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Old 10-15-2008, 04:44 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa spp (Vietnam)

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Originally Posted by Chironex View Post
Learn something new every time I get on here. Keep it coming and thanks for the answers. I have also read some of the older posts about M. bowman. Gotta get one of those! They are almost like ingens, but don't require the cool evenings. If I get any ingens to sprout, I think I will have to give one to Gabe to plant in Colorado somewhere to preserve the plant. Of course, there are mountains here, too, but such lousy soil.
The best place to try growing it in the US would actually probably be Hawai'i. We have many different climates here, including highland tropics. I have some seeds left, but am reluctant to try embryo rescue on them until I can figure out a new method, because the standard methods definitely didn't work.
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