Thanks for all the feedback. These are supposedly
Blue Java/Ice Cream Bananas, purchased via amazon from Hello Organics.
If they're from tissue culture then I have more confidence in their pedigree.
I purchased these because TopTropicals didn't have any Blue Java in stock, and then now that I have these, I just received an email that TT now has
3 gallon plants in stock.
I'll put these in the ground as soon as they grow a rootball, probably in the Spring after it's warmed up around here. This is probably the worst time of the year to buy and plant tropicals in Los Angeles! We're warm throughout the rest of the year, with spring/fall temps reaching into the 80s and summers reaching into the 90s.
I put a Dwarf Cavendish in a pot 5 years ago, and for the first 4 years it didn't do much. It grew from a 1' tall to about 5' tall, but it never flowered. Then I put it in the ground, and it took off. Well, sort of. The 1' pup that was next to the main plant starting growing like crazy, and quickly outgrew the main stem. Then the main stem got eaten by goats.
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That pup is now the main stem, and the plant is about 6' tall, where the newest leaves separate, and the top leaf is going straight upwards, to about 9'. I'm hoping it flowers this year.
I need to prep a new bed, away from the goats, for these Blue Javas. If those goats are still here after my Dwarf Cavendish fruits and dies, I may transplant that corm over to the new bed as well. I also have a ~3' plant of unknown variety that was given to me by a friend. It was cut off from the main plant, with no roots, so I have that in a pot as well, until it gets somewhat established. It just unfurled its first new leaf, so I'm thinking it's going to make it.
So, long story short, all my bananas will soon be in the ground, and I'm hoping I get some fruit, soon!