Re: Hardy Bananas
>>From: K1MIZE@aol.com
>>Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 02:53:11 EDT
>>Subject: Re: Hardy Bananas
>>To: dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
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>>Reply-To: K1MIZE@aol.com
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>>In a message dated 9/18/99 0:10:30 AM EST, dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk
>>writes:
>>
>><< The variety Raja Puri looks pretty interesting as a possible for
>> fruiting in less than ideal climates. I understand it to be
>> marginally hardier than Orinoco and a few people over here are trying
>> it out in sheltered spots out of doors. My money goes on the
>> so-called dwarf form of Orinoco which should mature sooner than its
>> bigger brother since both varieties are fine in areas with very light,
>> infrequent frosts. >>
>>
>>Thanks, Dave. I've got a guy in Florida who is going to send me a corm of
>>Raja Puri and anything else he can spare from his garden after the recent
>>hurricane. He grows 26 varieties of banana in his 1/4 acre backyard! I
>>don't think the variety I got from my Puerto Rican friend can be the dwarf
>>form of Orinoco, since the pseudo-trunk of one of the offsets he gave me is 8
>>feet tall! (Although, with the leaves, it's more like 12 feet tall.) His
>>tallest plants were only a few feet taller, though, so I'm not worried about
>>it getting too huge. I'll let everyone know how my "banana experiment" turns
>>out.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Kurt
In the Pacific Northwest, we have been growing Musa bas-joo for a number
of years and find it totally hardy and quite quick. Easy to propagate.
There is also a varigated clone out there... If anyone knows where, I'd
love to find out.
See also: http://www.cistus.com/musa_basjoo.html
Parker Sanderson
Cistus Design
Portland, Oregon
Twisted Cistus Nursery
Sauvie Island, Oregon
