tlturbo

I write the date when I see the first bananas under the flower petals on the last leaf stem with a black marker. Almost ALL of my varieties start yellowing at about 4 months. I didn't have any trouble with these splitting.

What I do is when they start yellowing, I cut the whole stalk of bananas off (I always cut the bud off after the last banana forms to relieve the weight from the trunk). Then I just lay the whole thing down on the porch table, in the garage, etc. When I see a few bananas on a given hand (like you buy in the store) I cut that whole hand off but you can probaby cut all the hands off when you cut it down and stack them in a cardboard box in the garage. I have never done anything special after cutting them off the tree except cutting the hands off the stalk . As they ripen, I eat or give away.

I did notice that the yellowing process seemed longer on the Hua Moa but then it was Winter time. They started getting a faint yellow look but really didn't turn yellow for another 2 weeks. From Nov 15th, you should start to see yellowing in a few weeks I would think. Just watch for them to start turning a little lighter.

Let me know what you think of them. I really liked this variety. I'm going to move one of my pups to start another grove they were so good.

Terry