Not only is it possible but also probable that you can have fruit in two years from your bananas. Your growing season is a little longer than mine and I have banana fruit every year. Typically a banana takes 18 months to bear fruit. Now some people who want fruit make the mistake of cutting there banana stalks to the ground I know in colder climates that is the way it is done but in Florida that is not how it works. So come spring plant the one gallon plants in rich well worked soil add compost of any thing you can get your hands on. leaves, grass clippings, pine bark mulch,pine needles etc. keep the plants well watered and well fertilized. They grow amazingly fast. Good luck James

evonne, now we're back to where we were before. And your link is very specific about papaver rhoeas, what I read in two different sources pertained to field poppies but assumed it would apply to mine as well, same as what you're saying. But stage found differently. Maybe sometimes they do self pollinate. I doubt we can resolve the discrepancy unless I just try it and see what happens. Not good to keep crossing them to the same genotype though which I would have to do to keep these going if it even succeeds. Today I went out, and two are blooming simultaneously. So it isn't clear if it applies to a single bloom or all blooms on the same plant. Do you think because of the two going now (and hopefully for the rest of the buds), they will swap pollen? No, I read it again, and it says same plant or another plant of the same genotype. My you've got your terminology down better than I do. I wonder what they do to select what I would call a sport but may not be the right term for poppies. At some point in the evolution of any plant with self-incompatibiity, it must have worked or we wouldn't have so many poppies that come true from seed. It appears many don't as they are sold as mixtures such as Angels Choir. In the above photo from WA state, they must cross pollinate, self sow, and produce uniform flowers the following year or they're perennials. This is all new to me, in the dim recesses of my memory, I knew that corn self pollinates, but the link covers that, too. Some plants don't have the inhibiting factor. Others do in certain families. Must be a reason for it going one way for some and the other way for other types, suppose the experts can only speculate about that. I'm guessing for our now infamous Cherry Brandy Rudbeckia, they must have gotten a new bloom and used seeds from that for multiple generations. Where it is now, it reverts to all sorts of things. I wonder how they do select out poppies then or if they can. What about that unique grape poppy? I think it might be a rhoeas, too, but am not sure.

Thanks everyone!!!! It means a lot to be able to "talk" to others who understand my frustration! I talked to my KD this evening and she told me that she and several other designers and the other owner of the contracting company spent a couple of hours late afternoon/early evening at our house analyzing the problems (note the plural...yes, there's another problem...worse, IMO, than this one!) & discussing options. After measuring & remeasuring, they decided it was only off by 3" on the left side. So, rather than offset the sink, we were give the option to either reduce the 36" drawer base to 33" or reduce the 18" trash pullout to 15". The 18" trash pullout will hold 2-35qt cans while the 15" will hold 2-27qt cans. My DH wants to reduce the drawer base, I want to reduce the trash pullout...I will probably give in on this one since I have a couple of battles coming up and this way he'll be more willing to go along with me. The sink will be centered under the window. btw...The 3" had to be recovered from the left of the sink if we wanted the sink to remain centered since the right side is correct w/a centered sink. My DH really wants the sink centered...he cares more than I do. But, if we get any "extra" space on the right, I'll give it to the pantry! Answers to Questions... The wall to the left of the refrigerator will house the HVAC vent/duct that leads to our master bedroom. Until demolition, it went up the center of the wall where the peninsula will now be. I was tempted to just close off that register since we have 2 in our bedroom and eliminate that wall but, my DH nixed that idea since 2 vents are hard pressed to cool our room in the summer (SW corner). The "TO" b/w the ovens & the pantry is actually "TF" for "Tall Filler" and it's 3-3/4" filler... My KD says I need it there...I'm going to question her about that tomorrow...I could use those extra 3" in the pantry! Raehelen & Lascatx, I'm going to ask the contractor tomorrow about turning the studs...If we could do that on 2 walls, I'll gain 2" or so in each direction. As to a cabinet pantry, Lascatx, my KD does want me to switch to a 36" pantry cabinet b/c she says it will hold so much more. She's right, but one of the functions of this pantry is an appliance garage. I plan to store all my small appliances, except my mixer, in the pantry on the narrower shelves and food on the longer ones. Also, w/a step-in pantry, I can have shelves to the ceiling (well, almost!). As to the upper cabinets...my KD didn't mention the upper cabinet, I'll check w/her tomorrow and if we do indeed have to reduce the upper cab, I'll have to think about reducing the right as well... +++++++++++ Now, the NEXT, and more serious problem IMO, is the vent hood... I have a VAH that requires an 8" outlet. However, it turns out the distance b/w the ceiling and the floor above is only 6"...which means there's no room for the outlet to go up and out the exterior wall. Even if we used a 7" x 10" outlet, it still wouldn't fit. I suggested sending it under the kitchen floor since it's over the unfinished portion of our basement, but the same problem exists b/w the LR & Kitchen wall...only 6". She did say we could lower the ceiling (she didn't even want to suggest it!), but I only have 8' ceilings and I don't want them any lower. She agreed it would not be a good idea. Even if we did find a way, it turns out the MBA's tub's waste pipe goes across the bay that the VAH would have to go through (b/c of the location of the cooktop). So, my KD is saying that our only option is a recirculating hood...which I don't want!!!!!! [I've been preaching to everyone else about recirculating:bad, external vent:good!] She insists that today's recirculating hoods are much better than they used to be. She called VAH today and they're investigating options in their line for her. They're supposed to call back tomorrow morning. When I told her I have not heard anything good about them, her response was, "are you reading that on your site? Tell them to call me!" [She was kidding about the "call me"] My DH is suggesting we go straight up through our master bedroom closet (which is also small...sheesh, everything is small in our house!) and through the roof. I'm hesitant since I don't think I want a vent hood going through the closet for aesthetic as well as functional reasons. Assuming he has his measurements right, it'll take about a square foot of space out of an already small closet, right where the clothes hang. I do have a standard electric cooktop, but I eventually want an induction cooktop... Will recirculating be OK? Can anyone think of any other options? Do you think my DH is right?

Thanks everyone for your responses. Some make me feel better, others make me feel worse. HA! I'm clueless, but hubby said the power is 220 volts coming into house...I think. My cabinets were custom ordered through Decora so ovens are enclosed in these cabs. Bottom oven seems to vent around the top, and the Advantium does a little venting at the top, but the big blast is at the bottom. My ovens back up to an outside wall and my cabs are extra deep so that we could somewhat accomodate a monster fridge. Fridge is right next to these ovens. larrylwill, are you saying we could pull the ovens out and cut a hole in the back of the cabinet to have more venting? Again, I'm clueless here. I know we have the space because the refrigerator is deeper then the ovens. Or, maybe if it's too hot, I should just stay out of the kitchen...and look forward to winter. Thanks for this and any other help.