cavendish banana (forum)

lachie starts with ...
hey everyone,
im from brisbane and i really want to get a cavendish banana plant !!! so if anyone has any suckers that they have that they wouldnt mind selling one too me !!
im happy to pick them up

regards lachlan

Time: 13th August 2011 10:51am

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russ says...
I do have cavandish banana suckers my daughter is going back to brisbane in a couple of days. Email me if you still need one.

Time: 13th August 2011 4:00pm

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lachie says...
hey russ mate are they normal size or just dwarf ??
and yes id love some !!!
whats your email mate so i can contact you !!!



Time: 13th August 2011 5:40pm

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lachie says...
im going to purchase 2 from him hopefully


Time: 13th August 2011 5:58pm

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russ says...
Howdy,
The cavandish plants are 16 feet tall so I'm not sure what dwarf size is. The hands are 6kgs each and a good size bunch has between 8-12 hands. The one we are eating off atm produced $900 worth of bananas at the $14.99 price we are being charged here in the country. To be eating bananas year round you will need to have approx 20 adult plants plus suckers. Something to plan for :).
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Time: 25th August 2011 1:26pm

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BJ says...
Lachie, just watch out you dont get pinged by DEEDI. You aren't allowed to grow Cavendish in or around Brisbane. You cant grow any without a permit. Even with a license you can only grow these: Blue Java, Bluggoe, Ducasse, Goldfinger (FHIA 01), Kluai Namwa Khom (Dwarf Ducasse), Lady Finger and Pisang Ceylan (Mysore type).

The application is easy, but the banana plants will generally cost you $15 to start off. http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/26_16392.htm




Time: 25th August 2011 1:43pm

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Jason says...
My dwarf ducasse I planted beside the house last Summer has been growing for about a month already this season, pretty impressive since it's only been 13-17c max temp! and still quite short days

Time: 25th August 2011 3:21pm

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Dana says...
Damn I wish I'd seen this earlier. I only had 1 banana palm that I saved before it got bulldozed and the goat just ate it. If you ever have more I would gladly purchase a couple off of you

Time: 16th September 2011 8:57am

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russ says...
If everyone in this country worries about a government department, nothing would ever happen. Nobody is going to go door to door taking dna samples of banana plants to see if they are cavandish or not. All I know if my plants are 12-16 feet tall and bear approx 60kgs plus of fruit per flower. I do have a smaller variety that has similar sized fruit but is a smaller herb/palm. I will be in Brisbane in approx a month so if anyone wants suckers email me at russ_drinkwater@yahoo.com.au

Time: 16th September 2011 3:08pm

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russ says...
$10 for good sized fresh suckers ready to plant. Either variety large or small.

Time: 16th September 2011 3:10pm

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lachie says...
hey russ my email is touchbase@bigpond.com

Time: 21st September 2011 8:51pm

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lachie says...
im definately interested in the large one
how many kgs of bananas did you get if the small one

Time: 21st September 2011 8:53pm

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Dana says...
I've sent you an email Russ so hopefully you get it. I ended up applying for the license but the plants cost $30 each, you can only purchase them from backyardbananas.com.au and they have at least a 6 week wait whilst they clear a backorder. I wonder when I drive around SE Qld how many of the people with bananas in their back and front yards actually have permits - stuff all I imagine.

Time: 22nd September 2011 2:20pm

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John Mc says...
I've been waiting far longer than 6 weeks for my Blue Java (ice-cream) banana plants, and I'm only getting tissue culture plants from Backyardbananas. I can't complain because they are the only supplier that I can find.

Time: 22nd September 2011 5:33pm

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BJ says...
I got mine last winter from them. Its fruiting now. Its a fantastic banana. I picked up the BJ and a Dwarf Ducasse. BJ is twice the size of DDU. it suckers lots as well. The Ducasse I received had already suckered when I got it, so I got two plants for the price of 1. Neither have shown much sign of fruit or suckering again yet though...

