revolutionman

hello everyone!

My name is Jay, i'm 24 years old. i was born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts, and i moved to Puerto Rico last year. i inherited a nice piece of land from my grandfather, and I'm trying to do what i can with it. To say I am out of my element would be an understatement. Luckily for me I am man, the marvelous product of millions of years of evolution, and I can adapt to almost any circumstances.

This past year, I have been so enamored with the change of scenery that i had not focused on making the absolute best of what i had.

This past month, I've caged my chickens and have begun to plant a number of crops. Still, i was totally ignoring the bananas and plantains that are mostly wild at this point. I suspect the plants I've been harvesting this past year were already 3rd or 4th generation plants. The roots are mostly exposed and a few fall over every time we get a big storm. Well anyway, in my quest for better stock, I discovered that if i just maintained them I could get better results. So now here i am. here to learn how to take better care of my bananas and plantains.

I just ran my first bagging experiment with a feed bag and in less than a week the development in the fruit was quite obviously different. but the feed bag was not big enough, so i had to cut it in order to remove it.

The first I've planted on my own are now of fruiting age.

This is the extent of my experience with growing bananas. i've much more experience eating them. LoL