It is almost certainly a dwarf cavendish, as I don't think I've ever seen a cavendish :) they have psuedostem of around 20 feet and then ...

... s good Mush, what temps did you keep it at over winter. My big Super Dwarf Cav rotted its roots over winter so there won't be fruit this year :roll: thats a shame dave ...

That' s good Mush, what temps did you keep it at over winter. My big Super Dwarf Cav rotted its roots over winter so there won't be fruit this year

14 feet wow,where is the dwarf in that,Its outside in the ground now,hopefully it should be ok,What type of watering and feeding should i give it? The Cavendish is about 25 feet total :lol: but they go by pseudostem height in Banana speak, so you ...

Yes looks like Musa Dwarf Cav. They are the fruiting bananas grown in the canary islands so will get to about 14 feet, but ideally should not go lower than 10C, but can take 6C for a short period provided it warms up after. It will be big by the end of summer

You're right, definately not a Dwarf cav. small stems take about -5 or -6C but it depends on how long the feeze lasts. Freezing days are a problem. ...

... of the DIY sheds, were actually selling Musa Dwarf Cavendish, as Musa basjoo last year. We had quite a debate about it on here as Musa dwarf cav are the bananas grown in the Canary Islands, and are not ...

... is extraordinary!!! In Australia we only have a few cultivars of Musa - Cav, Dwarf Cav, Red Dakka, Ducasse, Goldfinger, Pisang Ceylan, Ladyfinger, Bluggoe and Blue Java. ...

That Dwarf Pisang Mas would be an excellent addition as a houseplant ... And as it has a more natural habid as those dwarf cavendish. I love your local pisangs very much as they ... The small sweet pisangs are delicious, not that Cavendish stuff from Central America they sell here in ...

... subdued lighting. It is sort of an heirloom cultivar known as the Dwarf Pisang Mas. I have a plant in my home grown under shade and it has yet to fruit it. It doesn't have the stumpy look of the Dwarf Cav or the Super Dwarf Cav. It is well proportioned like a big plant but in ...

... in Brownsville on the southerm most Gulf coast of Texas, and their Dwarf cav stem mushed at +3C but it came back the next year. I have never, ever heard of anyone pulling ...

... interested in exotics. I spent ages doing a full Alan Titchmarsh on a dwarf cav, chicken wire cage, loads of dry straw, cap on the top to keep rain out etc. I was gutted ...

... I bought them as musa basjoo but believe wilkos were actually selling dwarf cav not the fore mentioned. I wrapped them & packed with straw after removing the leaves, ...

... sequence is right They were cultivating Musa Cavendish Dwarf (Dwarf cav) They had the policy of a Father stem, then removing all pups ...

Dave I have a dwarf cav and it is easily 15 feet tall, so the dwarf part is only relative really.