dwarf cavendish
- Cottage_Garden
- CarolWallace
- Cottage_Garden
- Margot
- RhondaH_4
- Margot
- RhondaH_4
- Margot
- pristine
- CarolWallace
This archived discussion is "read only".
« Previous 1 2 Next »
» Cottage_Garden - Hi Rhonda! This is embarassing but I'm not sure what a dwarf ca
Hi Rhonda! This is embarassing but I'm not sure what a dwarf cavendish is. Since I didn't recognize the name I checked a few references and couldn't find any thing under the common name cavendish at all. Do you have any more we can go by? Perhaps we know it but not by that name? Barbara Martin
The Cottage Garden Editor
-- posted by Cottage_Garden
» CarolWallace - It's a banana, Barbara. Only until I get the greenhouse finishe
It's a banana, Barbara. Only until I get the greenhouse finished, I will have had absolutely no experience growing bananas. (They are definitely on my must-have list!) <img src="http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/rhubarb.gif" alt="rheum" align=left>
Carol
virtually gardening
Enter the Tacky Yard Art contest.
-- posted by CarolWallace
» Cottage_Garden - Oh well DUH! No wonder it didn't ring any bells. Thanks for th
Oh well DUH! No wonder it didn't ring any bells. Thanks for the clarification! LOL. Now I don't feel so dumb.Barbara Martin
The Cottage Garden Editor
-- posted by Cottage_Garden
» Margot - Rhonda,I knew that word cavendish sounded familuar.It wasn't unt
Rhonda,I knew that word cavendish sounded familuar.It wasn't until Carol said it was a banana,did it come to me.Your dwarf cavendish should do well in a very sunny southern window.In the right conditions it should grow to about 6 feet. I wouldn't hold your breath for fruits though.You just don't have the climate for it.But it is an impressive house plant,nun the less.I had one for years and got many compliments on it.
Now as I said it needs LOTS of sun.If that isnt possable you can place it under a grow light for atlease 5-6 hours a day.You must also keep it evenly watered.If it gets too thirsty,It 's leaves will bend down and the center rib will start turning brown.Something you don't wan't to happen.
It needs ritch pourous soil,and plenty of water.Make sure to feed it a liquid fertilizer every other month from March to September.If you can,summer your plant out side.And dont worry about pests.These babies are pest free.
Trim away damaged leaves when you see them.When the stem deteriates(Something i did not know would happen),Don't worry,It will do this after several years naturaly.When the stem looks dead,trim it away,but DO NOT through out the entire thing.Your plant will produce many babbies ant the hardiest one will take over.
You can also devide and repot,after a year or so.Take the plant out of the pot and brush away the dirt.You will see 'suckers' Carefuly cut them off and pot in ritch porous soil.Eack sucker should become a new plant.Replant the main plant in the same type of soil and care for like above.
Hope this will be of some help,Rhonda.Good luck.
As it grows,perhaps you could sent us a picture.We'd love to see it's progress.
Eileen O'dea - Contributing Editor
Home and Garden
-- posted by Margot
» Margot - It could,so keep your fingers crossed. Eileen O'dea - Contrib
It could,so keep your fingers crossed.Eileen O'dea - Contributing Editor
Home and Garden
-- posted by Margot
» RhondaH_4 - Rhonda Hunter Sorry, I was short on time yesterday. Thanks Ca
Rhonda HunterSorry, I was short on time yesterday. Thanks Carol & Barbara too. Actually my sister bought the plant for my father for Father's Day, as I explained to carol on a different e-mail. Thank you all for such a quick response. Maybe I can get a picture but I don't have the means to send it over the internet as of yet. Maybe I will by the time it bares fruit. I have my fingers crossed. Stokes tropicals says it will have bananas!! Thanks again
-- posted by RhondaH_4
» Margot - Rhonda,If that plant dose produce fruit,I have the instructions
Rhonda,If that plant dose produce fruit,I have the instructions on how to make banana chips in my article;Drying Naturals2Eileen O'dea - Contributing Editor
-- posted by
Margot
Home and Garden
» pristine - dwarf cavendish banana pest free?
Does anyone know about how to deal with fungal infections in a dwarf cavendish banana plant? I have one which has white dusty thread like material growing on the underside of the leaves. There also appear to be pods or seeds adhered to the underside - it's almost like cocoon material, resembles spiderwebs but it's slightly more resilient and seems to be more densely woven. Whatever it is it also seems to have infected my ginger plants. I'm very curious to know how to proceed. I don't just want to buy a antifungal and end up killing it....help!-- posted by pristine
» CarolWallace - Re: dwarf cavendish banana pest free?
In response to message posted by pristine:There are two sites here that deal with tropical plants: Tropical Gardening and also Tropicals and Exotics - either of those editors or their readers may have some insight into banana trees. I'm afraid my garden experience is strictly cold climate - although I would dearly love to have a banana plant!
-- posted by CarolWallace
« Previous 1 2 Next »
Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion.