Musa Super Plantain
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Cultivar Name
Musa 'super plantain'
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Synonyms
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Description
This is a popular variety, which grows to about 12 feet high in the standard form and 6' high in the dwarf form. The fruit is terrific and is a staple of Caribbean and Latin cuisine. The superplantain and dwarf superplantain are french-type bunch reversion sports of Maricongo and Common dwarf plantain respectively. This plantain produces a high quantity of plantains that are smaller than the plantains typical of the false-horn plants it is derived from.
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Origin
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Usage
Type cooking
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Flowering
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Cultivation
- Mature Height - 6'
- Survival Zone -
9-10
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- Cold Hardiness - Less cold tolerant than other plantains
- Wind -
Heavy bunches cause toppling, pruned bunches alleviate problem
- Sun -
Full sun to no more than 30% shade Temperatures best over 65F
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- Personal Notes - Higher quality fruit results from bunch pruning. This variety will likely produce 8-10 hands, however the bunch is highly conical and the lower hands have short fruit.
- Growth tips - For marketing purposes, it is better to prune the bunch back to 4-5 hands as soon as possible.
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Known Afflictions
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Thrips, Borers, grasshoppers and root nematodes
- Susceptible Diseases -
Panama disease, black sigatoka, cordana leaf spot, cigar end rot
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Research Notes
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Members Growing This Banana
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External
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- (Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: International Banana Society)
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