Musa Montecristo
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Cultivar Name
Musa acuminata ssp. 'Montecristo'
Synonyms
Bungulan in the Philippines
Pictures
TC Montecristo seedling 1 week after emergence from incubation
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=Description
Montecristo
DESCRIPTION:
- Genetic Group - AAA 2n=20
Origin
- Date realized in trade - 6th century AD
Usage
Flowering
- Time To Bloom - 26 months
- Time To Harvest - 30 months
Cultivation
- Mature Height - up to 25ft
- Survival Zone -11 to 10
- Fruiting Zone - 11 to 10
- Cold Hardiness - not cold hardy (cold sensitive)
- Wind - light wind
- Sun - full sun up to 60% shade
- Taste Description - sweet desert type can be cooked green
- Personal Notes -
- Growth tips - highly vigorous in growth habit needs high levels of water owing to its origins in the highly rainy climate of southern china and now Jamaica must be grown out doors do to extremely height not suitable for pots blows over easily requires good staking to stabilize plant from wind
Very sensitive to cold and can not tolerate any frost.
Known Afflictions
- Pests -
- Susceptible Diseases -
- Resistant Diseases -
Research Notes
- Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:
- Typical Price Range -
Members Growing This Banana
External
- Links
- (Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: International Banana Society)
- Sources