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Originally Posted by Gabe15
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.
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I only grow species bananas so I don't have any reference to edible types. I didn't realize that they did not need to be pollinated even though I knew they didn't produce seed. Sorry for any bad information. My bad.