What did you harvest today (bananas)

[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59537&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59537&ppuser=13376)

First 2016 tall Namwah bunch. The fruits were wrapped in solar bags this past winter and developed just fine, even though the plant did not have any leaves left after some really cold December nights (down to 28F).

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59537&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59537&ppuser=13376)

First 2016 tall Namwah bunch. The fruits were wrapped in solar bags this past winter and developed just fine, even though the plant did not have any leaves left after some really cold December nights (down to 28F).

Congrats crazy banana, what you're able to do without leaves has always been amazing. This was closest we came to a harvestable tall Namwah bunch without leaves.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51175 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51175)

[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59562&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59562)

Second Tall Namwah bunch in less than a week apart from the first one.
Due to our cold December mornings there were no leaves to support the bunch, but the bunch was wrapped in a solar bag in late fall. It weighed in 12 pounds heavier than the first bunch harvested last week.

[PR-Giants]

Harvested a huge Dwarf Brazilian bunch yesterday and it was so good I harvested another bunch for today.

http://www.pictureshack.us/images/28842_Awesome_mc_HT_Smiley_16ffaf3dacb83b3cdcfca7e17df0f735-335c36d3c82a23dfd77e98db962620cf.gif

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51701

[JP]

Wow. Those VC's are super cute!

[PR-Giants]

Wow. Those VC's are super cute!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53281

[robguz24]

My first Nang Phaya bunch, surprisingly light at 30 lbs with 9 hands.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8728_zpspunhifuh.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8728_zpspunhifuh.jpg.html)

Also 9 hands but over 40lbs is another (not)Goldfinger from Hilo's Novelty Greens tissue culture. Whatever it is, it's one of my favorites. Easy to grow, fast to fruit, short, large bunches, delicious fruit.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8733_zpsx8u6nijw.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8733_zpsx8u6nijw.jpg.html)

[banana chuba]

Hi guys..
Need a bit of help here..planted tissue cultured cavendish banana 's and coming into the first harvest... Fruits seem to spaced out and long stem

[JP]

Hi guys..
Need a bit of help here..planted tissue cultured cavendish banana 's and coming into the first harvest... Fruits seem to spaced out and long stem

Post pics. It helps. You should have started a new thread. That will help too.

[robguz24]

Gros Michel
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8803_zpsgyaqdprz.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8803_zpsgyaqdprz.jpg.html)

[PR-Giants]

Veinte Cohol bunch, surprisingly light at over 30 lb.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56525 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56525)

[JP]

Veinte Cohol bunch, surprisingly light at over 30 lb.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56525 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56525)

So cute! Would love to get these here!

[PR-Giants]

Nice bunch... Ugly day.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56224 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56224)

[robguz24]

Praying Hands, 8 hands, about 30lbs.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9054_zpssvwuquyi.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9054_zpssvwuquyi.jpg.html)

[sputinc7]

Rob, those look odd. How do they taste?

[robguz24]

Rob, those look odd. How do they taste?
praying hands taste report (http://www.bananas.org/f2/praying-hands-taste-report-18948.html)

[Nicolas Naranja]

Paggi
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0775_zps1v1pjxla.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0775_zps1v1pjxla.jpg.html)

FHIA-17, had a rough time with thrips and birds should have bagged it.
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0776_zpsebzuxdnq.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0776_zpsebzuxdnq.jpg.html)

[robguz24]

Putalinga Hina Nounou, a Tongan Popoulu type.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0424_zpsreaesfr0.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0424_zpsreaesfr0.jpg.html)

[mskin]

"Ice Cream" AKA Namwah i believe

Couple of Pineapples

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60222 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59623)

[crazy banana]

"Ice Cream" AKA Namwah i believe

Couple of Pineapples

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60222 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59623)

Congratulations. Nice looking banana bunch. What variety are the pineapples?

[mskin]

Congratulations. Nice looking banana bunch. What variety are the pineapples?

I have no idea, I grew them from a store bought pineapple. I harvested 6 total this year and these were my first pineapples grown from suckers rather then crowns. They only seem bloom in early spring if that helps.

[sputinc7]

Paggi
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0775_zps1v1pjxla.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0775_zps1v1pjxla.jpg.html)

FHIA-17, had a rough time with thrips and birds should have bagged it.
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0776_zpsebzuxdnq.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0776_zpsebzuxdnq.jpg.html)

Those Paggi bananas are fantastic flavored, but they fall off as soon as they are near ripe, which is a pain, but the flavor is worth it. Thanks again for helping a newbie get to try different varieties. Not everyone is so decent, you know.

[luisport]

Hi! Those Paggi bananas are dessert or platanos? Thank's!

[sputinc7]

Hi! Those Paggi bananas are dessert or platanos? Thank's!

They are a sweet and fruity dessert type. So far, my favorite tasting banana. Don't know much more about them except they literally fall off the bunch when near ripe, which is a pain. Almost nothing in the wiki about them, cold hardiness or anything.

[luisport]

They are a sweet and fruity dessert type. So far, my favorite tasting banana. Don't know much more about them except they literally fall off the bunch when near ripe, which is a pain. Almost nothing in the wiki about them, cold hardiness or anything.

Ok, thank's a lot for your reply... too rare to find any souce to buy one...

[robguz24]

Finally got some African Rhino Horn. 1 big hand with 15 fruit, most close to 1.5 lbs, longest is 18". Nearly 12 months to flower, and then 3.5 months to harvest.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0693_zpsqeo30ysa.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0693_zpsqeo30ysa.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0694_zpsvbtzu8yn.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0694_zpsvbtzu8yn.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0699_zps9dllgtps.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0699_zps9dllgtps.jpg.html)

The heaviest
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0706_zpslmm5rfqa.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0706_zpslmm5rfqa.jpg.html)

The longest
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0717_zpsxn4uwwhd.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0717_zpsxn4uwwhd.jpg.html)

[robguz24]

Ixino, a mystery banana I can't find anything about online. Just under 90 days flower to harvest. 1 ripened a week ago and it was quite sweet and good. Had to harvest the rest after heavy rains, followed by fruit splitting.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0732_zpsyx1fvrpp.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0732_zpsyx1fvrpp.jpg.html)

[JCA433]

I harvested my third SH 3640 bunch today.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60360&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60360&ppuser=7368)

[venturabananas]

Ixino, a mystery banana I can't find anything about online. Just under 90 days flower to harvest. 1 ripened a week ago and it was quite sweet and good. Had to harvest the rest after heavy rains, followed by fruit splitting.

Does it taste similar to any variety you know?

[robguz24]

Does it taste similar to any variety you know?

It's odd. It has a classic banana aroma, a golden-orange color to the flesh, strings from the peel stick to the fruit and feels a bit cavendishy biting into it, but tastes nothing like one. Has a good bit of tanginess like a Brazilian. Overall pretty good. Still no idea what it could be though.

[robguz24]

FHIA-02 Mona Lisa
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0741_zpsinyoc3sz.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0741_zpsinyoc3sz.jpg.html)

FHIA-03 Sweetheart. Just 6 hands but about 50 lbs. The fruit seem huge!
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0742_zpseb0exf2j.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0742_zpseb0exf2j.jpg.html)

[Nicolas Naranja]

Mysore harvested itself during a heavy t-storm
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/2AC1C312-F3C6-48D6-86F6-135E482B845A_zpsmwosdltf.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/2AC1C312-F3C6-48D6-86F6-135E482B845A_zpsmwosdltf.jpg.html)

[Nicolas Naranja]

African Rhino Horn
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/4AB5626F-2D72-46C2-A568-85CF8CB4C656_zpszkksosqc.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/4AB5626F-2D72-46C2-A568-85CF8CB4C656_zpszkksosqc.jpg.html)

[venturabananas]

Mysore harvested itself during a heavy t-storm


Yes, their flavor is fantastic but their tendency to collapse with a bunch isn't!

