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Old 10-07-2012, 04:06 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: How big are the bananas on a Cuban Red?

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Originally Posted by PR-Giants View Post
James, I am not as optimistic as Gabe is on your bunch.

It appears your bunch is in about the third week of fruit filling (photo uploaded 9/21).

I don't know how well my data will translate to your situation, but this I can say for certain.

By the 10-14 day mark of fruit filling, Horns have basically reached their final harvest length. No significant increase in length will occur after that point.

I don't collect data on any bananas regardless of color and only harvest about 12-15 bunches of Reds annually, so my knowledge here is quite limited and don't recall noticing any significant increase in length after the third week.

From what I've read this is the leading internet site on bananas, so there probably is a post somewhere with a set of chronology photos of a Red bunch maturing.

Best of Luck
I may have some either here in my gallery or on a hard drive somewhere. Too many photos!

Oh and to answer the OP's question, my Jamaican Reds were always small too.
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