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@ robguz
I was looking at the blossom below the hands. The male flowers are discoloring. But, if I pull the reddish covering piece [ what ever its called] the uncovered flowers look to be OK. I'll try to take a closer look at them soon. But, we've just moved in recently and are still trying to get everything organized. Plus, bananas are not the only thing I'm working with on the grounds.
I'm sorely disappointed that the reds are ornamentals. But, I was talking to a banana plant vendor at the Moku'u Market today. He said that the dwarf version of those red plants can be palatable. I'm gonna watch the bunches on them and when they look to be ripening I'm gonna try my first banana with seeds in it. Whether I take more than one bite and swallow it remains to be seen.
Plus, he advised to try saving the Bluggoes. I'll be picking up some long stakes and propping them all up. Although, I may move them to a location that gets a lot more sun exposure. I've got so many "irons-in-the-fire" right now that I'm not sure if I can get a new plot for them prepared right now.

@ raygrogan
I've been out looking at fertilizers recently. I picked up a few #'s of a high N & K timed release type. I don't think it was a good choice for them. I'm thinking that the clumps are pretty depleted in nutrients and need something that will put things more quickly usable by the plants. I was leery of shocking them with too much too soon. But, I'm coming of the opinion that bananas may not be all that sensitive.
I've found several large bags of topsoil [potting soil] left by the previous owner that could be used to build a new location for the group that is in the worst condition. But, as I've said earlier, I've got a lot of thing going right now. The time to do that right now is hard to find. We'll see what happens.
About 1/2 of this acre lot has been "stripped and ripped" for construction of the house. All the bananas are planted within the ripped area, but are in very rocky soil. Even much of the lawn area has rocks poking up through it. I've been collecting and stacking rocks and am running out of room to store them. The banana plantings have many rocks of various sizes all through their soil. After reading something about rocks giving the roots something to hold on to I stopped worrying about it. But, now they are complicating what I need to get done. Try driving a 6 to 8' plastic stake down through rocky soil. HAH!