[sputinc7]

Am I the only one who gets a database error message every time I try to go to new posts or unanswered posts? Sorry for posting here, but my user cp is the only thing not doing it and this is the busiest thread in my user cp now. Therefore, best chance for an answer or a fix.

[Lau]

No I'm getting the error too. I sent an email to contact us at the bottom. Hopefully it is an easy fix.

[crazy banana]

Am I the only one who gets a database error message every time I try to go to new posts or unanswered posts? Sorry for posting here, but my user cp is the only thing not doing it and this is the busiest thread in my user cp now. Therefore, best chance for an answer or a fix.

Getting it the second day in a row now 🤔

[luisport]

I'm getting it since yesterday...

[robguz24]

Error here too. Trying different browsers made no difference.

[hdynad]

Am I the only one who gets a database error message every time I try to go to new posts or unanswered posts? Sorry for posting here, but my user cp is the only thing not doing it and this is the busiest thread in my user cp now. Therefore, best chance for an answer or a fix.

i'm getting the same thing here.

Darla

[harveyc]

This is the sort of thing that only the admin (Mediahound) can address. I sent him an email about it.

[sputinc7]

Thank you HarveyC. That is why I sent in a report post so it would be sure to get in front of a moderator who can contact him...

[MediaHound]

Fixed!

[sputinc7]

Thank you, sir.

[Kat2]

I just happened to notice 3 ripe (1 dead ripe) bananas on my bunch. Should I cut the entire stem? Let them ripen on their time? There are little flying things (not fruit flies) buzzing around. I thought these would be ready around T-day, um, nope. I, who does not like bananas and definitely not ripe ones, tasted the most developed. Tart flavor and pleasing to me.

[sputinc7]

Cut the bunch and bring it inside or it will be critter food.

[Dalmatiansoap]

Cut the bunch off.

[Kat2]

Put it where? In my BR? I don't have air on; windows are open. I finally got rid of Mickey and his 2 friends; I have no bugs and no inside pets. (I do have a skink that lives under my fridge.) BR okay? Can I give hands away or do I need to keep the bunch whole?

[sputinc7]

You can put it on a screened porch if you have one. I put mine on the table or counter, but remember banana "blood" stains most anything. I eat them as they ripen on the bunch, but if you want to give some away, cut the hands free of the main stem and give them away. A lot of people hang them in a porch or garage.

[Kat2]

I've promised a hand to a friend; the guy who didn't object to me ferreting out 2 pups on our 2nd meeting deserves one. I may not have to worry about having them around too long. 11 lbs only. (I know I cut the flower too soon but bunch was in front of my only rear hose bib and this was a dry summer so I had to water since my pump issue hasn't yet been resolved thus things were curtailed.)

I'm now glad I didn't remove all of the plant hangers in my ceilings. Put a piece of tarp on a shelf, made sure shelf is under bunch in case hook lets go, found a piece of wire I dug up in my yard and fashioned a sling. (I just knew I'd need that someday!)

2 of the 3 that kinda fell off in my hand earlier today.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60642&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60642&ppuser=17055)

Obviously this bunch is ready to go--those were green when I picked the others.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60644&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60644&ppuser=17055)

Glad this is not a heavy bunch; that plant hook is pretty old and flimsy. But I'm thinking that since mistletoe isn't native to Fl, banana bunches would make a tasty changeup.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60643&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60643&ppuser=17055)

[venturabananas]

You don't need to hang the bunch. You can just cut off the hands or fingers and they are less bulky to store. But if you like a banana bunch as mistletoe in your room, that's fine, too!

[Kat2]

You don't need to hang the bunch. You can just cut off the hands or fingers and they are less bulky to store. But if you like a banana bunch as mistletoe in your room, that's fine, too!No, I don't need mistletoe or vegetative indoor decoration but, since this is my 1st bunch and I've seen bunches hung, I thought it was necessary. Joke's on me I guess.

[campngolf]

Lovin' the ingenuity.

[Tytaylor77]

Congrats Kat!! I always just cut the hands off mine and store them in a cardboard box. Check daily for ripe fingers. Hanging the bunch sometimes there will be a smushed one inside the bunch you can't see or get to. It will make fruit flies and gnats like crazy. To me it's much easier to just remove the hands anyway.

[robguz24]

First FHIA-17. 8 hands, 103 fingers. Took one off a few weeks ago and it was quite good. Not as good as a true Gros Michel, but preferable to nearly every cavendish I've had. 13 months to flower and 4 months to harvest. I'm hoping the last of these are still edible when my FHIA-23 is ready so I can directly compare them.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0942_zpsb04smdbi.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0942_zpsb04smdbi.jpg.html)

[bengal tiger nanas]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60687&size=17 hands 73 fingers 3.7 pounds bananas in ohio

[epicyardfarm]

I went ahead and harvested the 2016 Not Ice Cream - Namwah - Banana Crop #2. It has only been a little over 3 months since the flower came out for this bunch. I might be a little early, but wanted to see how they taste if harvested early and if the green bananas are good for cooking. ����.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8764/30085255476_020f57f0a3_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5617/29492183614_937e0fb389_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5704/29825369150_2c5ecf0991_b.jpg

[venturabananas]

Looks like Orinoco, not Namwah.

[epicyardfarm]

Looks like Orinoco, not Namwah.

I would LOVE to positively identify it one day. I am curious about it being Orinoco or not since the fruit does not fill out like the Orinoco photos I have seen, the fruit definitely good for fresh eating at early yellow stage too.

Here's photo of my harvest last year, which did look like some of the Orinoco photos I have seen. Mine is just so small...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/602/23385645310_f7f945b47b_b.jpg

[robguz24]

Those tips just don't look like any namwah I've seen.

[beam2050]

dwarf Cavendish?

[epicyardfarm]

Those tips just don't look like any namwah I've seen.

That is what I thought too. But I also wonder if my banana fruit is not properly filling out due to lack of nutrition? In any case, I will take whatever guess anyone can come up with and I will do further research to confirm~

[robguz24]

Like Mark, I'd say Orinoco. That was my first thought too.

[Tytaylor77]

My guess would be Orinoco also. They look like Orinoco and the stiching on the edges of the peel is an Orinoco trait.

[epicyardfarm]

My guess would be Orinoco also. They look like Orinoco and the stiching on the edges of the peel is an Orinoco trait.

Awesome! I will start calling it Orinoco from now on then, until I am told otherwise. I knew you guys can totally help me since you all have grown so many different varieties! Thank you!!!!

One question though, it is normal for Orinoco to have small hands like this? I am reading up about Orinoco and found it is sometimes called Burro banana, and the Burro banana fruit I have seen in the store are gigantic.

[epicyardfarm]

An updated photo of my banana harvest, one week of ripening indoors. Sweet with slight acidity, very thin skin. I love it!

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8135/29757759993_aa5f8a7427_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8661/29757759853_ecefe1cf97_b.jpg

[venturabananas]

Well, I don't know what they are! Thin skin is not Orinoco. But the shape of the fingers looks all wrong for Namwah.

