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Old 07-08-2008, 02:58 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: My Ice Cream bananas!

Well, good for you Anna!!

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Mine took eight months to ripen!
8 months!! Is that with the dormant winter break, or all in the warm months? Mine is about to bloom, and I'm hoping it will only take about 3 months to ripen my first fruit. It definately won't last thru the winter, and even if I could protect the fruit, I don't think the leaves would make it to provide photosynthesis in the spring. Or do you mean it took 8 months to reach maturity, set fruit, and ripen?
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There is no excuse for still having grass. I haven't mowed in 20 years.

With all that space, I could plant another 100 bananas.
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