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robguz24 · 02-16-2013, 04:01 AM

Finally harvested the A'ea'e that was a transplanted water sucker 18 months ago. 30 lb bunch. About 135 days flower emergence to harvested fruit. One banana had a noticeable change in the lightness of the green color, so I cut it down. Steamed two off the bunch for dinner, though ideally I like them a bit more ripe. Looking forward to the rest of these. One I picked off a few weeks ago and took 2 weeks to ripen was quite good out of hand too! Been 3 years since my first one planted and that p-stem collapsed due to weevil damage before the fruit was mature, so this is really my first bunch of this type. Very excited about these!

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robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 305,202 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) Finally harvested the A'ea'e that was a transplanted water sucker 18 months ago. 30 lb bunch. About 135 days flower emergence to harvested fruit. One banana had a noticeable change in the lightness of the green color, so I cut it down. Steamed two off the bunch for dinner, though ideally I like them a bit more ripe. Looking forward to the rest of these. One I picked off a few weeks ago and took 2 weeks to ripen was quite good out of hand too! Been 3 years since my first one planted and that p-stem collapsed due to weevil damage before the fruit was mature, so this is really my first bunch of this type. Very excited about these! __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage