Search found 123 matches: ("Dwarf Cavendish"|"Dwarf cav"|SDC)

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by Dave Brown
Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:29 pm
Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
Topic: Cavendish question
Replies: 9
Views: 643

Re: Cavendish question

I've kept a dwarf cavendish alive planted in the garden with only gravel as a mulch. ... a month at best before it turns to mush. It's not a Dwarf Cav then Roger. They do not recover from dormancy at all :roll: ...
by Dave Brown
Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:57 pm
Forum: Weather and Climatology (public)
Topic: Unseasonably cold on Wed/Thurs 12/13 Sep
Replies: 40
Views: 2400

Unseasonably cold on Wed/Thurs 12/13 Sep

... temps around 1C.... panic Much stuff will be ok, but for anyone with Dwarf Cav, Musa Siam Ruby etc outside. perhaps keep an eye open and be prepared to move them somewhere ...
by Vagetarian
Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:35 am
Forum: Bananas and relatives (including Canna, Ginger, Heliconia etc)
Topic: New banana, need I.D please
Replies: 17
Views: 1079

Re: New banana, need I.D please

... latitude is probably pretty low in reality. My SDC will keep growing all winter at 15 degrees in ... a 1000w sodium light). I am tempted to try a Dwarf Cav as well now. :lol:
by mushtaq86
Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:53 pm
Forum: Bananas and relatives (including Canna, Ginger, Heliconia etc)
Topic: New banana, need I.D please
Replies: 17
Views: 1079

Re: New banana, need I.D please

Not all dwarf cavs fruit a 8ft plus p-stem in their first year,some fruit at 5ft to 6ft. Indoors ... SDCs will fruit at 5ft or more, especially in lower light conditions (considering Cav's usually grows outside in the tropics). You can get dwarf cav to fruit in the UK or ...
by Vagetarian
Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:31 pm
Forum: Bananas and relatives (including Canna, Ginger, Heliconia etc)
Topic: New banana, need I.D please
Replies: 17
Views: 1079

Re: New banana, need I.D please

Are you sure that first one is not a Super Dwarf Cav, derrick? Here is mine, been in the conservatory since last summer :lol:
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by mushtaq86
Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:58 pm
Forum: Bananas and relatives (including Canna, Ginger, Heliconia etc)
Topic: New banana, need I.D please
Replies: 17
Views: 1079

Re: New banana, need I.D please

Scott, you're probably seeing some photos of 'Super Dwarf Cav' which fruits at 3 or 4 ft of pseudo stem whereas yours should fruit at about 8ft, so it's probably ...
by Vagetarian
Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:40 pm
Forum: Bananas and relatives (including Canna, Ginger, Heliconia etc)
Topic: New banana, need I.D please
Replies: 17
Views: 1079

Re: New banana, need I.D please

Scott, you're probably seeing some photos of 'Super Dwarf Cav' which fruits at 3 or 4 ft of pseudo stem whereas yours should fruit at about 8ft, so it's probably got a few years yet in this climate, unfortunately.

(PS - your chance of fruiting it outside is probably about 0% :( )
by flounder
Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:28 am
Forum: Members Information Area (public)
Topic: ID Musa please.
Replies: 7
Views: 3296

Re: ID Musa please.

They were selling some musa tropicana a couple of years ago, a super dwarf that pups like crazy. That gets about a foot high. The dwarf cav in a pot to about 3ft ish. I keep mine in a sunny(thats a laugh :roll: ) spot outside for ...
by Dave Brown
Fri May 25, 2012 9:30 am
Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
Topic: lidl musa basjoo, doesnt quite look like basjoo
Replies: 7
Views: 1209

Re: lidl musa basjoo, doesnt quite look like basjoo

Does look like a SDC type plant, and they continue to get smaller. There ... feet, so definitely do-able inside for winter. The Cavendish family are subtropical and require a temp above ... will probably chill it and set it back a while. Dwarf Cav are the Bananas grown in the Canaries. SDC ...
by mushtaq86
Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
Topic: Musa Cavendish
Replies: 20
Views: 1852

Re: Musa Cavendish

Mushtaq - would it make any difference if it was the dwarf cav form? I was convinced that I'd got it through at least one winter in the greenhouse, which is ...
by simon
Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:40 am
Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
Topic: Musa Cavendish
Replies: 20
Views: 1852

Re: Musa Cavendish

I kept a dwarf cav for a good few years overwintere in my conserbatory at a min of 10C which was fine but one year it must have got a bit colder as the main stem rotted and I was left with a pot of pups that I lost interest in.
by Mick C
Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:11 pm
Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
Topic: Musa Cavendish
Replies: 20
Views: 1852

Re: Musa Cavendish

Mushtaq - would it make any difference if it was the dwarf cav form? I was convinced that I'd got it through at least one winter in the greenhouse, which is ...
by Vagetarian
Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:06 pm
Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
Topic: Insect egg ID help
Replies: 8
Views: 632

Re: Insect egg ID help

... it looks like she's passed over the gingers in favour of my Super Dwarf Cav, which just happens to be my most prized plant at present, typical :x :lol: At least I ...
by mushtaq86
Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:44 pm
Forum: Bananas and relatives (including Canna, Ginger, Heliconia etc)
Topic: Help needed with my new ebay monster banana
Replies: 27
Views: 2703

Re: Help needed with my new ebay monster banana

... really. An identification, and maintenence on it. My thoughts is its a dwarf cavendish purely because they purchased it from Lidl/Aldi 2.5 years ago. I've put some pics ...
by Vagetarian
Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:58 pm
Forum: Bananas and relatives (including Canna, Ginger, Heliconia etc)
Topic: Over wintering Musa, Musella and Ensete in the loft.
Replies: 69
Views: 7439

Re: Over wintering Musa, Musella and Ensete in the loft.

... very interested. Most of my plants are way too small or tender (Super Dwarf Cav) to store in the roof this year. I am however looking at a 700mm P-stem Musa Sikkimensis ...