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MediaHound · 09-13-2007, 02:45 AM

Some sucker much more than others, for example, my Musa 'Rose' suckers a lot while my Mysore hardly suckers at all.

I finally got a sucker on my Siam Ruby after a few months of waiting. Mine was nothing like Steve's.

It must depend on the kind of banana as well as the particular clone.
There's a lot of variance in the Siam Ruby as far as coloration as well as vitality.
At least between this first round of tissue cultures from Agri-Starts...

Dwarf Red is another that has some variance, some turn out green and others turn out red.
I'm curious how the pups from my red Dwarf Red will look, and if their pups will remain red too.
While on the same note I wonder what will happen with my green Dwarf Red, if that will produce pups that all keep green.
Both parent plants started off as tissue cultures and both were red when young. One stayed red and the other turned green. So far the suckers that are emerging (and they are slow) are more red on the one and more green on the other. It will be interesting to see what happens.

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