harveyc

I've got the space but not the time or desire to conduct a formal trial. Although what I'm growing which Gabe informally identified last year as Dwarf Orinoco (was bought on eBay as Raja Puri five years ago) started out larger than my California Gold, my California Gold did bloom earlier last year. I've got two Dwarf Orinoco from the same mat as last year which are larger than either of my California Gold plants so I'm interested in which one fruits earlier. My earliest plant to push a leaf this year was what is supposed to be Texas Star, then California Gold, then Dwarf Orinoco, but that is also the size of the plants from smallest to largest so it might just be a matter of the extra distance from the corm in pushing up growth. Bananas are strictly a hobby for me so it's hard to get too worked up about claims of them being the same or not. I'd be happy if the weather would just warm up and they'd all flower!

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