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Originally Posted by momoese
Wow, that's a load of bananas! Did you three also have to take down the trees after harvesting?
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We just left the cut plants in the field, kinda like a mulch I suppose. This field is not well kept, and basically growing on nothing but a questionable drip system, which after digging those pups up, is probably definitely out of service in some parts of the field.
The upcoming project (if we get funding) will be to revamp the field, clean it all up and install new irrigation, and then begin evaluating the different varieties for commercial potential, since almost the entire banana industry here is composed of 2 varieties 'Williams' and 'Dwarf Brazilian'. Some growers are starting to plant more things like 'Saba' and 'Namwah', but they are still hard to come by.