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About the Author JohnI Melbourne 17th March 2010 11:45am #UserID: 1975 Posts: 248 View All JohnI's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... John, Have you tried Humphris nurseries? They apparently stock "cool bananas" including a dwarf red dacca. They are in Victoria at 218-220 Cardigan Rd, Mooroolbark. Their phone number is listed as (03) 9761 9688, and e-mail is sales@humphrisnursery.com.au Personally I've never tried them - but I was contemplating buying a friend in Victoria a "cool banana" and in my searches they came up as a real possibility. Hope it helps | About the Author BJ11 19th March 2010 12:03pm #UserID: 3414 Posts: 215 View All BJ11's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MiLK_MaN says... @John I: I just went to Aumunn's nursey in South Morang, and it looks like they just took a delivery of bananas from the Cool Bananas range, including 2 x Red Dacca. Not sure where in Melbourne you are, but if you are that keen, you could ring them and ask them to put them away for you? | About the Author MiLK_MaN South Morang 17th February 2011 12:34pm #UserID: 4085 Posts: 40 View All MiLK_MaN's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John I. says... Thanks MiLK_Man, I found one in Bunnings this year. I was looking for one to replace the one I have because I thought mine may have been miss labeled. I now suspect that mine may be a Red Dacca, and that it is just a type that is all green. I won't know for sure until it fruits, but when I saw them in bunnings again they looked the same as mine looked when I first got it. | About the Author JohnI Melbourne 17th February 2011 1:14pm #UserID: 1975 Posts: 248 View All JohnI's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnI Melbourne 30th March 2011 2:34pm #UserID: 1975 Posts: 248 View All JohnI's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... There are big ReD dacca dwraf red dacca and green red dacca none have red leaves for some funny reason i thought at least one of them had red foliage ! I know there is one banana that has .. my sdwarf suffered after i deleafed to heavily beforew cyclone , but it has some suckers , just a much longer wait for fruit . One of the reasons it is not a commercial crop is that it takes a lot longer to get fruit and bunches are smaller [ or so I have been told ] welcome bananaman | About the Author Trikus battered Tully 30th March 2011 8:00pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I have one banana that's got a little red colouring in the stems/leaves. But I can't remember what it was anymore. It doesn't grow very well were I have it. I had pretty much the entire range that cool bananas sell apart from goldfinger at one stage but I think the reddish one was from backyard bananas | About the Author Jason Portland 31st March 2011 12:53pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... Same thing Brett ,,,wiki clip ; Its official designation is Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Dacca'. Synonyms include: * Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red' * Musa sapientum L. f. rubra Bail. * Musa sapientum L. var. rubra (Firm.) Baker * Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz. * Musa × paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. rubra * Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Cuban Red' * Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Cuban Red' * Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Jamaican' * Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Jamaican Red' * Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Spanish Red'. It is known in English as Red dacca, Red banana, Claret banana, Cavendish banana "Cuban Red", Jamaican red banana, and Red cavendish banana | About the Author Trikus battered Tully 1st April 2011 2:42pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... "Cool Bananas" suit a cool climate. NOT TRUE , just a marketing ploy .. Its very 'cool' that they sell bananas for you 'cool cats' down in Vic to grow . BUT they are no different to the ones we grow up here . The only banans that really thrive in cool climates are only decorative sp. Most not even Musa but Ensete .. google snow banana | About the Author Trikus battered Tully 12th April 2011 5:13pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John I. says... Trikus, you're right but there are certain traits of particular varieties that make them more successful in cool climates than other varieties. Firstly they have to be able to survive mild frosts. Ideally they will be fast growing and quick to fruit. Also the time it takes fruit to ripen should be quick. And shorter varieties tend to be more suitable because they can be more easily protected from wind and frost. Plants that are found at higher altitudes (such as Rajapuri and Orinoco) tend to be more successful in cooler climates than those found in true tropical climates. | About the Author JohnI Melbourne 13th April 2011 9:14am #UserID: 1975 Posts: 248 View All JohnI's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... There's something like 8 degrees c difference in the point of when some varieties of banana