[epicyardfarm]

Well, I don't know what they are! Thin skin is not Orinoco. But the shape of the fingers looks all wrong for Namwah.

Oh, damn~ Can it be Apple banana?

[sputinc7]

First FHIA-17. 8 hands, 103 fingers. Took one off a few weeks ago and it was quite good. Not as good as a true Gros Michel, but preferable to nearly every cavendish I've had. 13 months to flower and 4 months to harvest. I'm hoping the last of these are still edible when my FHIA-23 is ready so I can directly compare them.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0942_zpsb04smdbi.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_0942_zpsb04smdbi.jpg.html)

I have read good things about 17, but ones on here don't seem too impressed. Hmm?
I found a site talking about taste testing in Africa somewhere among locals and it scored high. Almost 18 months.. Mid length on time. It would likely take longer here in central Florida.

[sputinc7]

Oh, damn~ Can it be Apple banana?

How about Veinte Cohol? They have a thin skin and tartness... Manzano (Apple banana) plump up and split when they ripen on the vine... Or did you pick them green? They just don't look like Manzano. Or VC for that matter...

[epicyardfarm]

How about Veinte Cohol? They have a thin skin and tartness... Manzano (Apple banana) plump up and split when they ripen on the vine... Or did you pick them green? They just don't look like Manzano. Or VC for that matter...

I did harvest them green this time. Last year, I left them to go yellow on the plant and there was no splitting. It was sold to me as Ice Cream, was mislabeled, honest mistake I think, but I have a tough time getting cultivar identified still.

[PR-Giants]

I was very impressed with the F-17, certainly not up to the quality of a Cavendish but better than every Gros Michel I've tasted.


I have read good things about 17, but ones on here don't seem too impressed. Hmm?
I found a site talking about taste testing in Africa somewhere among locals and it scored high. Almost 18 months.. Mid length on time. It would likely take longer here in central Florida.

[PR-Giants]

Probably the most impressive bunch I've ever harvested.

70 lb. with the top 3 hands packed with 13 oz. fruit.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50712 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50712)

[sputinc7]

I did harvest them green this time. Last year, I left them to go yellow on the plant and there was no splitting. It was sold to me as Ice Cream, was mislabeled, honest mistake I think, but I have a tough time getting cultivar identified still.

Do you have any pics of the bunch with the flower hanging off the end? Preferably about a foot or so off the end? That helps a lot in identifying a plant...Best case, One pic of the whole plant, one of the bunch and flower with at least a foot of tail hanging above the flower, and a close up of just the flower.

PR... You prefer Cav over GM? I loved the GM... (Not as much as Paggi.. they were awesome flavored, but no good for commerce as they fall off when ripening.)... To me, GM taste like the best Cav ever only they are all like that. Make the best banana bread, too. Namwah... Blech.
Might hafta get me a 17...

[Nicolas Naranja]

I have read good things about 17, but ones on here don't seem too impressed. Hmm?
I found a site talking about taste testing in Africa somewhere among locals and it scored high. Almost 18 months.. Mid length on time. It would likely take longer here in central Florida.

It takes about 3-6 months longer to get fruit than FHIA-1 or Williams. In my opinion the sweet spot for texture and taste is green tipped. Past that and the fruit falls apart in your mouth, although it is very sweet. It is a pretty fruit in that it ripens to a nice yellow without ethylene and the fruit are usually fat. The pulp doesn't oxidize like Williams. I have had trouble with the mat floating on muck soil, but not so much on the sandier soils. I also frequently have trouble with the skin splitting near harvest.

[venturabananas]

I have read good things about 17, but ones on here don't seem too impressed. Hmm?

I've only had FHIA-17 that were overripe (with freckles) and they were terrible at that stage, to my tastebuds, anyway. But that is not a fair taste test.

[epicyardfarm]

Do you have any pics of the bunch with the flower hanging off the end? Preferably about a foot or so off the end? That helps a lot in identifying a plant...Best case, One pic of the whole plant, one of the bunch and flower with at least a foot of tail hanging above the flower, and a close up of just the flower.

I would hate to put my identifying question here, but here are a few photos to show the plant as you suggested.

I think I might post on the other section of the forum to get others to chime in too.

The plant first planted in May of 2014.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3952/15546508119_adfd1aed5e_h.jpg


Close up of first flower in 2015.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/523/19323067094_19172921f4_b.jpg


Close of of the bunch from the flower.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5640/20967993211_207c8305f1_b.jpg


Ripen bunch on the plant from the previous photo.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/599/23242190579_d0544dbeaa_h.jpg


Flower from early 2016.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7428/27783315031_bff6c74a4f_h.jpg


Same flower a little later.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1507/25469261232_b2a51c59e1_h.jpg


Photo of the whole clump this year.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8133/29764513343_60db3c5458_k.jpg

[sputinc7]

Someone should be able to tell from those pics...

[robguz24]

First harvest of a plant given to me as Ele Ele. However, it doesn't grow like any other Maoli types. The fruit seems to be in between Popoulu and Maoli types. More starchy at the same stage of ripeness vs. a Maoli. Overall the taste is similar. Who knows what it really is, but the plant is very purple/black.

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[robguz24]

My first FHIA-23. About 65 lbs, 9 hands, 133 fingers. A year to flower and a week over 4 months to harvest. Hoping they're better than the 17s were.
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[HMelendez]

My first FHIA-23. About 65 lbs, 9 hands, 133 fingers. A year to flower and a week over 4 months to harvest. Hoping they're better than the 17s were.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_1188_zpsgnn7ddie.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_1188_zpsgnn7ddie.jpg.html)


Congrats Rob!....

[sputinc7]

I have heard good things about the 17's... humph..

[robguz24]

Geckos helping themselves to this 1000 Fingers before I got to it. There were at least a couple that came down with the rack.
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[I_GROWER]

mysore from few weeks back

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60891&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60891&ppuser=16892)

[I_GROWER]

ARH
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60893&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60893&ppuser=16892)

[bananimal]

ARH
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60893&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60893&ppuser=16892)

I'm right behind you on this guy!

[PR-Giants]

It takes about 3-6 months longer to get fruit than FHIA-1 or Williams.

My results have been similar and more closely matches the TARS numbers. The 'Going Bananas Goldfinger' pictured below aka 'Fake Goldfinger' or 'American Goldfinger' blooms about the same time as the Williams and Gran Nain, while the real FHIA-1 Goldfinger and FHIA-17 takes about 3-4 months longer to bloom.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56957 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56944)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51178 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51178)

[PR-Giants]

PR... You prefer Cav over GM? I loved the GM... To me, GM taste like the best Cav ever only they are all like that. Make the best banana bread, too. Namwah... Blech.
Might hafta get me a 17...

It's always great when the GM gets some love.

An interesting thing about the GM and the FHIA bananas is that in local markets across the Americas they both sell at a discount to the Cavendish. In fact there is a song written about the FHIA bananas which states it's better to eat an FHIA banana than it is to starve.

Here's another interesting thing about the GM and the Hawaiian export market. For half a century Hawaii was exporting the Cavendish but eventually couldn't compete with the cheaper GM coming out of the Caribbean. The Cavendish were costly to ship and needed more care than the thick skinned GM did. Even though they preferred the higher quality of the Cavendish they switched to GM in order to lower costs.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51849&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51849&ppuser=12081)

[Nicolas Naranja]

For me, in Pahokee, FL, the relevant citation is http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/35/1/120.full.pdf

Homestead isn't exactly like my conditions but it is a lot closer than Puerto Rico.


