Re: Please Read & Respond
It's an interesting idea and I have wondered why they don't have a thread for each banana type. Then when I think about it more they would just run on and on and eventually be very time consuming to get the most relevant info from. I feel like I have done ok when I just use the search. I also think with SO many types of bananas and multiple names for most of them, it becomes unwieldy. I'm on this site AVSforums too and they have threads for so many electronics. And they end up being hundreds of pages for things like a blu-ray player that is only made for a year. I agree the Wiki is limited too, and like Yug I've seen errors, or things that can't possibly be addressed simply because variation in climate, etc that he mentions.
Like just thinking about Tall Reds where I live with no soil, regular feeding and 80" of rain I've had trouble getting fruit. A 10 minute drive away rain is nearly double, there's some soil, and my friend's mat of them are huge and gorgeous and he doesn't even feed them. So how do you summarize in a Wiki? And if you have a thread it would be endless if there can be that big a difference. 10 minutes the other direction would be 20 year old lava with zero wind protection in any direction so there would be that whole set of differences.
My solution when I learn about a new banana or buy one is to search forums, look at the Wiki, and google it and from that I get a good sampling which I then usually just settle on that I should just plant it and see! The encanto farms side is also a go to place for me where there is a compilation of varying statements and pictures. It's a great complement to bananas.org
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