Looking for FL wholesale banana plants
 

Hi everyone, I just recently started a small plant nursery business on my property and have had multiple requests for Ice Cream, Orinoco, and Pisang Ceylon bananas. I've been attempting to find a wholesale source for smaller plants (4" to 2g containers) but without luck. Does anyone know of a Florida based wholesale nursery that carries these varieties in small container sizes? I'm in Orlando but I often drive to south FL to pick up plants so pick up vs shipping isn't normally an issue. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Re: Looking for FL wholesale banana plants
 

Try Agristarts in south Fla. https://www.agristarts.com/index.cfm...D/37/index.htm


You can also send Tytaylor77 a PM. He is on the forum and in Texas. He may be able to help you. He is setting up a large scale propagation nursery and has VERIFIED TRUE nana plants. Some very rare to the US.

Re: Looking for FL wholesale banana plants
 

Be very careful sourcing Ice Creme/Blue Java. Ask about the origin of the tissue. Many plants sold as those are not. I'd rather see you buy from a reputable source, one who can speak of his plants origins and certify them. One source is Going Bananas in South Florida. After you have the real deal get a lab to do tissue culture of your certified plant. Once you sell the wrong labeled plant your reputation is tarnished forever.

Best of luck with your venture!

Re: Looking for FL wholesale banana plants
 

Going Bananas TCs from Agristarts.

Re: Looking for FL wholesale banana plants
 

Many of Agristarts TC's are either miss labeled or no longer "true-to-type" . Especially the "Ice Cream". Thus many nurseries will sell the banana as miss labeled even if they know it to be.



While I recommended Agristarts above I would still be careful of the types from them. However, they are a mass producer of banana TC's

Re: Looking for FL wholesale banana plants
 

Thanks guys for the recommendations! I'm not sure I can purchase anything from Agristarts though since they state on their website they only sell to wholesalers, re-wholesalers, or producing farms while I'm a retail nursery. I'll check out Going Bananas too.