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twotallgirls · 05-04-2020, 11:29 AM

Your RP’s look great. I’m in Zone 10a in FL. I planted my first Raja Puri late last February… pup was about 24” in a 2 gallon pot. It took off immediately. It flowered late September (7 months) when p-stem was about 6 feet; harvest was 5 months later in February. It threw off about 6 pups over this time period; 2 of 3 remaining pups are already about at 5’ p-stem. It’s a great little banana; first bunch was smaller than expected at about 5-6 hands but I didn’t fertilize as much as I should have. I really liked the sweet/tangy flavor. The hard part is the waiting for fruit!

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twotallgirls Location: Marco Island, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10A Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 100 BananaBucks : 21,208 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 207 Times in 69 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	Re: Raja Puri!! Your RP’s look great. I’m in Zone 10a in FL. I planted my first Raja Puri late last February… pup was about 24” in a 2 gallon pot. It took off immediately. It flowered late September (7 months) when p-stem was about 6 feet; harvest was 5 months later in February. It threw off about 6 pups over this time period; 2 of 3 remaining pups are already about at 5’ p-stem. It’s a great little banana; first bunch was smaller than expected at about 5-6 hands but I didn’t fertilize as much as I should have. I really liked the sweet/tangy flavor. The hard part is the waiting for fruit! __________________ Blue Java, Raja Puri, Goldfinger FHIA-01, Mona Lisa FHIA-02, Sweetheart FHIA-03, Pitogo, Saba, Dwarf Cavendish, Super Dwarf Cav., Namwa, Brazilian, Mysore, Dwarf Red, and a mystery or two