permaculture

[Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>]

re: Banana

While I have you musa freaks attention could any of you tell me what 
triggers bloom in banana?  I have bananas that are three years old and 
they have yet to bloom.
I grow them inside in an atrium but they are subject to short days in 
winter and long days in summer does that affect fruiting?  I thought 
maybe moonsoon, or light intensity but I haven't found anything in the 
literature.

Fruitless,\
Scott Pittman

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> I think the sugar banana or lady's finger is a mit more towards the hardy 
> end. I know it grows well in Sydney Australia, but not sure how it would go 
> in frost. It usually fruits the second year I think, so if it kep dying off 
> that wouldn't be much good.
>  Hannah
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