More specific seed thread

[Garcinia]

Looking to buy or trade for the following:

Any and all Garcinias that can be eaten fresh

Any precious or especially delicious Eugenias

Precocious and "dwarf" fruit tree/shrub seeds

Any subtropicals I don't have yet

[Garcinia]

Also looking for pups of the following bananas:
Musa velutina (dwarf pink)
Musa itinerans
Musa "truly tiny"

Any other interesting or edible bananas.

[RiversOFT]

I ha e organically grown musa velutina seeds just harvested them, small pups don't seem to ship well from my experience

[RiversOFT]

I have* sorry

[Garcinia]

I ha e organically grown musa velutina seeds just harvested them, small pups don't seem to ship well from my experience

Hm Plant Delights ships small plants without a problem. I have not been able to germinate the seeds.

[bsbullie]

Truly Tiny are at best, average.  So not recommend if growing for eating quality.

Have you tasted Musa velutina? Plant is more grown for ornamental purposes.   Yes, the scant fleah can be eaten but again, not recommended based on quality.   Oh, make sure your dentist is on speed dial for when you bite down on one of the seeds.

Speaking of seeds, they can take many many month to germinate,  like 4-6 months. Germinating in a seed house with a seed mat would be beneficial.

[Garcinia]

Truly Tiny are at best, average.  So not recommend if growing for eating quality.

Have you tasted Musa velutina? Plant is more grown for ornamental purposes.   Yes, the scant fleah can be eaten but again, not recommended based on quality.   Oh, make sure your dentist is on speed dial for when you bite down on one of the seeds.

Speaking of seeds, they can take many many month to germinate,  like 4-6 months. Germinating in a seed house with a seed mat would be beneficial.

Velutina is solely for ornamental purposes. I've heard good things about truly tiny, but if it is so bad, what dwarfs do you recommend for eating?

[bsbullie]

Truly Tiny are at best, average.  So not recommend if growing for eating quality.

Have you tasted Musa velutina? Plant is more grown for ornamental purposes.   Yes, the scant fleah can be eaten but again, not recommended based on quality.   Oh, make sure your dentist is on speed dial for when you bite down on one of the seeds.

Speaking of seeds, they can take many many month to germinate,  like 4-6 months. Germinating in a seed house with a seed mat would be beneficial.

Velutina is solely for ornamental purposes. I've heard good things about truly tiny, but if it is so bad, what dwarfs do you recommend for eating?

What are your height limits?

[Garcinia]

Truly Tiny are at best, average.  So not recommend if growing for eating quality.

Have you tasted Musa velutina? Plant is more grown for ornamental purposes.   Yes, the scant fleah can be eaten but again, not recommended based on quality.   Oh, make sure your dentist is on speed dial for when you bite down on one of the seeds.

Speaking of seeds, they can take many many month to germinate,  like 4-6 months. Germinating in a seed house with a seed mat would be beneficial.

Velutina is solely for ornamental purposes. I've heard good things about truly tiny, but if it is so bad, what dwarfs do you recommend for eating?

What are your height limits?

Well I'm looking for a dwarf for the greenhouse and maybe bigger ones for the house, though I'm getting blue java already.

[bsbullie]

Not many of the true dwarfs are that great.  There are vaious Cavendish type and Grand Nain but they will be basically a deluxe grocery store banana.

For taste, I love red bananas.  The Dwarf Red is execllent but will still get 8-9+ feet tall.

Raja Puri is an excellent banana that will get 6-8+ feet.

Two excellent bananas on the taller side are Pisang Raja and Kandrian.

[Garcinia]

Not many of the true dwarfs are that great.  There are vaious Cavendish type and Grand Nain but they will be basically a deluxe grocery store banana.

For taste, I love red bananas.  The Dwarf Red is execllent but will still get 8-9+ feet tall.

Raja Puri is an excellent banana that will get 6-8+ feet.

Two excellent bananas on the taller side are Pisang Raja and Kandrian.

Grocery banana sounds fine, but I'll also look at the others and see if they'll grow in my climate.

[bsbullie]

Not many of the true dwarfs are that great.  There are vaious Cavendish type and Grand Nain but they will be basically a deluxe grocery store banana.

For taste, I love red bananas.  The Dwarf Red is execllent but will still get 8-9+ feet tall.

Raja Puri is an excellent banana that will get 6-8+ feet.

Two excellent bananas on the taller side are Pisang Raja and Kandrian.

Grocery banana sounds fine, but I'll also look at the others and see if they'll grow in my climate.

Raja Puri has one of the better cold terances.

Dwarf Orinoco is actually pretty good.  It is a dual purpose Polynesian/Hawaiian type that can be used like a plantain or let to ripen and it has great flavor.

Of the dwarf Cavendish/grocery store types, you have Double Mahoi, Grand Nain and Dwarf Cavendish.

[merce3]

FHIA-1 and SH-3640 are both dwarfish... Not sure how big they get though. Also there's supposedly some misidentified FHIA-1s floating around out there. Dwarf Brazilian starts small (~6') but the following ratoons (?) are more like 8-10'

[bsbullie]

FHIA-1 and SH-3640 are both dwarfish... Not sure how big they get though. Also there's supposedly some misidentified FHIA-1s floating around out there. Dwarf Brazilian starts small (~6') but the following ratoons (?) are more like 8-10'

No, neither of these are dwarfs. 

[merce3]

Yeah, I don't have any direct experience with FHIA-1 or SH-3640, but after some research I see they are 8-12'. From my experience the first couple ratoons of dwarf Brazilian are around 6', though...  Later ratoons are taller. My 3rd ratoons is about 8'.