My results have been similar and more closely matches the TARS numbers. The 'Going Bananas Goldfinger' pictured below aka 'Fake Goldfinger' or 'American Goldfinger' blooms about the same time as the Williams and Gran Nain, while the real FHIA-1 Goldfinger and FHIA-17 takes about 3-4 months longer to bloom.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56957 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56944)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51178 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51178)

[robguz24]

Kunnan. 1 year to flower and 4 months to harvest.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35289608490/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Kunnan"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4082/35289608490_fc3111478b_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Kunnan"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Dwarf Kaualau. 13 months to flower. 3.5 to harvest.
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[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60904&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60904&ppuser=13376)

#40 of good old faithful dwarf Namwah just in time for Thanksgiving

[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60936&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60936&ppuser=13376)

Another bunch of Namwah (46 pounds). This one was harvested a little too late. The photo shows that many bananas were already split.
Would have harvested earlier, but still have lots of last weeks harvest left and 5 more bunches to go before the temperature drops below 32F which is expected to happen next week.

[sputinc7]

PR...

To each his own... I thought the GM were better than Cav.. You know what they say about opinions...
My only concern as a home grower is flavor, though. (Size and texture to a smaller extent, but mainly flavor.) My favorite of all so far is one called Paggi... I just hope I can grow it here in central Florida. I find absolutely no info online about it.(One page with fruit pics, so I know I had the real deal.) I know it doesn't get too tall and tastes fantastic. I will update the wiki as I learn more about it.
:lurk:

[PR-Giants]

:woohoonaner: Gotta love them short cycles!!! :08:

Plant to Bloom in under 7 months and

Bloom to Harvest in under 2 months

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56725

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51284&size=1

[Mark Dragt]

:woohoonaner: Gotta love them short cycles!!! :08:

Plant to Bloom in under 7 months and

Bloom to Harvest in under 2 months

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56725

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51284&size=1

Your results are fantastic! Your pictures are amazing!:nanadrink:

[robguz24]

A Maoli type, possibly Haikea. This was from an unnamed mat at Greenwell Garden in Kona. 13 months to flower, 4 month to harvest. About 65lbs. My shoes are size 10.

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[Hamakua]

Looks good. Let us know how they taste.

[robguz24]

First Popoulu Ka'io. 9.5 months to fruit, 2.5 to harvest. Harvested a bit early to get to enjoy them before I travel in a week.
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[sputinc7]

Would those also be called Hua Moa by any chance? I got some of those from Nick a while back and we really liked them out of hand while yellow... not black. They had a really good flavor and a creamy texture. I could do without the seedy center, though.

[robguz24]

Would those also be called Hua Moa by any chance? I got some of those from Nick a while back and we really liked them out of hand while yellow... not black. They had a really good flavor and a creamy texture. I could do without the seedy center, though.

They're in the same family so probably taste much the same. Hua Moa tend to have smaller bunches and some of the fruit are more massive. They do have that pithy core though, but shouldn't have seeds. I'm hoping these don't have that same core issue. Other Popoulus I've had lately, a couple Tongan types, didn't have pithy cores.

[sputinc7]

I didn't know what to call it, but I believe we are both speaking of the same core issue here. Other than the core issue, they were good when just yellow.

[robguz24]

My first Monthan. 1 year to flower, 5 months to fruit. About 11 hands. Very odd banana. One of the worst I've had raw and ripe, but makes an excellent cooking banana. Rich taste when yellow, and very potato-like when less yellow.
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[venturabananas]

I agree with the "odd banana" assessment for Monthan. I've met some folks who really like it as a ripe and raw "dessert" banana. I think it is OK that way, but it isn't one I look forward to eating out of hand. On the other hand, Rob, you like it cooked, but whenever I cook it, green or yellow, it's really astringent, which isn't the case for, say, Orinoco, which is very similar to Monthan in a lot of ways. Do you have any cooking tips?

[robguz24]

They weren't astringent for me when cooked yellow but still firm. Steamed some and sautéed others in coconut oil with some garlic. Maybe just different due to climate. I thought it was better tasting and held up better to Bluggo types I've had at the same degree of ripeness.

[Mr. K]

Hi Banana People!

Here in Houston, we have had some cold (cold for us), and now some warm weather. My Bananas look to be starting to rot, so today I cut them, and hung them in the house. They look to be filled out as much as they are going to, and they are a little less green as they where 2, or 3 weeks ago.

Yes I know, it's a very small bunch, but for about 24 years, this Banana plant has been growing without me knowing much about it, and no help from me. The next growing season, I will be taking a lot better care, with regular watering, and fertilizing. Next time I post in this Topic, there will be more Bananas to Eat, and Share!

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/32c5/97vf7khp4nmc2ms6g.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b799/y8s32i3r2s1wq3p6g.jpg

Mr. K

[Cikas33]

Musa Fen Ba Jiao.

https://s24.postimg.org/3wgrlu8j9/PC290987.jpg

https://s23.postimg.org/q6uqv6a4b/PC290989.jpg

https://s30.postimg.org/8grk1g9kx/PC290988.jpg

[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61099&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61099)

A small bunch of Pisang Ceylon is a very much appreciated different taste experience to all the Namwah bunches I have harvested lately.

[Cikas33]

Musa Fen Ba Jiao has excellent taste!

https://s30.postimg.org/v2r7yzj41/P1050990.jpg

https://s28.postimg.org/wkdx4bxvx/P1051002.jpg

https://s23.postimg.org/lzuikh2rf/P1051003.jpg

https://s24.postimg.org/ybuvtjqv9/P1051004.jpg

https://s29.postimg.org/ooyn156p3/P1051006.jpg

[sputinc7]

Could you describe it? Please?

[robguz24]

Huti (Shumba Nyeelu)
Such a beautiful plant. About 14 months to fruit, and 4.5 to harvest. A bunch of these had already split. Got a taste of one that just split and was part ripe. Good so far and tangy! 8 hands.
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[Caline]

Heh Banana growing friends,
First off a belated Happy and banana fruitful New Year 2017 !

Coming up on the anniversary, Jan. 20th of one year growing bananas. The first flower bloomed on my banana plant. Now the flower and bananas are visible and pushing further out each day.

Is there anything I need to do while fruit is setting?

How long does it take to harvest day? Are we talking days? weeks?

Lydie

[sputinc7]

No real need to do anything while fruit is setting and length to harvest depends greatly on what kind of banana it is. Veinte Cohol and SH 3640 only take 2-3 months to ripen, but Brazilians take more like 6 months. I think some take even longer.

[Caline]

Okay, so I've still got a while before harvesting my lady Finger bananas.
Thanks!

[robguz24]

"Goldfinger" left and right and Mona Lisa in the center. All quite delicious.
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My first FHIA-21 bunch. Just under 5 months flower to harvest.
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[robguz24]

Gros Michel
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35547200321/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Gros Michel"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4282/35547200321_1f9fadabe8_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Gros Michel"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

A Mysore type described in Kepler & Rust as "Pisang Raja". It's a Mysore without BSV nor red undersides of leaves. Not quite as tangy as Mysore and produces bigger bunches and fruit.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35547235911/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="&quot;Pisang Raja&quot; Mysore"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4094/35547235911_e5da52b52f_h.jpg" width="1600" height="1200" alt="&quot;Pisang Raja&quot; Mysore"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Gabe15]

Rob, it looks like your photo of 'FHIA-21' above is the 'Huti Shumba Nyelu', do you have a photo of your 'FHIA-21'?

