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Originally Posted by AlyssaK
It was one I got in the mail. Ugh. Nobody believes in me. You all are probably just trying to sell me your own so you can scam me. Maybe I'll just reconsider! Good grief I wasn't asking to be everyone's best friend. All so I can be sent on my way. Still no one had said anything about how to raise ANY frikin variety! Well I guess, like everything else in life, I am left on my own. Oh well.
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You came to the right place for all banana plant related questions. All the info is here and we can teach you "how to fish" but you are the one who has to fish.
Please take no offense, but I would highly recommend you read through the various threads and posts here first to get a basic idea on how to grow banana plants and to learn about the different varieties. The info you will find there will be much more detailed than a short cut answer to your post.
Abnshrek has given you a very solid advice on cultivars which possibly will set up any beginner for success and I can certainly second the Namwah suggestion. Go to the bananas.org Wiki for descriptions of the different varieties. The Wiki also has a soil, fertilizer and morphology section.
After reading through the various threads and posts, you will soon find out, that many of us have been scammed by "mail order" nurseries selling mis-labeled plants, small tissue cultured plants etc. I personally would always buy a nice size pup from a knowledgeable bananas.org member first before considering a questionable catalog offer, but that is of course just my personal preference. If you feel that Double Mahoi from your particular catalog is the way to go, go for it. I think it certainly is an interesting plant, but it would not be my first (second, third..) choice to grow in my climate zone and I am supposed to be even 10 compared to your growing zone 8.
Happy reading.