I have 35 acres, 12 or so open, the rest wooded. I like it, it's going to be my life work to get this place in shape though :>)
You want to get a cultivar that will grow and produce in the least amount of time. Bananas pretty much shut down once the temp reaches 40s. They don't die at that temp, just stop growing. The less time it
takes for them to grow the stalk and spit out the blossum, the better. I found that some of the shorter varieties were good at that.
It just takes less time to grow a 7 foot stalk than a 20 foot one. A
lot of times the bananas were better and bigger on the smaller stalked bananas.
Try
http://www.going-bananas.com/
and check out the FHIA-03 I found this plant to be really productive and even though it is bred for Central America, it seemed to handle any cold snaps we had pretty well. It grew a nice fat stalk that held
up to wind and made a huge mess of bananas. They are good to eat fresh or cook.
we did not connect last year, cause I left that at my house in the city. I could have sent you some corms. I smuggled aome out to El Salvador and have it growing on my place there, but no good way to smuggle it back in :>)
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