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Gros Michel



Second Pup

Jack Daw

Dibbs on the pup!
Just kidding.

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harveyc

Mine is just now starting to take off and will go into the ground in a week or so. Look forward to seeing yours with fruit, Tony! Mine will probably have to get dug up in the fall since it's further behind.

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sunfish

That may be perfect timing to get fruit next year. I still have one in a pot I need to find and no open ground to plant it.

Abnshrek

Hey, Tony you can borrow a spot over here.. I'll take good care of it for you.. lol :^)

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sunfish

Okay

TommyMacLuckie

So these are the real deal?

sunfish

I guess we won't know till they flower and fruit.

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Bananaman88

Sure is looking healthy. Keep up the good work!

Kostas

Looking beautyfull Tony!

Wish you get a nice bunch of it soon!!!

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momoese

Tony who was your source for this one? Just wondering if it's the same source that Bob got his from.

sunfish

Same source justj

Gabe15

Here is a photo of the pseudostem and petioles of a young 'Cocos', a dwarf Gros Michel. Gros Michel cultivars are fairly distinguishable from others in most cases, they have very prominent open and spreading petiole canals with distinct red coloration, especially on the wings.

Yours may not look exactly like this, but if its somewhat similar then you most likely have a correct ID.

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sunfish

this plant does have open petiole canals but no red. The two pups came up further away from the main corm than I normally see for such a young plant.

Bob

Interesting.... The "Gros Michel" I got from justj has the open petioles but no red. The " Bluefields from the Hilo nursery has all of the above. I'll post some pictures later tonight.

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hammer

Very nice banana plant I like the colors. is Gros Michel cavendish varity.

sunfish

FH1A-23 HAS ALL THE ABOVE PLUS STUCCO

Bob

Tony ... the FHIA 23 has Gros Michel " Highgate" in its lineage so it should have some of the same characterisics and much more desease resistant.

Here's the " Bluefields" from Hilo showing the open and red petioles Gabe mentioned:


The whole plant ( it's no more than a pup itself) in its 25 gal container:


.....and some new pups of its own:



Here's the " Gros Michel" from justj:

it does have the open petioles but no red and does have a redish line up in to the leaf bearing portion of the petiole much like a basjoo would??????? Let's hope for the best!

Shannon... the true Gros michel isn't a Cavendish variety but tastes way , way better and was the banana of commerce before being replaced by the Cavendishes we currently eat due to their disease resitance.

Gabe.... time to smuggle some var. Cocos out of the lab and get them to some of us who could better propagate the dwarf varieties!!!

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momoese

My pup from the same source as Tony's also has no red at all on the petioles.