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Old 06-21-2010, 07:20 PM   #17 (permalink)
CoryS
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Hey Cory. Good to hear from you. The bananas are all growing outdoors but when the first few fruit turn yellow we cut the bunch and hang it indoors to ripen, partly because the birds and rats would eat them if left outside but also because the added warmth speeds up the ripening. Sometimes too fast and we have more ripe fruit than a family can handle.
I just bookmarked your site. I didn't know you lived in... Heaven?! That's one beautiful location! If I'm ever lucky enough to get bananas I'll definitely try that method out. We have billions of birds in our neighborhood.
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