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TTP, Fred · 09-10-2008, 11:55 AM

Each plant has a little over 60 bananas...so that's about 120 total.

There's a huge Ice Cream plant adjacent to the left one, and I'm thinking it should be sending out a flag pretty soon. It was an original pup, so the only thing I can think is that so much of the corm's energy is being used on the plant with the fruit. I'm guessing it will flag as soon as I cut the bananas off the left one (the one it shares a corm with).

There's an adolescent Ice Cream plant adjacent to the right one, which should send out a flag around August of '09.

I planted 2 other Ice Cream pups in other areas of my back yard 'round about the end of July. Given that it takes about 14 months from planting until flowering, I expect they'll be flowering in September of '09. This means they'll be susceptible to a freeze. I'm thinking that if I cultivate pups beginning in January '09 and later kill off the mother plants, they should be putting out flags in March of '10, and bananas should be ready by July of '10. Does that sound sensible? I'd like to get to a point where the bananas will be maturing in the summer months as opposed to being susceptible to freeze.

Thoughts? Experiences? Comments?

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TTP, Fred TTP, Fred's Photo Gallery Location: Katy, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 48 BananaBucks : 16,231 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 12 Times in 7 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: New photos of ice creams, zebrina Each plant has a little over 60 bananas...so that's about 120 total. There's a huge Ice Cream plant adjacent to the left one, and I'm thinking it should be sending out a flag pretty soon. It was an original pup, so the only thing I can think is that so much of the corm's energy is being used on the plant with the fruit. I'm guessing it will flag as soon as I cut the bananas off the left one (the one it shares a corm with). There's an adolescent Ice Cream plant adjacent to the right one, which should send out a flag around August of '09. I planted 2 other Ice Cream pups in other areas of my back yard 'round about the end of July. Given that it takes about 14 months from planting until flowering, I expect they'll be flowering in September of '09. This means they'll be susceptible to a freeze. I'm thinking that if I cultivate pups beginning in January '09 and later kill off the mother plants, they should be putting out flags in March of '10, and bananas should be ready by July of '10. Does that sound sensible? I'd like to get to a point where the bananas will be maturing in the summer months as opposed to being susceptible to freeze. Thoughts? Experiences? Comments?