Dwarf musa for 9a/b?

[Anto989]

Hello guys, just want to know if there's any variety of musa that can be grown (and well fruiting)  in pot inside the greenhouse.

Please let me know if there's any other variety soft froast resistant can be grow in open field.

Thanks. In adavance

[From the sea]

Orinoco and namwah should be ok with some light protection and give fruit.

[bsbullie]

Raja Puri

[gunnar429]

veinte cohol is supposed to be good for cooler climates with shorter growing seasons.

[bsbullie]

veinte cohol is supposed to be good for cooler climates with shorter growing seasons.

I think some people have had issues wigh this "claim".

[From the sea]

veinte cohol is supposed to be good for cooler climates with shorter growing seasons.

I think some people have had issues wigh this "claim".

The tree is less cold hardy, but the fruit fill out fast, so people have a better chance of ripening fruit.

[gunnar429]

doesn't do well here in south florida but i thought it was a hit for zone pushers

[From the sea]

From what I have heard it works for them because they dig and over winter them in garages/in crawl spaces.

[Ansarac]

I felt that part of the problem is size. 1yr Chiquita Gran Nain completely disappeared, when overwintered, outdoors, in zone 9. 2-3yr Chiquitas and Plantains died to the ground, in unprotected spots, but grew back, bigger. I think a sufficiently-large tree could survive in a wind-sheltered spot.

In zone 9, my more-tender, tropical stuff will survive at about the circumference of a man's wrist, mainly taking minor damage at the outer edge of the crown.

I assume that is taking a risk, of a once-in-a-decade temperature drop, and I would be mulching like crazy, or moving things indoors, if that was in the forecast.

(I'm a hefty powerlifter, but my back was sore for a week, the last time, that happened.)

[Pancrazio]

Hey there! As proud owner of a veinte cohol i can add the following thing: the plant fruits at a tiny size, if you stress it enough (not good for fruits but still very manageable as potted plant - i had a bloom on a 4ft plant). Also the plant is really cold tender and won't grow well if the temperature stay consistently under 77-80F. In my places takes two growing season from pup to flowers, that about half the time of the other bananas i own. I imagine that guys in Florida with the right treatment can fruit it in... uhm, nine months? (I'm guessing here).
My other suggestion is dwarf namwah, it is pretty much indestructible. But i can't comment on any flavor, because i haven't eaten any bananas from my plants (yet). However i can comment on cold hardiness and at my place dwarf namwah does overall better that dwarf orinoco in winter.

[ftmyersfruit]

Dwarf nam wah is easy fast and tastes great.