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Old 07-15-2020, 05:38 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: Variegated Florida arrived...And not good news :(

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any exposed flesh immediatly turned black once exposed to air, and the water that oozed up from the rhizome was grey and black.
With my basjoo, which is the only banana I've chopped up, the sap rapidly oxidizes to black (it also stains). Same goes for the corm cuts. Black doesn't automatically mean rot. If it's squishy then it's a bad sign. The pstem and corm looked pretty good (apart from being small)
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