[robguz24]

Rob, it looks like your photo of 'FHIA-21' above is the 'Huti Shumba Nyelu', do you have a photo of your 'FHIA-21'?
Thanks for catching that! Fixed! The 21 is also from you.

[robguz24]

Biggest bunch of Tu'u Gia yet, though only 25lbs. They have such odd shapes. In the 2nd picture, the bottom hand look quite different from the top hand. Obviously much smaller but also a different shape, especially with a nearly rounded end. They're about as tasty as a banana gets!
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[Tytaylor77]

Nice Tuu Gia bunch. I want this variety so bad. Do they flower fast and ripen fast? USDA Tars had some fairly quick numbers on them. I'm sure they are as cold sensitive as they come but I still want them. Very cool how they are different sizes and shapes.

[robguz24]

For me, Tuu Gia has been the fastest to flower, but then takes consistently 5 months to harvest. In one case a new plant flowered in 6 months! It's become one of my most planted types and one I push when selling. It seems to be so hearty and produces pups like nothing else. I can put them in spots where previous bananas rotted away and they take off. In fact this bunch was from a plant put in a spot where a previous A'ea'e completely rotted after a couple years.

[Tytaylor77]

For me, Tuu Gia has been the fastest to flower, but then takes consistently 5 months to harvest. In one case a new plant flowered in 6 months! It's become one of my most planted types and one I push when selling. It seems to be so hearty and produces pups like nothing else. I can put them in spots where previous bananas rotted away and they take off. In fact this bunch was from a plant put in a spot where a previous A'ea'e completely rotted after a couple years.


Flower in 6 months is awesome! Hopefully I will be able to try one soon. I have been unable to find a source the past couple years that I have been looking for one. Hopefully I will find one soon. I'm willing to buy or trade if anyone out there has one willing to send to TX.

Thanks again Rob. Your information and experiences is always very helpful.

[robguz24]

Iholena "Nani" which is probably really a Lele or Kapua variant. These look more like Kapua in that they're more rounded.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3046_zps0vcjahbg.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3046_zps0vcjahbg.jpg.html)

[robguz24]

My first Silver Bluggo rack. Beautiful fruit, wish I liked them more.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/silver%20bluggo_zpszafn0jvr.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/silver%20bluggo_zpszafn0jvr.jpg.html)

[sputinc7]

I got another bunch of Brazilians, one year to the day from my first ones. What are the odds? 1 in 365 I guess...
Anyway, I believe they are ripening because of a critter munching on a couple about a week ago and the rot problem I had with two other bunches is doing it. As soon as they begin turning, they begin browning at the flower end and going bad rather than ripening normally. Whatever is causing it seems to enter through a wound and infect the fingers individually one at a time through the wound, then the stem of the bunch and into the fingers. There is a yellowish discoloration of the stem in the bunch on one side going from the wounded bananas to the first ripening bunch. I can tell it is the same thing that happened with the other two bunches and it seemed as if it spread up to the other bunches from the cut flower, but I did not cut the flower on this one as I suspected it was connected. Now I am more convinced. I do so wish I knew what it is and how to correct it as they don't ripen correctly so you must eat them as soon as they yellow or they rot. Inside the stem and PS are clear, free from any brown patches indicating disease of some sort. I am again, and still, stumped.
See below...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61378&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61378&ppuser=22903)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61379&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61379&ppuser=22903)

[Tytaylor77]

Nice bunch Steve. Congrats. I'm not sure what your issue is also. At least it didn't start on this one until they are ready. Don't cut those flowers! Research shows it doesn't matter anyway. Just make sure you have something to swat wasps with haha.

[PR-Giants]

Goldfinger bunch just under 90 lb., harvested it very green as cooking bananas so it never reached it's full potential.
The fingers in the top few hands were 12 to 13 oz.



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51712 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51712)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51711 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51711)

[Seadation]

PR how do you cook the goldfingers green?

[venturabananas]

Goldfinger bunch just under 90 lb., harvested it very green as cooking bananas so it never reached it's full potential.
The fingers in the top few hands were 12 to 13 oz.

Impressive as always. Us mere mortals can only dream of growing bunches that big.

[robguz24]

Kind of small Thousand Fingers bunch. Didn't heavily fertilize like I have for some larger bunches. Sandals are size 10 for reference. Most of the rack had fruit large enough to actually bother with.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3089_zpsw8asai8h.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3089_zpsw8asai8h.jpg.html)

[PR-Giants]

Impressive as always. Us mere mortals can only dream of growing bunches that big.

Thanks V
That was the smallest bunch this year.
Didn't fertilize, like normal. Barrels are size 55.
Hydroponics works really well.

[Seadation]

My first Goldfinger. This is from a TC from Going Bananas in Miami.

[robguz24]

Another Huti Shumba Nyeelu, one of my new favorites.
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[Jonifg]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26096&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26096&ppuser=2868)

Nice

[robguz24]

Barraganete Plantain and Praying Hands.

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[HMelendez]

Barraganete Plantain and Praying Hands.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3207_zpsoj04mmp7.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3207_zpsoj04mmp7.jpg.html)



Congrats Rob!


Nice size Barraganete Plantain bunch!.....Next time I visit Ecuador, hopefully, I will have the opportunity to bring The Barraganete Plantain to grow in Continental US, along with some other cultivars!....

I recently tasted The Praying Hands!......OMG!.....Straight Vanilla Ice Cream Flavor!....It should be called "Praying Hands Vanilla Ice Cream!"......LOL.....Now, one of my favorites!.....

[epicyardfarm]

I was forced to harvest my banana bunch a month ahead of schedule because the stem broke at the "arm" where the spike came out of the pseudostem. This is the first time my banana produce the signature coloration of the Blue Java! The previous years, it only give me banana with typical green skin! Crazy how plants could change its fruiting over time. The fruit size are also about 2 - 3 times larger than the fruit I harvested before.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61740&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61740&ppuser=21906)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61741&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61741&ppuser=21906)

[cincinnana]

I was forced to harvest my banana bunch a month ahead of schedule because the stem broke at the "arm" where the spike came out of the pseudostem. This is the first time my banana produce the signature coloration of the Blue Java! The previous years, it only give me banana with typical green skin! Crazy how plants could change its fruiting over time. The fruit size are also about 2 - 3 times larger than the fruit I harvested before.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61740&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61740&ppuser=21906)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61741&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61741&ppuser=21906)

Great pics.....


But best of all the open Facebook page....You are truly a great gardener.

[robguz24]

Jacq, if this happens again it would generally be better to still leave that rack in place. It will still get more developed by getting what it can from the top part of the pseudostem and may actually fill out slightly more. Hopefully yours will still eventually ripen and become edible. Not sure how long they take flower to fully mature where you are but they're 5-6 months in Hawaii. Mine that have broken under 4 months have never really become edible.

[epicyardfarm]

Thank you so much for letting me know! I will leave them on the next time this happens. My banana seem to take anywhere from 5-6 months to ripen also. There are a couple of them starting to show a little bit of yellow tint indoors.

But I might have to cook them up as tostones!

