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Originally Posted by bre
Can I pm you please?.
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You can PM me too. haha ... So why the interest in growing bananas from seed? ... It's my understanding that few if any banana seeds will germinate (1 in a 100 or so ???: from memory) and why it is easier to propagate the plants. Research labs have trouble germinating banana seeds. ... Also, from other post on the forum there appears to be some banana seeds for sell on ebay and else where from a Chinese source that are fake.
The difference between ornamental and eatable bananas is basically the seeds. The ornamental bananas have numerous large seeds making them undesirable to eat by most people. The eatable desert commercial type bananas is usually said to be seedless, but this is not really true. The seeds are so small the consumer doesn't notice them.
Now you listed as having seeds from the 'Truly Tiny' banana. This is from the Cavendish type desert commercial banana the seeds should be very tiny ( I think). I would like to see a pic of those seeds. Anyway, may be next year my Truly Tiny will fruit and I can see for myself.
There are others on the forum attempting to grow bananas from seeds and a few have germinated.
Good Luck with your quest.
