Musa Pisang Klotek

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Contents

Cultivar Name

Synonyms

Pictures

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More Pisang Klotek photos here in the gallery

Description

  • Genetic Group -

Origin

  • Date realized in trade - Imported from Sri Lanka 2005

Usage

Flowering

  • Time To Bloom - 16 months
  • Time To Harvest -

Cultivation

  • Mature Height - 9.5 ft 9-13 feet of pseudo stem, 20-25 feet to top of leaves.
  • Survival Zone - Z 10
  • Fruiting Zone -
  • Cold Hardiness - Pseudo-stem survived temperatures in the low to mid 30's with no protection, but all the leaves were lost. momoese 11:48, 13 February 2007 (EDT)
  • Wind - Leaves may break in heavy winds especialy after heavy watering, but the pseudo stems are stable.
  • Sun - Full
  • Taste Description - Very strong tropical taste with Apple and Pineapple overtones. Much sweeter and less acidic as they ripen.
  • Personal Notes - Very susceptible to skin splitting if left on the bunch to ripen. Better to harvest the whole bunch at the fist sign of ripening.
  • Growth tips - Plant away from dry hot spots like concrete driveways. Pups have a tendancy to grow off the mother corm very deep under ground making them rather difficult to separate. Some sucker have come up a foot away from the mother.

Known Afflictions

  • Pests -
  • Susceptible Diseases -
  • Resistant Diseases -

Research Notes

  • Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:
  • Typical Price Range -

Members Growing This Banana

External

  • Sources
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