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Mudturkle · 09-25-2017, 10:23 PM

Has anyone figured out about how long bananas take to flower once the base of the p-stem starts swelling in size? I understand that the true stem forcing its way through the p-stem causes it. Does it vary according to the particular banana, or is there a kinda-sorta general timeline? I have a Dwarf Iholena that I got from Baker Cr Seeds that is definitely starting to swell at the base. The leaves at the bottom are clearly splitting. The reason I ask, besides the obvious which is that I'm very eager, is that I'm not sure how tall it is supposed to get before fruiting. It is a little past 6' so far.

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Mudturkle Location: Central Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b, and also 9b Name: Mudturkle Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 183 BananaBucks : 37,161 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 328 Times Was Thanked 321 Times in 120 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	Time from basal swelling to fruiting? Has anyone figured out about how long bananas take to flower once the base of the p-stem starts swelling in size? I understand that the true stem forcing its way through the p-stem causes it. Does it vary according to the particular banana, or is there a kinda-sorta general timeline? I have a Dwarf Iholena that I got from Baker Cr Seeds that is definitely starting to swell at the base. The leaves at the bottom are clearly splitting. The reason I ask, besides the obvious which is that I'm very eager, is that I'm not sure how tall it is supposed to get before fruiting. It is a little past 6' so far. __________________ Central Texas Zone 8B and Gulf Coast zone 9B: Raja Puri, Dw. Brazilian, Dw. Orinoco, Dw. NamWah, Dw. Cavendish, Dw. Green?, Dw. Red? Iholena Tigua, Veinte Cohol, Misi Luki, Pisang Raja.