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SilkKnoll · 02-19-2012, 06:21 PM

Welcome to a fellow fruit explorer in the region!

My search has shown Raja Puri to be the best fruiting banana for cooler climates. I'm on my second winter with it. Last winter, I tried to protect it outside, but it still froze to the ground. This year, I dug it up and brought it in for the winter. It tends to be stocky, so that isn't too hard to do. I have a couple of offsets and bulbs, in case you're interested in a trade of some kind.

I also have the (unidentified) passaround banana that is common here. I don't know its name, but I do know that, in protected areas, established stands will start to form fruit before the freeze gets them. I've dug up three and brought them in this winter. (They're promised, but I believe I have offsets, if they survive the winter. I suspect they're the same as yours, though.)

Raja Puri has far more roots than the other, which has hardly any in comparison.

Perhaps we can learn something from each other by comparing notes.

02-19-2012, 06:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
SilkKnoll Junior Member Location: Central Alabama Find me on the map! Zone: 8 Name: Robert Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19 BananaBucks : 6,049 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 28 Times Was Thanked 28 Times in 12 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2 Times	Re: From Northwest Florida Welcome to a fellow fruit explorer in the region! My search has shown Raja Puri to be the best fruiting banana for cooler climates. I'm on my second winter with it. Last winter, I tried to protect it outside, but it still froze to the ground. This year, I dug it up and brought it in for the winter. It tends to be stocky, so that isn't too hard to do. I have a couple of offsets and bulbs, in case you're interested in a trade of some kind. I also have the (unidentified) passaround banana that is common here. I don't know its name, but I do know that, in protected areas, established stands will start to form fruit before the freeze gets them. I've dug up three and brought them in this winter. (They're promised, but I believe I have offsets, if they survive the winter. I suspect they're the same as yours, though.) Raja Puri has far more roots than the other, which has hardly any in comparison. Perhaps we can learn something from each other by comparing notes.