Time: 22nd September 2011 7:51pm

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russ says...
Hi,No-one I know of with home orchards worries about such rubbish anymore. Most of it is out of date from the bejelk-peterson times. Same as having no-more than 6 laying cooks etc. Its all bullshit.Years ago when I worked in the justice dept a butcher in rockhampton was fined for selling low fat sausages!

Time: 25th September 2011 7:30am

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russ says...
Hi, The one with the large fruit through winter produced 10 hands at a bit over 6kgs per hand. Frost stalls them a lot, frost free or sheltered is best. Cut your hands from the top downwards for a long supply time without a fruit glut. Ie cut off the whole bunch and no.1. it weighs up to 50kgs so is back breaking. no.2. all the fruit ripens at once. Better to just cut hands off at one hand a week or every 5 days depending on consumption.

Time: 25th September 2011 8:18am

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lachie says...
hi russ how high does the mini banana grow to ?

Time: 25th September 2011 2:46pm

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russ says...
Hey, Lachie
The one out the back of my oldies house grows about 6-7 tall and produces a banana bunch as big as cavandish and same size bananas as well. The only thing I can say is that it takes longer to develop and ripen. But the solution is to plant more clumps if you have the space.
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Time: 10th October 2011 12:07pm

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lachie says...
Thanks russ when are you coming to brisbane ?

Time: 18th October 2011 10:01pm

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russ says...
Hey mate, I have been down there and back sorry. Hopefully I will down there before x-mas to pick up some ammo and reloading components from cleaver firearms. Keep in touch.
Russ

Time: 11th November 2011 5:53pm

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NSW Bananas says...
BJ Would you Be interested in selling and posting some blue Java Succers to NSW south coast Please?

Time: 9th December 2011 7:12pm

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lachie says...
hi russ mate when are you coming to brisbane next ! im despertae for some large and small cav banana plants

Time: 12th February 2012 1:27pm

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russ says...
Hi, lachie
I will be in brisbane at the end of thgis month. Give me your phone number.
Russ
My email is russ_drinkwater@yahoo.com.au

Time: 15th February 2012 7:03pm

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Robert says...
I would like to buy a cavendish suckers can someone help please


Time: 1st October 2013 7:44pm

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Robert says...
Hi
Russ if you can help ?
Would be great mate

Time: 1st October 2013 7:49pm

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sam says...
This is my Cavendish here in Sydney. it fruited about 16 months after planting a sucker. They grow quite upright and someone familiar with bananas will be able to recognise if it is Cavendish or not just by the leaves
Pictures - Click to enlarge

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Time: 4th October 2013 3:59pm

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GardenAustraliaWanabee says...
Nice work. Whereabouts in Sydney?

Time: 5th October 2013 7:06am

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Anonymous says...
Hi GardenAustraliaWanabee
I am growing this in Petersham, Sydney (actually closer to Stanmore & Newtown)

Time: 5th October 2013 8:17am

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Bruce73 says...
Hello all I'm an ex grower/hobbiest

Time: 19th February 2016 5:13pm

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Bruce73 says...
I'm asking around for anyone whom maybe able to help with a few Cavendish plants please. I am interested to purchase and don't have problems with collecting.

Thanks for your help:)

Time: 19th February 2016 5:16pm

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Bruce73 says...

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Time: 19th February 2016 11:59pm

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my van says...
I would like to get two cavandish banana sucker but I live in Rockhampton. Can anyone help with two plants or where to get the suckers

Time: 11th March 2016 3:05pm

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ling says...
http://backyardbananas.com.au/

Time: 11th September 2016 11:23pm

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rustynutz says...
If you down the lower side of Biloela anytime drop me a line as I have some cavandish suckers for sale.
And blue java's as well.

Time: 12th September 2016 1:40pm

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M Foreman says...
Hi everyone. I'd really love to obtain some Cavendish banana suckers, so l can grow them with my kids. I live in the Redlands, Bayside Brisbane. Can anyone help please.
mforeman24@yahoo.com

Time: 4th August 2017 4:04pm

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ling says...
http://backyardbananas.com.au/faqs/

Time: 8th August 2017 9:36pm

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