Citrus Growers Forum

frank_zone5.5 · Posted: Tue 15 Mar, 2011 2:25 pm

HI
i would like to try some dwarf edible bananas, anyone recommend a variety and a place to get them

thanks Frank

Millet · Posted: Mon 21 Mar, 2011 1:14 am

Frank, it depends on what you call dwarf? There are the super dwarf varieties like the Super Dwarf Cavendish that grow to about 4-feet. I consider a dwarf banana to be all varieties that grow to 10-foot or less.

Double Banana "Mahoi" 7- feet
Dwarf Brazilian - 6-8-feet
Dwarf Caavendish 6-7-feet (one of the best)
Dwarf Kalapua 10-feet (Univ. of Florida variety)
Dwarf Orinoco 6-7 feet (wind & cold resistant)
Dwarf Red 6-8 feet (red colored fruit)
Grand Nain "Chiquita" 8-feet (A great banana)
Rajapouri 8-10 feet (red Fruit - recommended for beginners)
Thousand Fingers 10-12 feet (Fruit bunch up to 10-feet)
Williams Hybrid 6-9 feet (bears large bunches of good fruit)

Millet (666-)

frank_zone5.5 · Posted: Mon 21 Mar, 2011 9:22 am

thanks that helps a lot

any idea where I can buy these?

Thanks Frank

Millet · Posted: Mon 21 Mar, 2011 5:38 pm

You can purchase many of these varieties from:
Stokes Tropicals
1-800-624-9706

Going Bananas
Homestead FL 33032
(305) 247-0397

J.D. Anderson Nursery
Fallbrook, CA 92028
http://www.jdandersen.com/
949-361-3652
Their website lists more than 50 cultivars.

I've grown many of these bananas plus other varieties. I would recommend either Grain Nain (Chiquita), or Williams Hybrid
Millet (665-)

frank_zone5.5 · Posted: Thu 24 Mar, 2011 11:48 am

thanks I will likely try both.............

do all bananas take about 18 months for fruit? even dwarfs

thanks Frank

Millet · Posted: Fri 25 Mar, 2011 12:11 am

The length of time all depends on the amount, and length of heat that the banana receives. The Williams hybrid and the Gran Nain flower around the 15-18 leaf (at least for me in my greenhouse) - Millet (662-)