Originally Posted by BananaOfThePrairies (Post 322542)

Hi I would like to try to grow your experimental banana in Canada. I am planning to take it indoors during the winter months and protect it from beavers during the summer. Thank you! :2781:

Originally Posted by thejanettar@gmail.com (Post 322700)

Hello,

I have been looking for blue java banana seeds or plant to grow in our farm.

I'm basically from Mangalore, India(Southern part).

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 322534)

This was a cross between a Blue Java Ice Cream Banana and a local wild Raspberry Banana.

Originally Posted by Gabe15 (Post 322739)

What is Raspberry Banana?

Originally Posted by Gabe15 (Post 322739)

What is Raspberry Banana?

Originally Posted by Gabe15

If you plant the seeds immediately after removing from the fruit (do not let them dry out in storage), there is a chance some will germinate, but the germinate rates are often poor. I normally sprout them in 100% coconut coir in the nursery under 30-50% shade. The potential resulting plants will be totally unknown in their traits until you grow them out, but often there are a number of rather messed up plants that can result due to chromosomal mispairings, mixploidy, or polyploids beyond 4N. Some may be parthenocarpic and fertile, others may be non-parthenocarpic and sterile, and others a range in between.

Many ABBs tend to easily produce seed in the presence of a good fertile pollen source nearby. I have observed it in my research fields commonly among Pisang Awak and Bluggoe types. I have not had spontaneous seed set in any other groups, but I have obtained seed from deliberate pollinations on AAB Pome, various AA, and some tetraploids. Many of the tetraploids are relatively female fertile, so I would be careful with them around wild species as well.

Originally Posted by BananaOfThePrairies (Post 322724)

This is a cross between, red wild banana X blue java. It is seeded, goodluck friend:08:

Originally Posted by BananaOfThePrairies (Post 323590)

when are the bananas going to be ready?

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 322624)

I'll post updates as bunches become available. Thanks :08:

Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap (Post 329720)

Hi there,
Ice cream is seedless banana

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 341307)

It's important to understand sexual reproduction.

https://letstalkscience.ca/education...t-reproduction

Edible banana cultivars that are pollinated can produce seeds.

Edible banana cultivars that are not pollinated don't produce seeds.

Think of a supermarket banana like a supermarket egg.

If a supermarket egg is fertilized it can produce a chick.

If a supermarket egg is not fertilized it doesn't produce a chick.

Here's some photos of three common edible banana cultivars that will easily produce seeds if there's a compatible pollen source within a quarter mile.

ABB Blue Java







AAB Manini A'ea'e







AA Veinte Cohol










The two most common edible banana cultivar seeds I see for sale on the internet are Blue Java and Manini A'ea'e seeds. But you should be cautious because even though those seeds are very easy to produce there's no way to be sure the seeds actually originated from those fruit. And even if they did, it's important to realize they will not produce Blue Java or Manini A'ea'e seedlings. Each seed, if it germinates will produce a new variety and you won't know if these new varieties are seedless or seeded until after they bear fruit.

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 346376)

If you're interesting in growing seeds from a Blue Java Ice Cream Banana post your zip code (US48 only) and I'll message you when we have extra seeds available. Thanks