I recently saw one of those travel PBS programs. The moderator was touring a Central American Country, can't remember which one. He was visiting an institution that was working on developing new banana varieties because apparently all of the commercial ones are a single variety and if a blight or something hits there will be no bananas to export to the world. Perhaps some one gave some to the U.of Exeter, I know that seed sometimes has a way of mysteriously getting around from one institution to another. When I was a child we had a tree in front of our house that turned out to be a Dawn Redwood, the seed had been planted by my grandfather, long before they were available to the public. The seed had been given to my grandfather by a friend who we learned later worked for the institution where the very first collated seed in the US was germinated. Some how one of the seeds made it from there to my grandfather and our yard. On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 4:17 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote: > Dear Daviud and all, > > I suspect there is something else going on. > > The crucial element is the cultivar's fruiting cycle length. Some > newly tested cvs with a short fruiting cycle will easily grow and fruit in > a 7 month growing season. Perhaps the Uni addded some new bananas now > making the rounds that included a short fruitng cycle cv. I wrote about > this in The American Horticulturist last year. Lots of people who could > never grow bananas to fruit are having success now. > > In the state of GA they recommend locally grown GA bananas from a > short fruiting cycle cv be sold in small farmer’s mkt and fruit stands with > a premium price since they are local, fresh and chemical free. > > New world out there. Best Jim > > > > > > On Mar 28, 2017, at 6:08 AM, David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > "Talented gardeners at the University of Exeter have finally cultivated > the fruit, normally only found in tropical countries, on its Devon campus > after years of trying. > > The plant has been growing since 2012 and the university's grounds team > are unsure why it has suddenly started producing fruit. > > But they believe one factor could be the dedication of Nursery Supervisor > Luke Groombridge and his unusual tactic of regularly playing music to it." > > Full story: > > http://express.co.uk/life-style/food/… > grown-uk-playing-music > > > Is there any evidence of sound changing plants or seeds growth. > > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > Dr. James Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd > Kansas City, MO 64152-2711 > USA > Phone 816-746-1949 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/