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JoeReal · 09-25-2005, 11:21 PM

Not really much garden of Eden. The place is very small, ideal for me to manage without spending too much time.

I would place my bets on California Gold. That one is a regular fruit bearer. Then Dwarf Orinoco. I tend to use dwarf types because of the occassional strong winds we have here. This year, it hasn't been that much windy and it is already the fall season. I still have some undamaged banana leaves, last year they are all shredded up by end of summer.

Dwarf Brazilian, Dwarf Namwah, Goldfinger, FHIA-23, Raja Puri seemed to be potentially fruitful, as these have survived the winters outside the house and their pseudostems have held up and remained green. Another one is the Manzano or apple banana, was surprised that the pseudostems remained alive over the winter. If you don't mind the tall plants, Misi Luki is another one of those cold hardy types.

I was also surprised to have my Williams bear fruit too, cavendish types usually die to the ground after the first frost. Was somewhat disappointed with the supposedly cold hardy Ice Cream, Cardaba and saba as their stems rotted to the ground. Anything that dies back to the ground level will have small chance of fruiting when wintered outdoors. Raja puri while cold hardy at the pseudostem, oftentimes loses the center of their stem during the winter and so have little chance of fruiting. Mike from Antioch have given me a Raja Puri and while it has 2 healthy leaves, I can see that the middle of the stem is already blackening up and dying and it is not winter yet. In case it dies before the winter, I am sure it will shoot up new pups that are hopefully more adapted. Will bring them newcomers inside during the winter and plant them in the ground next mid-spring.

I have several California Gold pups coming, I will have to thin them out. Come mid-spring next year, I can give a pup for you, just come over. These pups get quite expensive at eBay. I strongly recommend these regular bearer. Also have some dwarf orinoco, these are planted in big trash can but they get quite very large on the large trash can.

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JoeReal Senior Member JoeReal's Photo Gallery Location: Davis, California USDA zone 9 Find me on the map! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,034 BananaBucks : 413,896 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 108 Times Was Thanked 474 Times in 228 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 16 Times	Re: Warning: A long, boring, introduction. Not really much garden of Eden. The place is very small, ideal for me to manage without spending too much time. I would place my bets on California Gold. That one is a regular fruit bearer. Then Dwarf Orinoco. I tend to use dwarf types because of the occassional strong winds we have here. This year, it hasn't been that much windy and it is already the fall season. I still have some undamaged banana leaves, last year they are all shredded up by end of summer. Dwarf Brazilian, Dwarf Namwah, Goldfinger, FHIA-23, Raja Puri seemed to be potentially fruitful, as these have survived the winters outside the house and their pseudostems have held up and remained green. Another one is the Manzano or apple banana, was surprised that the pseudostems remained alive over the winter. If you don't mind the tall plants, Misi Luki is another one of those cold hardy types. I was also surprised to have my Williams bear fruit too, cavendish types usually die to the ground after the first frost. Was somewhat disappointed with the supposedly cold hardy Ice Cream, Cardaba and saba as their stems rotted to the ground. Anything that dies back to the ground level will have small chance of fruiting when wintered outdoors. Raja puri while cold hardy at the pseudostem, oftentimes loses the center of their stem during the winter and so have little chance of fruiting. Mike from Antioch have given me a Raja Puri and while it has 2 healthy leaves, I can see that the middle of the stem is already blackening up and dying and it is not winter yet. In case it dies before the winter, I am sure it will shoot up new pups that are hopefully more adapted. Will bring them newcomers inside during the winter and plant them in the ground next mid-spring. I have several California Gold pups coming, I will have to thin them out. Come mid-spring next year, I can give a pup for you, just come over. These pups get quite expensive at eBay. I strongly recommend these regular bearer. Also have some dwarf orinoco, these are planted in big trash can but they get quite very large on the large trash can.