:08:

Jacq, if this happens again it would generally be better to still leave that rack in place. It will still get more developed by getting what it can from the top part of the pseudostem and may actually fill out slightly more. Hopefully yours will still eventually ripen and become edible. Not sure how long they take flower to fully mature where you are but they're 5-6 months in Hawaii. Mine that have broken under 4 months have never really become edible.

[robguz24]

Double Mahoi, "Goldfinger", Mysore
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35518679072/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Double Mahoi, Goldfinger, Mysore"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4013/35518679072_6710822e7c_k.jpg" width="2048" height="1536" alt="Double Mahoi, Goldfinger, Mysore"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

First hand I've ever had that wrapped totally around. Double Mahoi
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35648176036/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Double Mahoi"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4280/35648176036_dd16322339_k.jpg" width="2048" height="1536" alt="Double Mahoi"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Tytaylor77]

Wow impressive hand removal! what type knife do you use?

Crazy first hand! I've never seen that.
Very nice Rob! Congrats!

[Jonifg]

Wow....those are impressive!

[Lau]

Double Mahoi, "Goldfinger", Mysore
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3226_zpswblbgo3s.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3226_zpswblbgo3s.jpg.html)

First hand I've ever had that wrapped totally around. Double Mahoi
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3229_zpsq7w3i6cc.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3229_zpsq7w3i6cc.jpg.html)

Those bananas look awesome. :woohoonaner:

[PR-Giants]

Congrats Rob, it's amazing what you're able to do in Hawaii. :goteam:

Double Mahoi, "Goldfinger", Mysore
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3226_zpswblbgo3s.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3226_zpswblbgo3s.jpg.html)

First hand I've ever had that wrapped totally around. Double Mahoi
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3229_zpsq7w3i6cc.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3229_zpsq7w3i6cc.jpg.html)

[JstadLU]

Golden pillow!

[meizzwang]

My first Silver Bluggo rack. Beautiful fruit, wish I liked them more.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/silver%20bluggo_zpszafn0jvr.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/silver%20bluggo_zpszafn0jvr.jpg.html)

Rob-do you have a taste report on these, and this is a different cultivar than blue java, right?

[robguz24]

Rob-do you have a taste report on these, and this is a different cultivar than blue java, right?
I didn't bother, and yes they're different. Larger fruit, slightly different shape more like other bluggoe types. They have a similar taste when ripe. Perhaps less mushy and less flavorful than Ice Cream. They were nothing special cooked when slightly yellow. True plantains or any of the Pacific "plantains" are more flavorful cooked at the same stage. Easier plant to deal with vs. Ice Cream, as they don't all fall over long before even flowering.

[JstadGA]

Goldfinger!

[Caline]

My first banana harvest today June 12, 2017. This is a Ice Cream variety. 50 bananas. :nanadrink:
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61860><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61860&size=1 border=0></a>

[robguz24]

My first banana harvest today June 12, 2017. This is a LadyFinger variety. 50 bananas. :nanadrink:
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61860><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61860&size=1 border=0></a>
These look a lot like Ice Cream.

[Caline]

These look a lot like Ice Cream.

Are you thinking they may be ice cream instead of Lady Finger? I'm just going by the variety the Tropical Nursery told me.
What makes you say that? Coloring? Suze?

[robguz24]

Are you thinking they may be ice cream instead of Lady Finger? I'm just going by the variety the Tropical Nursery told me.
What makes you say that? Coloring? Suze?
Size, shape, and color says Ice Cream. And I mean the real thing, not one of the Namwah variants that is routinely sold as Ice Cream. Lady Finger isn't a real type of banana and is an inaccurate name used for many cultivars, unfortunately.

[Bully]

Double Mahoi, "Goldfinger", Mysore
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3226_zpswblbgo3s.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3226_zpswblbgo3s.jpg.html)

First hand I've ever had that wrapped totally around. Double Mahoi
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3229_zpsq7w3i6cc.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3229_zpsq7w3i6cc.jpg.html)


How do you like those Gold Fingers?

[robguz24]

Gran Nain X Sumatrana. 5 months flower to harvest. These are surprisingly good. They don't really fill out but there is some seedless fruit in there. Some classic banana taste with some other tangy, tropical fruit taste to them. If they were more substantial they'd actually be a pretty good banana.

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35545840991/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_3399"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4211/35545840991_3abddb4b3f_k.jpg" width="1536" height="2048" alt="IMG_3399"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[bananimal]

My GN x S almost died. Pure neglect. Repotted in good stuff with Myco powder and it's coming back.

[robguz24]

First Largo, and first pic not using Photobucket.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35676050585/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Largo"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4184/35676050585_181790339b_k.jpg" width="1536" height="2048" alt="Largo"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[robguz24]

FHIA-03 Sweetheart
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35636511586/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_3400"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4287/35636511586_3e05373e89_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3400"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[meizzwang]

Rob: have you done a taste report on sweetheart, and does it consistently taste the same, or have you had some bunches that taste better than others?

[robguz24]

Rob: have you done a taste report on sweetheart, and does it consistently taste the same, or have you had some bunches that taste better than others?

They've all tasted the same to me, quite good. Here's my report from a couple years ago. http://www.bananas.org/f2/fhia-03-sweetheart-taste-report-22153.html#post260249

[robguz24]

Pisang Lilin
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35664796586/in/datetaken/" title="Pisang Lilin"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4149/35664796586_67c942e4cb_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Pisang Lilin"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Nang Phaya (L), Dwarf Brazilian (top), "Goldfinger" from local source, not Agristarts (R)
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/34892698143/in/datetaken/" title="Apple, Nang Phaya, Goldfinger"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4122/34892698143_4ecbc9ada4_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Apple, Nang Phaya, Goldfinger"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[HMelendez]

Congrats Rob for the awesome harvest!.....

[robguz24]

Congrats Rob for the awesome harvest!.....
It's been quite a lot the past couple weeks. Month of drought and endless sun is making things ripen a month faster than usual.

[Nicolas Naranja]

I brought a load of bananas to Savannah. I am working with a researcher who is investigating the vitamins in different cultivars of bananas. This load had 4 Hua Moas, 1 Kandrian, 1 Saba, and 1 Goldfinger

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4296/36189380536_c2f919ef63_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/X8W31Q)IMG_3260 (https://flic.kr/p/X8W31Q) by Nicholas Larsen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157407688@N08/), on Flickr

[robguz24]

Iholena Ula Ula. 2 months flower to harvest.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/36170927126/in/datetaken/" title="IMG_3816"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4321/36170927126_a974eb1a90_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3816"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/36045379882/in/datetaken/" title="IMG_3815"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4295/36045379882_8bec41c3e7_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3815"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Muraru Mulalu
Only had 1 so far but not as good as similar Muraru Mshale or Huti Shumba Nyeelu.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/36212395375/in/datetaken/" title="IMG_3814"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4324/36212395375_dd085d1edf_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3814"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Hamakua]

Looking good Rob. Let us know how the Ula Ula are

[Tytaylor77]

Please give a quick taste report on Ula Ula if you have time. After trying my first iholena Tiguas I am in love with the taste of iholenas. I'm curious if they all have the same amazing fruity undertones. Truly an amazing banana! Thank you Rob! Beautiful bunch as always!

