Musa basjoo
Musa basjoo is an impressive herbaceous perennial with a vigorous growth habit. It is known to be the most cold-tolerant banana out there. This decorative, subtropical stunner has a slender reddish trunk topped off with huge, shiny green leaves. Musa basjoo is native to subtropical parts of southern China, where it grows in at high altitudes. Musa basjoo is a cool crop and an excellent Musa for borders or container plantings and landscaping. Once mature, it grows small inedible bananas. Musa basjoo is commonly known as Japanese Banana or Japanese fibre Banana. Other internationally used common names for Musa basjoo are: Hardy Banana; Sichuan Hardy Banana. Evanthia has Musa basjoo starting material available all year round, as tissue culture young plants. Ask our team for the Musa cultivation manual for commercial production. Check out all Musa in the Evanthia range.
Properties
Botanical name:
Musa basjoo
Family:
Musaceae
Series name:
Product group:
Musa
VBN code:
Status:
Product group:
Grow cool
Airpurifying
Subtropical
Cultivation information
Starting material:
Young plant from tissue culture
Pot size:
cm
Stem length:
-
cm
Growing location:
Plant density:
/m2
Sowing period:
Growing temperature:
Pot size:
cm
Pot size:
0-3
cm
Ideal growing temperature:
10-18
°C
Growing time to young plant:
8-10
weeks
Growing time from young plant to final product:
8
-
20
weeks
USDA Hardiness zone:
5-10
Average number of seeds per kilo:
The information shown here is intended as a general guide and should not be considered growing instructions. Details are based on Western European climate conditions, unless specifically stated otherwise.
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