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Jinx starts with ... Hi there, hoping some of you avid gardeners can help me. We have moved into a new house about 4 months ago and there is a banana palm. I didn't think anything of it when we moved in but noticed today that it has flowered and set fruit. I am wondering if any of you could identify the variety from the attached picture so that I have some idea of maturing time and if I need to try and protect from frost etc to keep the fruit! Thanks
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Jason says... Thanks guys, that's a Dwarf Ducasse. I really haven't even looked after it anything special it had no fertiliser in the last 12 months. The secret was just planting it near the house. Extra heat mass and maybe more importantly some lime stone from the foundation made all the difference to my cold conditions and crap acid soil. If it takes 6 months up North I might not be eating bananas before xmass and that's not even being funny :P as for sure it wont grow at all from May till November. Out in the paddock Dwarf Ducasse performed the best so I figured it was the one to try near the house to get a decent bunch :). I don't think Bananas need a super amount of heat just lots of juice. They certainly aren't any Mango or Papaya when it comes to heat required that's for sure. | About the Author Jason Portland 10th March 2013 3:20pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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