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jsclwal · 08-22-2011, 11:37 AM

Help! We have been growing bananas for the past four years in Huntsville, AL and this year for the first time we have 5 plants in bloom with about 50 bananas on each plant. We dig them up in late October to store for the winter. Will they ripen before then, and if not, what do we do? How will I know when they are ripe? The first bloomed in early July and the fifth is just getting ready to put out it's bloom. I believe that 2 are Blue Java and the other 3 are Grand Nain. And last question...is there nothing you can do to save the mother plant? Like cut off the bloom? Thanks for your help!

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jsclwal Location: Meridianville, AL Find me on the map! Zone: On border of Zone 7a/7b Name: Jane Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8 BananaBucks : 14,888 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 3 Times Was Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Harvesting bananas in N. Alabama Help! We have been growing bananas for the past four years in Huntsville, AL and this year for the first time we have 5 plants in bloom with about 50 bananas on each plant. We dig them up in late October to store for the winter. Will they ripen before then, and if not, what do we do? How will I know when they are ripe? The first bloomed in early July and the fifth is just getting ready to put out it's bloom. I believe that 2 are Blue Java and the other 3 are Grand Nain. And last question...is there nothing you can do to save the mother plant? Like cut off the bloom? Thanks for your help!