 06:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Had some dwarf Cavendish at a house that I started renting in 2007. 2 years later I had a whole farm.
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Dwarf Namwah. First fruits were so delicious that I was quickly hooked to a new hobby.
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Old 10-13-2014, 08:18 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Both Dwarf Brazilian and Williams. The 2 most common types where I live. Got 14 pups for $50.
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Two unknown pups from a friend. Turned out to be Orinico. Once i got a flower I was hooked.
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Musa Basjoo, and now it blooms every year. what a trooper of a plant, as cold hardy as........................me!! lol!
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I started a few seeds of ensete ventricosum several years ago, one sprouted and then got killed when it was about a year old when someone opened the window in the winter. Then a few years later, about 4 years ago, I was given a basjoo and the addiction started.
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Ice Cream! It grew so fast I had to get just 12 more different types.
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Dwarf Orinoco. Didn't care for the taste much. When I moved to FL planted 12 mats of good stuff.
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Dwarf Brazilian started the insanity. My neighbor gave me a pup for my birthday. Still one of my favorite bananas.
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Dwarf Cavendish for some years till i looked up to other sorts
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a DC and it choked 10 months later.. so I had to find something better..
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Musa basjoo
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Mine was Basjoo from a guy on a website when I lived in Ohio. I thought there is no way a banana would survive in Ohio winters. But I had nice large mats.
Basjoo my hubby gave them to me for Christmas they got so big I had to put them out side in the spring the next thing I new I had a bunch of pups and a hole new hobby
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african rhino horn and after 2-3 years of trying to grow them i am finally getting my first bloom.
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The third banana plant "Pisang Awak or Namva" was the first one to bloom out of the three plants I started with. The other two were my newly discovered Raja Puri and my other unknown tall fat banana plant. After that I just couldn't stop myself from buying bananas. I want to collect them all...
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Old 10-17-2014, 05:29 AM   #17 (permalink)
 
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my mom grew bananas growing up but they sucked, so when i got my first place here I got some good tasting ones my buddy was growing. Still don't know what kind they are but still growing them.
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african rhino horn and after 2-3 years of trying to grow them i am finally getting my first bloom.
The ARH is very slow taking off for me too. Have 2 pstems in one spot. One from Keith in PR and one from Lowes. Should have fruit next year. This is not normal for my banana beds. Especially with the 6-3-16 "super fruiter" fert from Diamond R that I use.
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