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sputinc7 · 04-15-2017, 05:07 PM

I got another bunch of Brazilians, one year to the day from my first ones. What are the odds? 1 in 365 I guess...
Anyway, I believe they are ripening because of a critter munching on a couple about a week ago and the rot problem I had with two other bunches is doing it. As soon as they begin turning, they begin browning at the flower end and going bad rather than ripening normally. Whatever is causing it seems to enter through a wound and infect the fingers individually one at a time through the wound, then the stem of the bunch and into the fingers. There is a yellowish discoloration of the stem in the bunch on one side going from the wounded bananas to the first ripening bunch. I can tell it is the same thing that happened with the other two bunches and it seemed as if it spread up to the other bunches from the cut flower, but I did not cut the flower on this one as I suspected it was connected. Now I am more convinced. I do so wish I knew what it is and how to correct it as they don't ripen correctly so you must eat them as soon as they yellow or they rot. Inside the stem and PS are clear, free from any brown patches indicating disease of some sort. I am again, and still, stumped.
See below...

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sputinc7 Location: Palm Bay, Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Steve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,394 BananaBucks : 126,721 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 352 Times Was Thanked 2,430 Times in 971 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 295 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) I got another bunch of Brazilians, one year to the day from my first ones. What are the odds? 1 in 365 I guess... Anyway, I believe they are ripening because of a critter munching on a couple about a week ago and the rot problem I had with two other bunches is doing it. As soon as they begin turning, they begin browning at the flower end and going bad rather than ripening normally. Whatever is causing it seems to enter through a wound and infect the fingers individually one at a time through the wound, then the stem of the bunch and into the fingers. There is a yellowish discoloration of the stem in the bunch on one side going from the wounded bananas to the first ripening bunch. I can tell it is the same thing that happened with the other two bunches and it seemed as if it spread up to the other bunches from the cut flower, but I did not cut the flower on this one as I suspected it was connected. Now I am more convinced. I do so wish I knew what it is and how to correct it as they don't ripen correctly so you must eat them as soon as they yellow or they rot. Inside the stem and PS are clear, free from any brown patches indicating disease of some sort. I am again, and still, stumped. See below... __________________ If you lose your head and give up, you neither live nor win. https://sputinc7.wixsite.com/covwc Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel. What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.