Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
Hey Iowa, Was that really ripe like that? My orinocos are still quite hard and starchy at that color. They all need to be almost completely black to be soft, sweet and ripe enough to eat like that. Are you sure it's an orinoco? Very cool if it's ripening that early. My only Orinoco to not fruit yet is a dwarf.
Maybe I should dig them up and replant them every year :-) Would be odd to do here in Florida though :-D[/quote]
This was eatable, a little tough in the middle. Cut in half and take a little out of the middle and it was OK. I let the others ripen more. These had a couple of weeks of 40 and 50 degree nights before I cut them off and bought them in. Took about 3 more weeks to ripen. Had 1 hand that was eatable, for here that's a bumper crop.
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Growing Musa Orinoco since 1993 - Added 2018-Basjoo, Zebrina' Rojo, Ensete Red Abyssinian - Added 2019-Goldfinger - Added 2020-Kokopo (Short Cycle), Double (Mahoi), Highgate, Super Dwarf Cavendish - Added 2021-Pisang Ceylon(Mysore), Musa Margarita, Ensete Ventricosum - Added 2023 - Siam Ruby
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