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Originally Posted by hammer
MY mom wants to start growing bananas in her house in the winter and take it out in the summer. she really got the banana bug. could someone lead us in the right direction for what kinds are best in pots she would like to have fruit Thanks for the info.
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Any of the dwarfs are going to get around 9' tall (plus foliage) - taller if they don't have copious amounts of sunlight year round - by the time they're ready to fruit, if they ever mature enough to fruit in a container. Add to that the height of the container and the wheels it sits on. Rajapuri is rather squat and thick but they're also famous for choking.
I wouldn't use anything smaller than a 25-gallon container and a good sunroom with a tall clear roof or an attached greenhouse would be nice. Be aware that during the heat of the year, that nanner will suck that soil dry pronto - faster as it matures, so a bigger container is better.
Now, I have seen some fancy houses that had an indoor atrium - that is a good option. Or a sunroom with a hole in the floor to allow access to the soil. Of course, there's always a greenhouse. Or pseudostem-protection over the winter. Or depending on where you live, you could dig up the corms and stem every Fall and store it at 55F over the winter and plant it in the ground in the Spring.
This might be helpful:
Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter
It's not impossible tho - here's a fruiting Rajapuri in a pot indoors:
Indoor fruiting 'Raja Puri'