[Nicolas Naranja]

A small bunch of FHIA-17
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4316/36230847545_2f9d7cc879_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XcAyHg)IMG_3394 (https://flic.kr/p/XcAyHg) by Nicholas Larsen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157407688@N08/), on Flickr

[Nicolas Naranja]

I find harvesting bananas to be a bit like fishing. You want to show off your haul.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4295/35445415653_70b485f168_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/W1c2b6)John with bananas (https://flic.kr/p/W1c2b6) by Nicholas Larsen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157407688@N08/), on Flickr

[sputinc7]

If you get too many dessert ones to eat, you know where I am.... :D

[robguz24]

Saba Dippig, 6.5 months flower to harvest. 7 hands. Delicious ripe and much like a praying hands in taste.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35609671043/in/photolist-WfGSzz" title="Saba Dippig"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4357/35609671043_929e4fc256_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Saba Dippig"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[bananimal]

First bunch of SH 3640 weighing 34.5 lbs. Will ripen indoors soon. Can't post pic - having problems.

[crazy banana]

Gran Nain X Sumatrana. 5 months flower to harvest. These are surprisingly good. They don't really fill out but there is some seedless fruit in there. Some classic banana taste with some other tangy, tropical fruit taste to them. If they were more substantial they'd actually be a pretty good banana.

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35545840991/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_3399"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4211/35545840991_3abddb4b3f_k.jpg" width="1536" height="2048" alt="IMG_3399"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Have you had these before or was it just this bunch not filling in properly?
My plant is still in a pot due to lack of space. It is such a beautiful plant, but very cold sensitive.

[robguz24]

Have you had these before or was it just this bunch not filling in properly?
My plant is still in a pot due to lack of space. It is such a beautiful plant, but very cold sensitive.
I hadn't had them before, but from what I've read that size and look is typical, so they're perhaps known for not filling out properly..

[bananimal]

Found out an amazing thing about the bunch of SH 3640 weighing 34.5 lbs. Cut off the first hand and it was so big I had to split it in half to use a 8 in paper plate.

Put one half outdoors on a table in shade and the other stayed in the kitchen in the AC. Still no color on the outside half hand.


And the amazing thing I found out when I weighed the hand is that each finger weighs a pound. AMAZING !!!

Will ripen indoors soon. Can't post pic - still having camera problems.

[Kegas76]

This is my first ever bunch of (dwarf) Orinocos
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62166&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62166)

They've been showing a bit of yellow for a few days now so I decided to not tempt fate and just take them down.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62165&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62165)

The size isn't very impressive, there were only 5 leaves on the plant due to a late cold snap in the spring. After separating the hands they came out to 4.4 kilos.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62167&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62167)

[robguz24]

Monthan
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/36407587130/" title="Monthan"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4391/36407587130_8f61dc5491_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Monthan"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[sputinc7]

OK, Rob, you shouldn't be allowed to post in this thread anymore. It's just not fair. :D

Seriously, keep em coming.

[robguz24]

1000 fingers
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/38021591171/in/datetaken/" title="1000 fingers"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4482/38021591171_d599515657_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="1000 fingers"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[mastergloom]

I love banana :08:

[Tytaylor77]

Harvested a few. Very early frost caused them to pause. Seasons over sadly.

- Huge Musa Sweetheart in the middle.
- To the right and with the “S” shaped peduncle is an Immature mystery AAA direct from Cambodia I’m hoping is Lakatan!
- lots of Orinoco
- lots of Cali gold
- lots of Veinte Cohol
- 3 huge Patupi bunches
- Agristarts Goldfinger
- Iholena Tigua
- Raja Puri
- Gran Nain

Been a busy year! Me and my boys are expanding again. Very excited about next year!

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4536/24659893868_9e34c92c30_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Dz7piW)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/Dz7piW)
by Ty Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/147275620@N07/), on Flickr

Musa Iholena Tigua finger close to 10”.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4525/38661512252_6688e19064_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21UomDs)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/21UomDs)
by Ty Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/147275620@N07/), on Flickr

[beam2050]

beautiful. :simpatica

[HMelendez]

Harvested a few. Very early frost caused them to pause. Seasons over sadly.

- Huge Musa Sweetheart in the middle.
- To the right and with the “S” shaped peduncle is an Immature mystery AAA direct from Cambodia I’m hoping is Lakatan!
- lots of Orinoco
- lots of Cali gold
- lots of Veinte Cohol
- 3 huge Patupi bunches
- Agristarts Goldfinger
- Iholena Tigua
- Raja Puri
- Gran Nain

Been a busy year! Me and my boys are expanding again. Very excited about next year!

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4536/24659893868_9e34c92c30_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Dz7piW)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/Dz7piW)
by Ty Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/147275620@N07/), on Flickr

Musa Iholena Tigua finger close to 10”.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4525/38661512252_6688e19064_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21UomDs)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/21UomDs)
by Ty Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/147275620@N07/), on Flickr




WOW!....A lot of bunches!....Awesome bro!...


Hopefully the mystery AAA 'Nana variety direct from Cambodia turns out to be the real Lakatan (not to be confused with Lacatan)!.....:2723::bananarow::2723:

[edwmax]

Would you up date us on the plant stats for: height & circumference at base/crown:

Cali gold
Veinte Cohol
Patupi
Iholena Tigua
Raja Puri
Gran Nain

My Gran Nain & 1000 Finger (9ft & 38") are huge now, but no bud. This would give me something to shoot for next year in size and knowing when the plant is ready to bud.

... Going to pour fertilizer & potassium out like it was water. (... to hell with guide lines, I'm going to write my own.)

[beam2050]

... Going to pour fertilizer & potassium out like was water. (... to hell with guide lines, I'm going to write my own.)

:ha: ty I think you created a werenanner.

[Tytaylor77]

:2710::2710::cloudban::cloudban:
WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!
:cloudban::cloudban::2729::2729::2729::2729::0488::0488:

[edwmax]

:ha: ty I think you created a werenanner.

Yea ... So much, Christmas will even come in October.:08:

[Tytaylor77]

Fruiting sizes 2017

Girth I measured around only the pstem at the base of the plant.
Height is measured from the highest part of the peduncle to the ground.
Of the multiple bunches i selected the largest plant! The DO, Gran Nain, and VC were the largest ever!

The ones labeled “Spring pup” were either planted this 2017 spring or they came up from a corm (established)

Variety: Girth: Height:

Gran Nain 35” inches. 7’ ft 4” Spring Pup (established)

Sweetheart. 43” inches 10’ ft 0” Spring pup (established)

Blue java 28” inches. 12’ ft 9”

Veinte Cohol 27” inches. 7’ ft 7” All 14 spring pups (some established)

Dwarf Orinoco 37” inches. 6’ ft 10”

Cali Gold. 34” inches. 5’ ft 8”

Varigated Dwarf Namwa 38” inches. 8’ ft 4”

Tigua. 27” inches. 12’ ft 6” Spring pup

Patupi 29” inches. 8’ ft 4” All spring pups

Raja puri 37” inches. 7’ ft 10” Large spring pups. (3’)

SDC 26” inches 3’ ft 2” Planted late spring. Huge corm from JD! Thanks JD.

[geissene]

Congrats Ty! That is an amazing amount of fruit!

Hope it all ripens!

Erik

[Tytaylor77]

Thanks Erik!!

I’ve had a taste of all of it i think. Some very good bananas!

