These results have shown that the suckers planted in early November grew the largest plants. The data also shows that of the three tissue culture plantings, the November planted plants were larger by the end of summer when compared to the plants kept longer in the nursery and planted in December and January. In other words, the banana plants with a shorter time in the nursery but a correspondingly longer time in the field grew to be larger than the plants with a longer time in the nursery but less time in the field. The smaller plants are cheaper to grow and significantly cheaper to transport.