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Originally Posted by Benjo
Frank,
thanks for the welcome and info. I've actually seen your posts and pictures before while lurking on the forum before I became a member. I think it was your growing bananas in Ktown that first got me really excited about the idea. What inspiration. Without rereading old posts I can't remember how long you have been doing this. Have you had much success fruiting?
Thanks again,
Ben
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Ben,
Well, thank you very much! I've been growing bananas since about 2000, so not terribly long. I was getting fruit from my Orinocos every year, until last year. My neighbor's red maple tree fell on my garden, knocking over the fruiting-size stems. I got all of my Virginia Pines cut down last month, so now the entire garden is in full sun. Hopefully this will be a good year for fruit, but you never know. I've dwindled down my stock of Orinocos to just a few full-size pseudostems. I'm just too tired of lugging them under the house every fall and then back out again in the spring. I'm trying to convert to dwarfs only. I've got a couple of D. Orinocos that could fruit, one Cal. Gold that's possible, a D. Brazilian that's getting close, and a Veinte Cohol that should give me a nice bunch this summer (very excited about that one!). Also, my Musa itinerans var. itinerans could quite possibly flower, depending on how much pseudostem is still alive under the protection.
Give me a shout when you roll into town, and we'll try to get together.
Thanks,
Frank