This is what happens in a place where there are 'naners everywhere...
Sometimes people grow them for different reasons, not just for eating. Many are used for shade and they don't care about the fruits which result from them. Sometimes these shade plants will have many pups getting out from an orchard and grow by the roadside. The town hall people will cut down these plants as they tend to take up the place along the side of the road and pose to be danger for motorists. Well,
sometimes, they do miss out a few or
quite a few. It is because almost every house have a couple of 'naners in their yards, no one will harvest the fruits. When ripen, the animals will gnaw at them and they will just rot off the plant.
This is also true in the city where many people grow the Pisang Serendah, a form of the DC. They will grow them outside in front or behind their houses. It was a fad in the past and now they are not popular as they cannot compare to the taste of the staple cultivars sold such as the Pisang Berangan and Pisang Mas. These plants will fruit at 4ft high with small bunches due to the negligence. Fruits for the taking if you care.
I have seen plants grown from small pieces of corm thrown out and mature into fruiting plants. In the past I have not bothered to harvest them but seeing them going to waste, now I take the trouble to cut down the fruits to give away to friends.
My booty, (car booth, I mean) with quite a few types of cultivars I harvested along the road. I am sooo happy getting the Pisang Rajah (green bunch on the lower right of the pix). They are real yummy when simmered with butter. Slurrp!
Last Sunday while my guys were fixing a new shelter at my nursery, I decided to take a drive and see what I can find near my place. It was quite
fruitful and I came back with a couple of bunches of 'naners, like Pisang Mas and even the hard to find Pisang Rajah.
There were times when I was on my way home from the nursery and felt like having a little bite. I would go into a particular area where there are many types of cultivars grown semi wild - ie., left to fend for themselves in the open areas - and as always I will be able to get a small bunch of fully ripen fruits with a couple eaten off by animals. Well, 5-6 fruits is a good snack on any day.
So, waste not, want not! Let the city folks be happy with this bounty.