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Going Bananas accession thread.

Mandrew968

By Mandrew968
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Yesterday I went shopping at a great little local place, in Homestead, called 'Going Bananas'. I ended up with 8 different varieties--three of those were ornamental. Don was a real nice fellow and I could have talked with him all day! Today I managed to plant four species and now I am going to post pictures and document their introduction to the garden.

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The first banana I planted today was the Blue Java. Also known as the Ice cream banana, each plant also got a five gallon bucket full of fresh compost mixed into the hole. never tried this variety, but I am excited to, down the road...

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Next to be planted today was the 1000 fingers variety. If you have not ever seen this variety, it is a an oddity and totally worthy of having in a botanical garden--the fact that they are tasty too is golden. Can't wait to try this one, too!

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Ok, this next banana was a total impulse buy. Called Siam Ruby, it is simply an ornamental, but it's one of the nicest ornamental bananas I have ever seen. Now it's in the garden and I hope it does well for us.

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Ok, last for today is maybe one of the best tasting? I don't know... It's called the dwarf Namwah. Reputed to have susceptability to Panama disease, we will see how it fares...

 

That's it for today, but I have more bananas to plant so stay tuned!

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The ice cream I have grown here. Produces excellent quality fruit. Just a heads up, the clump gets huge. I dug my clump up & gave it to my neighbor. :D

 

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16 hours ago, Laaz said:

The ice cream I have grown here. Produces excellent quality fruit. Just a heads up, the clump gets huge. I dug my clump up & gave it to my neighbor. :D

 

Yeah, I planted the Ice cream under the coconut so no one will get hit by any that fall--safety planting...

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I would go for Praying Hands banana too if you're looking for tasty odd ornamentals. Would be an easy one for you.

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20 hours ago, Mandrew968 said:

Ok, this next banana was a total impulse buy. Called Siam Ruby, it is simply an ornamental, but it's one of the nicest ornamental bananas I have ever seen. Now it's in the garden and I hope it does well for us.

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Man that's awesome! every time I've ordered these they never make it since they get shipped from Florida and seem too small to acclimate. No one local sells them that I know of but would love to have one in the garden one day.

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I'm growing thousand finger, black thai, Raj pure? And some sort of dwarf up here in the cold north......Black Thai is my favorite .... anything will grow great for you down there.....a guy up here that successfully grows many varieties told me to bury all my yard debris and plant on top of it.....it was good advice

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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That's funny, David--I have the black Thai also, but it's been keyed out as a black form of balbisiana--as far as I know it's an ornamental, not for eating...

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Planted two more bananas this morning. First planted was the Saba. Known as the Sequoia of bananas, I hear it's good eating too.

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