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jeffreyp · 09-08-2006, 10:31 AM

I havn't had any luck sprouting the musa ingen seeds I got from christian. I think the best way to ever get this banana into cultivation is with tissue culture. I made the suggestion to christian to donate one of his plants to a tc lab to have it mass produced. I have tried over 30 seeds and nothing has germinated. Even though the reports state that it does not do well in very tropical areas such as trinidad or tropical australia, it might do well in central and north florida. Central and north florida do get temps down to 28-32 each winter. I have my doubts musa ingens would do well here in south florida.

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jeffreyp Zone 10, South Florida jeffreyp's Photo Gallery Location: Royal Palm Beach Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 870 BananaBucks : 142,556 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 30 Times Was Thanked 590 Times in 298 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 4 Times	Re: Musa ingens I havn't had any luck sprouting the musa ingen seeds I got from christian. I think the best way to ever get this banana into cultivation is with tissue culture. I made the suggestion to christian to donate one of his plants to a tc lab to have it mass produced. I have tried over 30 seeds and nothing has germinated. Even though the reports state that it does not do well in very tropical areas such as trinidad or tropical australia, it might do well in central and north florida. Central and north florida do get temps down to 28-32 each winter. I have my doubts musa ingens would do well here in south florida.