Germinating Banana seeds – Page 2 – Germination – PalmsNorth.com

Knnn · 2008-07-22T23:11:42Z

First time I tried these. A three day soak, then planted 1/4" deep and into the GH.After a month of 90* - 100* high temps 8) (not sure as to the variety, these were labelled as being collected from wild specimens in Spain)Any special care they should receive at this size ?Steve

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Thanks Dean, mixed half a container of Osmocote in with it.
It looked so small when I first put it into that container, think I'm going to have to find a bigger planter before the year is out 😀

Steve

Posted : 24/07/2008 9:08 pm

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Musa velutina
<img src= http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=11707&size=1 border=0></a>
Ensetes glacum (Snow banana) these are younger.
<img src= http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=11706&size=1 border=0></a>

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Posted : 24/07/2008 9:32 pm

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Looking good 8)
How old are those from seed?

Steve

Posted : 24/07/2008 11:10 pm

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Thanks! The Musa are probally around three months old. The Ensetes about a month old. The later have grown much faster. 😆

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Posted : 24/07/2008 11:21 pm

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Dean,
That is a orincco,and,it's about 17ft tall to the top of the leaf,maybe a little taller.
Steve,I had 3 bananas flower last october,2 flowered while still in the ground,before I dug them up to over winter,a saba,and a raja puri,they both produced bananas,but fell to mature,the other was a dwarf cavendished,it flowered after I dug it up and re potted it and brought in the greenhouse,just finished eating the last banana Monday,had about 3 dozen that was eatable.
Man they were the best bananas I ever ate!!!!

Posted : 24/07/2008 11:53 pm

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all I want is a banana plant to flower. I've been growing them for three years and nothing. What up?

Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 25/07/2008 8:46 am

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Takes about 18mths of growing or about 43 leaves to flower,I have one in the greenhouse,doing that now,suppose to be a super dwarf musa,but I think it's a dwarf musa.Ceiling is about 10ft,to give you idea how tall the banana is.

Posted : 25/07/2008 9:40 am

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I have a couple of these,hoping to get at least one to flower,before the end of summer,this one is over 12ft tall.

Posted : 25/07/2008 9:43 am

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Steve,didn't mean to take over your thread!!

Posted : 25/07/2008 9:46 am

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Don,
I'm enjoying your photos! Post some more 8)

Steve

Posted : 25/07/2008 10:12 am

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Don, great photos. 😀 I have alot of unknowns that I need to get to flower before I can identify them. I got seven bananas of Craig's list for $20. The guy was really nice offering them to me at such a low price. When I planted them they were nothing but corms and pseduostem. It wasn't long before they filled up ten-gallon containers w/ roots. 😯

In edition to the unknowns I have Musa sumatrana (Rojo), Musa manzano (Apple) , Musa Ice cream (Blue Java), Musa lasiocarpa, and Musa balbisana 'Gigantea'.

Dean

Posted : 25/07/2008 12:39 pm