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Yushatak · 01-26-2015, 01:31 PM

I'd like to buy a tc (a seedling from tissue culture if I understand) or pup of one of the dwarf Gros Michel varieties (Coco and Highgate, from my reading). I've never owned or grown any food, so don't mistake my knowledge of terms for knowledge about what I'm doing, heh.

I've always loved "banana-flavored" things and when I found out that this was the flavor of another variety of bananas no longer sold here in the US I figured maybe I'd get a plant of my own.

I live in a 7a USDA zone, so I figured I'd grow it in the house and maybe buy and transfer it to a greenhouse if it seems necessary/convenient later.

Anybody have these plants or a lead on them? Also, I'm assuming I want a dwarf because they reach 7-8' tall, but if a full-height one is like 8-9' then it might not need to be a dwarf (though I imagine full plants are much taller for there to be a distinction).

Advice? Leads?

Thanks.

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Yushatak Zone: 7 Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 2 BananaBucks : 3,930 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Dwarf Gros Michel Wanted I'd like to buy a tc (a seedling from tissue culture if I understand) or pup of one of the dwarf Gros Michel varieties (Coco and Highgate, from my reading). I've never owned or grown any food, so don't mistake my knowledge of terms for knowledge about what I'm doing, heh. I've always loved "banana-flavored" things and when I found out that this was the flavor of another variety of bananas no longer sold here in the US I figured maybe I'd get a plant of my own. I live in a 7a USDA zone, so I figured I'd grow it in the house and maybe buy and transfer it to a greenhouse if it seems necessary/convenient later. Anybody have these plants or a lead on them? Also, I'm assuming I want a dwarf because they reach 7-8' tall, but if a full-height one is like 8-9' then it might not need to be a dwarf (though I imagine full plants are much taller for there to be a distinction). Advice? Leads? Thanks. Last edited by Yushatak : 01-26-2015 at 01:33 PM.