Citrus Growers Forum

cristofre · Posted: Tue 01 May, 2012 2:40 pm

I have been growing a musa sikkimensis banana plant for a few years. This year it seems Spring come about a month early and my plant and its pup are already 5-7ft tall.
For me, these are as hardy or more so than musa basjoo.

I'm thinking I may possibly get fruit this year. I'm curious if anyone here has grown this musa ?

The reason I am asking is that the info on the net is so contradictory, and seems often is just copied and pasted from site to site.

I've read in a few places that the fruit are full of seeds, but edible if you eat around them.
I'm thinking if this is true, I could squeeze them through a colander and make banana bread or something.

I bought seeds on the net to grow my original plant (only one seed out of ten germinated) even if the fruit are not really edible, I would still like to be able to produce my own seed for propagation.

JackLord · Posted: Fri 04 May, 2012 3:30 pm

cristofre wrote:

I have been growing a musa sikkimensis banana plant for a few years. This year it seems Spring come about a month early and my plant and its pup are already 5-7ft tall.
For me, these are as hardy or more so than musa basjoo.

I'm thinking I may possibly get fruit this year. I'm curious if anyone here has grown this musa ?

The reason I am asking is that the info on the net is so contradictory, and seems often is just copied and pasted from site to site.

I've read in a few places that the fruit are full of seeds, but edible if you eat around them.
I'm thinking if this is true, I could squeeze them through a colander and make banana bread or something.

I bought seeds on the net to grow my original plant (only one seed out of ten germinated) even if the fruit are not really edible, I would still like to be able to produce my own seed for propagation.

I grow one a few feet away from a Basjoo. My findings are different. Any tinge of frost and it begins to burn while the Basjoo shows no change. It does overwinter just as well under a pile of mulch.

Of course, I am much more north than you. And it makes no difference here as both have to be cut down and covered for the winter.

cristofre · Posted: Fri 04 May, 2012 5:42 pm

MY Sikkimensis are also growing side by side with Musa Basjoo. They seem pretty equal in hardiness at least here where I am.

In any case mine are close to as big right now at the beginning of Spring that they were mid summer last year- so maybe I will get them to fruit and be able to answer my own questions.

Laaz · Posted: Fri 04 May, 2012 7:28 pm

Takes about 90 days after fruit appear to ripen. Wink

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JackLord · Posted: Tue 08 May, 2012 6:25 pm

cristofre wrote:

MY Sikkimensis are also growing side by side with Musa Basjoo. They seem pretty equal in hardiness at least here where I am.

In any case mine are close to as big right now at the beginning of Spring that they were mid summer last year- so maybe I will get them to fruit and be able to answer my own questions.

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