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Old 04-29-2015, 09:12 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Default Re: What are the Best Dwarf Varieties for Containers for the Midwest? Dwarf Gros Mich

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Originally Posted by cincinnana View Post
Here is a plant that you want.....SDC.
This the size, height, girth.
There is really not a plant you want that will meet your criteria.

Most Dwarf plants will exceed 8-+ feet with leaves...Banana ‘Super Dwarf Cavendish’ (Musa acuminata)

How mucn are you really willing to spend to have this plant and grow it out for about 2 lbs of bananas...once.
50-100.
Once you have a plant, would it not keep renewing with suckers? I probably could handle a regular Dwarf Cavendish, Super Dwarf seems to make only tiny bananas. I could also handle Patupi, since if the cycle is only 6 weeks, that's enough time to do flowering and fruiting outdoors in the hot summer, sucker growth could be indoors for the 7 months or so leading up to summer. Would that be feasible?
What varieties have you grown successfully in here Ohio?
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