Vinci33

Hi

Since I haven't find any topic about this variety, I start this thread to speak about Musa 'Himalayan Mountain', a variety found by a nursery man ( who runs '' La Maison du Bananier" in France ) in North India at 1750 m altitude.

It's a good grower, and quite cold hardy ( here, covered with a transparent plastic sheet, in a sunny exposed place, it didn't lost any stem, even the smallest. We dipped down up to -6 Celsius during few hours/nights last winter )

I have never eaten or seen bananas from this variety.

https://ibb.co/svcv50T

subsonicdrone

luisport had/has? the plant you could PM him

My first Banana plant!!!

or reply to his thread

Vinci33

Yes, but the thread you mention is not entirely dedicated to the 'Himalayan Mountain' variety.

here is my plant today ( 8 months later from the last, previous pic ) No fertilizer, barely watered, but mulched

musa HM.jpg

beam2050

kool looking plant. looks like a good pupper.

where is your general location?

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Vinci33

I forgot to mention that I live in South west of France, near Bordeaux. Summers are hot, and winters are not so cold.
Last winter for instance, we get as low as -5 Celsius degrees, for some hours, nights. Very few cloudy days with constant negative temps, because we are not so far from the seaside, as soon as it rains, temperature rise, and we are frost free ( hence we seldom see snow here )
During day, sun exposed places, rise above 0 Celsius.

Big plus, our soil is drainy, sandy, and it can rains for days without to be water logged, damp.

There is a big avocado tree in my hometown that sets avocado fruits sometimes, and it's not a Mexicola type. Just to help you to figure out my climate.

Lukaswoky

Do you know what is your USDA ZONE? you can find it out in google. That helps a lot. I have bought almost all my varieties in "la maison du bananier" too, very professionals. I ll buy this himalayan mountain next spring, i think is already late to plant outdoors in the ground. Keep updating about yours. . I ll be glad to read about it. Good luck!

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Rias Baixas, Galicia, NW Spain USDA 10b

Starting a sintropy agroforestry system

Basjoo
Ice cream
Blue java ??????
Red dacca
Canary cavendish
Da jiao
Orinoco
Dwarf orinoco
Namwah
Dwarf namwah
Ensete ventricosum
Ensete ventricosum var. Maurelii
Hajaray
Rajapuri
Malbhog
Saba
Manzana
Dwarf Brazilian
Himalayan fruit
FHIA-2 Mona Lisa
FHIA-1 Goldfinger
Gros Michael
Kokopo
Dhusray
Musella lasiocarpa

Vinci33

I live in a 9a zone. More I look this variety, the more I tell to myself : It's amazing how it grows, how much biomass is produces by it oO

Lukaswoky

Niiiice! I ll buy it for sure next year.

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Rias Baixas, Galicia, NW Spain USDA 10b

Starting a sintropy agroforestry system

Basjoo
Ice cream
Blue java ??????
Red dacca
Canary cavendish
Da jiao
Orinoco
Dwarf orinoco
Namwah
Dwarf namwah
Ensete ventricosum
Ensete ventricosum var. Maurelii
Hajaray
Rajapuri
Malbhog
Saba
Manzana
Dwarf Brazilian
Himalayan fruit
FHIA-2 Mona Lisa
FHIA-1 Goldfinger
Gros Michael
Kokopo
Dhusray
Musella lasiocarpa