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Originally Posted by RobG7aChattTN
Yeah, you need a pollinator for most bananas. If you only have a few blooms and they are at the same stage then you don't have male flowers to pollinate the female flowers while they are still on. The result is little undeveloped bananas that fall off. The Manzano might have some other issue that isn't letting the Misi Luki pollinate it. Sunfish might be right about the water. It might keep the bloom from opening until too late for pollination.
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I don't mean to be rude, but that information is totally wrong. Edible banana cultivars DO NOT need any pollination of any kind to set fruit. There is some other issue with him not getting fruit, not related at all to pollination. Bananas are parthenocarpic, meaning they will set fruit regardless of pollination.
Wild bananas need pollination for the fruit to develop, and in those they are full of seeds.