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crazy banana · 05-13-2017, 01:59 PM

First of all, welcome to bananas.org from another SoCal grower.
Given the fact that a wine barrel volume is 60 gallons, (half barrel only 30 gallons), it is quite ambitious to grow a banana plant in there.
Here in SoCal we are lucky enough to grow banana plants in the ground almost anywhere. Do you have the space to do that? If so, you have several varieties that do well in our SoCal climate, Namwah or Mysore (Pisang Ceylon/Pisang Klotek) are good reliable beginner plants.
I have successfully grown tomato plants in those half barrels though.

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crazy banana Location: San Diego Find me on the map! Zone: 9-11 Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1,642 BananaBucks : 2,363 Feedback: 73 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,029 Times Was Thanked 2,965 Times in 1,117 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,000 Times	Re: Rookie needing a coach! Southern Cali zone 10a First of all, welcome to bananas.org from another SoCal grower. Given the fact that a wine barrel volume is 60 gallons, (half barrel only 30 gallons), it is quite ambitious to grow a banana plant in there. Here in SoCal we are lucky enough to grow banana plants in the ground almost anywhere. Do you have the space to do that? If so, you have several varieties that do well in our SoCal climate, Namwah or Mysore (Pisang Ceylon/Pisang Klotek) are good reliable beginner plants. I have successfully grown tomato plants in those half barrels though.