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Old 06-29-2021, 11:24 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Mom's 20+ Yr old Orinoco patches +12ft in 3 months!

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Originally Posted by sirdoofus View Post
Those are fantastic. I don't know if this is a dumb question or not, but does she fruit them?
Yes she does, however she likes to cut them halfway down at the stem during Winter if they get damaged because she doesn't like the look of dying bananas.

This causes some weird issues with fruiting.

I've seen it where in the spring the first thing one of the stems did was send out a flower - no leaves. Of course the flower and bananas wilted and died.
I also saw another one where it only pushed out 2 leaves and then a flower. I think only 1 hand was able to form lol.

She gets a lot of them to fruit at 8ft-10ft this way too.
Also she doesn't bother fertilizing or watering the bananas - these are growing all natural.
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Varieties I'm Growing

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Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niņo ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol
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