First Banana Plant
 

Was wandering around different plant stores today. Most everything is 50% off. Came across a Mom and Pop store and stopped. Had Dwarf Cavendish for $6.00. I don't know to much about bananas but , I figured for six bucks if I didn't like it I could hack it out next year without too much remorse. Well, when I got home I googled pics for it and the only thing that matched was at this link.

Banana plant, Banana trees, banana plants, banana trees, bananas, banana, dwarf banana plants

It's pretty much an exact match with the variegation in the leaves. If it is that would be great because 3.5 mature height is ideal. And to beat all there were three pups in the pot. And it says it makes bananas.

I guess I'll have to change my avatar once it grows up.

I guess I'll have three addictions now: Crinums, Palms and Bananas

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super dwarf cavendish will get up to 3.5 feet. but, there are also dwarf cavendish banana plants that will grow 6 to 8 feet. they both produce bananas. i have pictures of my indoor dwarf cavendish. they are very pretty and grow quickly and easily.


peace

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AWESOME Tx_Crinum!!

DC are doing really well for me & pupping like crazy too!!!

Watch out the addiction has just started!! :) ~Cheryl

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welcome to the org. i have super dwarf cavendish and dwarf cavendish. the super dwarf groes real fast and has tons of pups both of mine cavendish are really growing fast.it is addiction good luck.

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Well, here is a pic of what I found at the Mom & Pop plant store for 6 bucks. One quart container that held 3 pups between 6 and 8" tall. When I slipped the container, it was a solid mass of roots. Worked the hose through the mass and finally got the mass untangled so I could get a good root structure on each pup. Total cost $2.00 per plant. I'm really hoping the label is wrong and it is super dwarf. But either way it is a start down the road of addiction probably

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Yeah, Dwarf Cavendish is a bad one to start with. I started with 3 Dwarf Cav pups a year ago, I didn't even take care of them. Now all the sudden I'm spending hundreds of dollars on bananas and growing 5 different varieties I never even heard of before! :woohoonaner: Dwarf Cavendish is apparently a prime carrier for the banana addiction virus.

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Dwarf Brazilian was our addiction virus carrier!

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Great shot, beautiful nanner :) ! Am very tempted to add Dwarf Cavendish as my 10th variety of nanner plants (to-date). Right after I get that Orinoco & Brazilian & Texas Star & GM (sorry Bob, couldn't help it!) & ........
Welcome to the Addiction :nanerwizard: !

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Hi there I am also growing banana's for the first time, I have left a couple of questions in the cold hardy banana thread and had no response so I thought I would try this one.My questions were
1 When do I take the bottom taty leaves off?.
2 Do you remove all the leaves over winter?.
I hope I get a response on this thread,if not I will have to try elsewhere
By the way I am trying to grow a Red Abyssinian.

Re: First Banana Plant
 

you can leave the bottom leaves on forever, basically, and shouldnt have any problems. i tend to cut mine off when i see that the leaf is dying back along the pseudostem. it is not critical to remove dead leaves.

Remove all the leaves over winter? i dont know about that, i have mine permanently indoors. you may want to bring your banana in for the winter if it gets too cold.

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Thanks Fergus,so you leave the bottom leaves on although they loo tatty and take the middle leaves out [they are brown around the edges].I have also read that you take ALL the leaves off for overwintering this seems a shame to destroy all these lovely big leaves

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hello,
i wait a bit for the leaves to start to get brown throughout and once the leaf starts to droop down and pull away from the pseudostem, then i definitely clip it off. i notice spider mites like the dying leaves and i have to watch out for them since i am growing indoors.

for the winter, i do believe people clip off all the leaves. but, you may need to do more than that to prevent the plant from dying off entirely. i dont really know though.


peace

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I believe the trimming of all leaves is for storage in a basement or under a house to get the pseudostem thru the winter.

If you have it in a container indoors that is not necessary.

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Great purchase …I’m in love with my that I bough back in December2008.. Ease to care and many days of green satisfaction (I’m waiting for the fruit).Good Look!
Emily
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Thanks SBL although it is in a container outside I am sure that with some help I will bring it indoors for the winter so therefore at the moment it's just a matter of taking off the leaves when they become totaly brown to expose the pseudostem.Is that correct?.