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It is growing in my yard, 3 miles North of Santa Fe, Texas. (20 miles Northwest of Galveston) We had this plant for 15 years in Houston and it produced a good bit of fruit. It reached to about 25 feet there, and I had to use a 15 foot ladder to reach the ripe stalks. We gave a lot away, froze about 50 pounds, ate all we could.
We dug up a couple of pups when we moved here.
Last year after 6 years it had fruit, but only a few. This year no blooms yet, but looking good.
I have 6 right now growing in pots in my front yard, in Michigan. Wow, they are shooting up fast, I plan on taking them inside my apartment in a month or 2 when temps start to fall, but had no idea the spread was so huge, I hope I can fit them in the door.
A light frost will do that very well, back to the main trunk. If you keep them in pots and don't over feed them they will stay fairly small. You can feel the main stalk and cut it off at the junction of where it feels soft and where it feels firm. It can then be stored dormant if necessary.
What do you feed them with? I've been mixing 1/2 Miracle Grow and 1/2 Miracid. My california hardy banana plant shot up after this. Also how often should I fertalize in pots?
Its kind of neat having a southern plant growing in an upper state. I'll add pictures of mine to the database as soon as I get them in better pots.
They are Nitrogen hogs if you want them big. No feeding will keep them fairly small.
I had an Uncle that grew about 50 plants in Southwest Oklahoma, and produced a good bit of fruit. After the first light frost, he dug them up and stored them in a Garage till spring.
Wow these are really interesting to watch grow. The new leaf starts to come out with a string like thing that comes out from the top. Then the new leaf once out looks like a cigar almost then it opens and a day or so later another string like thing comes up from the top. Is it usual for small plants lower leafs to dry up, I've been just cutting them off when they do.