stop growing compared to others. This doesn't mean all the varieties cool bananas sell are like that, because they aren't but some are!. Lady finger will always continue to grow in cooler temps than Cavandish, Goldfinger and the Ducasse's less again. The important thing is that they are available in Victoria now, I tried quite hard to get decent varieties of bananas for around 8 years, solid effort and it was more or less impossible to find them during that time. Now it's dead easy and because it's so easy to get them now you'll in the near future see heaps more bananas being grown inside Melbourne where they have enough backyard concrete heat to do it. Which will be great since North QLD are very unreliable with being able to supply the market! and it's costing me my nutrition :) | About the Author Jason Portland 13th April 2011 4:14pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I called a big banana research lab once that was supposed to have the biggest collection of plants just about anywhere, about getting plants but no luck (they wouldn't give them to the general public). Can't remember where it was but it wasn't in North Queensland. May have even been in NSW I think | About the Author Jason Portland 18th April 2011 1:45am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Dr greenthumb Brisbane 3rd July 2011 5:56pm #UserID: 5092 Posts: 13 View All Dr greenthumb's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... I will check with friends if they have them and can be sent from here.I have lots of a thai variety a bit like ducasse and got rid of dwarf cavendish because they weren't as good.I am looking for monkey bananas as they are so tasty but are tiny.We don't have many varieties in Australia compared to some places.Even Florida has around 25 common types including cold tolerant varieties. | About the Author Cairns 3rd July 2011 6:33pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Mike, I have a variety called Chuoi Cau. It's commonly known as monkey banana. The fruit is super sweet and only as big as your thumb, but it produces hundreds per bunch. I got it from an Asian fruit tree nursery a few months ago, wasn't cheap. The plant is only small but I have high hopes for it. Is there any nurseries up your way selling the Blue Java (ice cream) banana plant? I'm outside the banana growing restricted area. If there is, I'd pay anything to get one. They are available as tissue culture and am about to order some if I can't source any corms
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Mike says... Blue Javas are around but I don't know anyone growing them now.Chuoi Cau must be the monkey bananas then and they rightfully command the highest price of bananas in the markets.You don 't often see banana plants for sale at the nurseries and there are restrictions due to panama and bunchy top diseases I think. A tissue culture nursery on the tully-mission beach road or one at little mulgrave might have them and I could check during the week.Youn didn't mention if the parcel arrived. | About the Author Cairns 3rd July 2011 8:20pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brett mcdougall says... I don't think the they are banned for the south east as they display them at the Ekka each year in comps but I would say u have to b commercial grower but I just realllllllly want one my plant never get neglected and they are burnt or given treatment if can b done to avoid loss but yeah I think I know some peeps with that blue java one aye they farm it at caboolture but yeah I was on a U.S site Banana-tree.com they have awsome trees there is one that double and triple bunches :) I want I want. Haha | About the Author Dr greenthumb Brisbane 3rd July 2011 10:17pm #UserID: 5092 Posts: 13 View All Dr greenthumb's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... The bananas cost around $14/kg in Cairns because they have to go down to Brisbane on a 3500km round trip before returning to the supermarkets.Alot of people have bananas on now and can't take advantage of the outrageous prices.Babinda,Innisfail and Cairns routinely experience absurd situation with supermarkets and local produce. | About the Author Cairns 5th July 2011 7:05pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Halo says... Hi guys i am from Sale Victoria and have recently brought one of the Dwarf Red Dacca from Grow Master and i do know they have more in stock too.. Am recently studying Horticulture cert 2 and are learning how climit change can mess ya growing up lol anyway take a look down our way for ur banana trees!!! | About the Author Halo Maffra 1st August 2011 2:14pm #UserID: 5605 Posts: 2 View All Halo's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Halo says... Hi guys i am from Sale Victoria and have recently brought one of the Dwarf Red Dacca from Grow Master and i do know they have more in stock too.. Am recently studying Horticulture cert 2 and are learning how climit change can mess ya growing up lol anyway take a look down our way for ur banana trees!!! | About the Author Halo Maffra 1st August 2011 2:14pm #UserID: 5605 Posts: 2 View All Halo's Edible Fruit Trees |
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