Is this a Dwarf Cavendish?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:43 am

Picked this up at a local supermarket in june and it has been growing amazingly ever since. Leaves are thick and dark green, purple tinged fibers closer to the leaf edges as they emerge from the center of the stump???? Is it a dwarf cavendish? i bought it for $ 5.99!

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:00 am

Mine is smaller and looks different.
Is it some bushy clematis at the foreground?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:42 am

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Mine is smaller and looks different.
Is it some bushy clematis at the foreground?

I'm not sure exactly what banana it is: the tag did not say as it was from a supermarket and the bar code on the bottom of the pot just read "musa sp."

Yes it is wild Clematis Virginiana (aka Devil's darning needles, Virgin's Bower, Old Man's Beard) growing in the background. It is everywhere here, lovely smelling in August and September into October. I have soooooooo much of it all around the grounds. i love it. A lot of people hack it away as it can become very invasive if not contianed and trimmed and groomed. Whatever the banana is , I love it!

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:58 pm

Mike very nice banana. I`ve had a few of these dwarf cavendish bananas. When they are young they have red bloches on their leaves and as they get older they lose this to full green. Are you digging it up for the winter?

John

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:56 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Mike very nice banana. I`ve had a few of these dwarf cavendish bananas. When they are young they have red bloches on their leaves and as they get older they lose this to full green. Are you digging it up for the winter?

John

Hey John,
Thanks. Right now it is in a pot since i wasn;t sure of what it was exactly so i will probably keep it ina pot and bring it in the sun porch for the winter.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:02 am

Thats a smoking deal Mike-

I have found these to be quite happy indoors in a south window
and if temps inside are over 70F it grows quite nicely.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:06 am

hardyjim wrote:Thats a smoking deal Mike-

I have found these to be quite happy indoors in a south window
and if temps inside are over 70F it grows quite nicely.

Have any idea fo what minimum temps could be for them?? The mother has already sprouted two nice sized pups in the pot too!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:09 pm

I think most Bananas will begin black spotting once temps
hit the 40s,esp if it hasn't been cool recently.....
much more apparent in the 30s(F).

The actual damage will vary(be less) if there is any
overhead protection...porch overhangs,trees etc.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:04 pm

hardyjim wrote:I think most Bananas will begin black spotting once temps
hit the 40s,esp if it hasn't been cool recently.....
much more apparent in the 30s(F).

The actual damage will vary(be less) if there is any
overhead protection...porch overhangs,trees etc.

I hear ya. Thanks!!!!

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