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customgreen · 08-12-2018, 01:35 PM

Hello to all. I have not been posting vey much at all. We have been busy with transforming our backyard to a little tropical paradise. I have gone from having one variety of banana which was the ever popular dwarf Cavendish. My second variety was a Blue Java that has been a crazy pup machine not to mention several bunches. I have a new bunch on a daughter plant with several of it's siblings ready to flower. Right now I am at 13 varieties, and all seem to be doing quite well. My Gros Michel which was a troubled plant that I babied for a year has now reached 6 feet tall and produced 3 pups. My most impressive plant (my opinion) is the Maoli. This thing is a rocket ship growing as fast as my Blue Java with leaf's ridiculously big. It is beautiful. I am getting good growth from my Auri Fe i' and I just picked up a truly Tiny. I wasn't really interested in it, but the pot had three plants for 15.00. Heck of a deal.
Our backyard in a little over a year and a half has gone from mostly grass with some nice gardens, to very little grass and a definite jungle/tropical look. Right now we have 6 bunches of bananas on plants, along with Guavas, raspberries, rapes, papayas, tons of citrus, and dragon fruit. I have tried ever which way to post pictures and had help from several people but I am unable to load them. Just wanted to update and say thanks for all the wonderful information. This site has helped me avoid a lot of trouble, and I have found great varieties of bananas that I would have never known about.

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customgreen Location: Port Charlotte FL Zone: 10 Name: Bob Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 57 BananaBucks : 15,003 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 5 Times Was Thanked 46 Times in 27 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Bananas everywhere Hello to all. I have not been posting vey much at all. We have been busy with transforming our backyard to a little tropical paradise. I have gone from having one variety of banana which was the ever popular dwarf Cavendish. My second variety was a Blue Java that has been a crazy pup machine not to mention several bunches. I have a new bunch on a daughter plant with several of it's siblings ready to flower. Right now I am at 13 varieties, and all seem to be doing quite well. My Gros Michel which was a troubled plant that I babied for a year has now reached 6 feet tall and produced 3 pups. My most impressive plant (my opinion) is the Maoli. This thing is a rocket ship growing as fast as my Blue Java with leaf's ridiculously big. It is beautiful. I am getting good growth from my Auri Fe i' and I just picked up a truly Tiny. I wasn't really interested in it, but the pot had three plants for 15.00. Heck of a deal. Our backyard in a little over a year and a half has gone from mostly grass with some nice gardens, to very little grass and a definite jungle/tropical look. Right now we have 6 bunches of bananas on plants, along with Guavas, raspberries, rapes, papayas, tons of citrus, and dragon fruit. I have tried ever which way to post pictures and had help from several people but I am unable to load them. Just wanted to update and say thanks for all the wonderful information. This site has helped me avoid a lot of trouble, and I have found great varieties of bananas that I would have never known about.