Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
General Type: | Banana |
Fruit Length: | 6-7" |
Fruit Width at Shoulders: | 1.5" |
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: | Other: Light Green to Yellow to Red-Orange |
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: | 60 yellow, 75 ripe red-orange |
Heat: | Sweet<100SHU |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Plant Height: | 18 to 24 inches |
Plant Spread: | 12-18 inches |
Fruit: | Showy Other: Mild-tasting fruit is 6-7 inches long |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
Uses: | Vegetable Suitable as Annual |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Suitable for wintersowing Start indoors |
Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger |
Awards and Recognitions: | AAS (All-America Selection®): 1941 National |
p1mkw | From January 15, 2015 to January 17, 2015 | Seeds germinated Good germination. |
p1mkw | On January 7, 2015 | Seeds sown Started seeds for 2015 |
lovesblooms | On March 3, 2020 | Seeds sown indoors, heat, lights |
lovesblooms | On February 16, 2020 | Seeds sown indoors; heat/lights |
lovesblooms | On February 25, 2018 | Seeds sown indoors |
lovesblooms | On February 17, 2017 | Seeds sown resown, same container as 2/2 sowing |
lovesblooms | On February 2, 2017 | Seeds sown |
LizDTM | On August 25, 2017 | Obtained plant |
phish49 | On May 23, 2019 | Seeds sown Old seed. Planted in SIP. |
aspenhill | On May 4, 2020 | Obtained plant Black Creek Greenhouse - qty 2 4-packs |
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