FHIA 3 Sweetheart was good but not great. It has a insane lemon taste!
FHIA 1 Were amazing as always. They weren’t filled enough, but still amazing.
VC I’m so sick of VC after 13-14 bunches of VC I’m not sure if i will ever eat another lol.
Gran Nain was good as always. Not filled as good as last year.
Blue Java was AMAZING! very very sweet! And very creamy! No vanilla flavor though!
Raja Puri is good. Very fruity taste to me. Very tropical and sweet.

Iholena Tigua. These were fluffy for some reason? Same great flavor just fluffy like a cav? Why?? Sounds crazy but could they be over-filled?

And the WINNER!! By far is PATUPI! My new Favorite! Comparing to goldfinger they win. They have the classic “banana” flavor that i love times x100 wow! Texture is amazing! Not mushy at all! Almost “crisp”. They stay firm and don’t bruise easy. Amazing banana. I will have about 20 of these in the ground next year! I sent a few to a couple friends. I hope they report what they think about them here!

[HMelendez]

Awesome Ty bro!



I knew that bro!....Patupi for life!....LOL!....We are going to have a Patupi explosion, starting next spring at Ty ‘Nana Oasis!....Woohoo!....:2723::bananarow::2723:

[Lau]

Beautiful Plants Ty. Congratulations :woohoonaner::goteam::goteam:

[robguz24]

Cardaba with some Gran Nain/Sumatrana cross in for scale.
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One of each from the past week.
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Mysore on the left, Tu'u Gia center top, cardaba right top, praying hand center middle, "ladyfinger" middle right, dwarf green red mutant center bottom, Gran Nain/Sumatrana bottom right.

[beam2050]

fantastic. I have a couple of Sumatran x growing. those nanners look a little bit spindly. COOL

[robguz24]

First CRBP-39. 11 months to flower, 4 months to harvest. They look like huge Tu'u Gia.
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[HMelendez]

Rob,


Thanks for sharing/posting the awesome pictures!....As always, awesome assortment of ‘Nana varieties!.... :2723::bananarow::2723:

[robguz24]

FHIA-23. 17 months to flower. 4.5 months to harvest. 13 hands (2 already removed in picture). Such a mediocre fruit, but worth growing for the amount it produces.
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[robguz24]

Some Silver Bluggoe last week.
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[venturabananas]

Rob, do the Silver Bluggoe taste any different from the regular Bluggoe? I'm guessing not.

[robguz24]

Rob, do the Silver Bluggoe taste any different from the regular Bluggoe? I'm guessing not.
I've never done side by side tasting, but my sense is they are very much like others in the group I have grown and tasted, such as Largo & Kluai Hak Muk Khieo.

[robguz24]

Lots of Thousand Fingers.
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[robguz24]

Ebun Musak. Some were slightly soft. Consistent with their green ripe reputation. 16 months to flower. 2.5 to harvest.
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[robguz24]

Yet another Thousand Fingers
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[robguz24]

Something sold to me as "Nang Phaya" but who knows what it really is. Big fruit and bunches, but just ok tasting IMHO.
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[PR-Giants]

These Veinte Cohol were great :08:
and these 30 pound racks have better fruit quality than the little 10 and 20 pound racks.

Top hand 27 fruit.

Only top mulch was used to feed the plant.


Shipped and you should have it on Monday.

Veinte Cohol fruit
Hydro Manini
Patupi
Red Super Plantain
& 2 Variegated Dwarf Namwa rhizomes.

Nice choices. Good luck, happy growing, & enjoy the fruit!!! :08:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52902 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52902)

[sputinc7]

My 3640 bunch that flowered in November and was frozen in early January had to be harvested because the peduncle bent from the weight (As you can see in the pic.)... It's filled in pretty well but not fully. Pretty good for having no leaves since Jan 2-3. Not ripened yet, looking forward to eating them.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62958&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62958&ppuser=22903)

[Akula]

Awesome! That is hilarious! Great job Sputinc7!

[robguz24]

Another FHIA-17
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[robguz24]

My first Balonkawe, an ABBB type from the Philippines. 8 months from flower to harvest! Haven't cooked with it yet, but like a much worse Ice Cream banana when ripe. 2nd pic with some ripe FHIA-17s. Pretty much loser banana week, lol!

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At least these "Goldfingers" were delicious!
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[Hamakua]

My first Balonkawe, an ABBB type from the Philippines. 8 months from flower to harvest! Haven't cooked with it yet, but like a much worse Ice Cream banana when ripe. 2nd pic with some ripe FHIA-17s. Pretty much loser banana week, lol!

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At least these "Goldfingers" were delicious!
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You need a pig to feed them to.

[edwmax]

Or Ducks!

http://caironet.com/banana/Ducks%2D04282018%2Ejpg

[robguz24]

Harvest 3 racks before evacuating today. Hopefully will be able to be back at my home and farm soon! Dwarf PR Plantain, FHIA-17, and Gros Michel
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[edwmax]

Oh gee .... I hope every thing comes through OK. How close are the new vents?

[robguz24]

They are several miles, but it's been quite an experience to have the lava come out 19 times in 10 days. Most people I know have left my area already. The lava keeps getting further away for now, but has damaged 3 of the 4 roads to my area and for a while was likely to cut off the 4th, which could still happen. The sulfur dioxide has been very bad at times. We left based on all that, but hopefully will be back home soon. I can still access my home for now.

[venturabananas]

Good luck Rob!

[beam2050]

yes luck be with you all on that island

[robguz24]

Just moved back into my home after 6 weeks away! The bananas are pretty happy after a little leaf damage from sulfur dioxide from the eruption in early May. It's good to be home, but as the eruption continues, who knows how long until we'll need to evacuate again. There are 2 new emergency roads out if the only real road gets covered by lava or destroyed by more cracks. I feel very fortunate to be able to come back to my house!

These are "Mona Lisa" that is not really the real thing, as I learned recently from Gabe. These are one of my favorites--like a Hawaiian Apple banana with a jelly-like core. The real Mona Lisa that Gabe gave me fruit of was mediocre at best. I'm guessing these are some off type like the "not Goldfingers" that I and many others have.

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[Best day]

Stay safe and thanks for the many posts you have made to this forum.

Bill

[robguz24]

Hawaiian Apple on the left, Kandrian on the right. My first Kandrian. 6 months flower to harvest. These didn't fill out properly, as the p-stem fell a few times and then the peduncle collapsed in the last month. They're still pretty good! Remind me of Dippig somewhat. Haven't had them cooked yet. Not too many left of what I'm growing that I haven't tried before.
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[Tytaylor77]

How tall did that Kandrain get?
6 months isn’t good news for me haha.
Awesome Rob! Thanks for all your posts! I enjoy them!

[robguz24]

How tall did that Kandrain get?
6 months isn’t good news for me haha.
Awesome Rob! Thanks for all your posts! I enjoy them!

Yeah I think others have had them take much longer outside of the tropics. Wasn't super tall, but nothing gets normal height for me. Maybe 12' but keep in mind it was stunted from falling repeatedly and enduring drought before that.

[robguz24]

Gros Michel, quite a good sized bunch.
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[meizzwang]

Grown outdoors here in Northern California: who said you couldn't grow bananas here?!

FINALLY! A few days shy of a year after the first bloom opened, my first Ice Cream bunch has been harvested! It took 3 long years from planting the large, healthy sword sucker to harvesting the first bunch. Let's not count the 5 years of searching for the real deal Ice Cream to acquire it. Going to do a taste report as soon as we get to try them. Photos taken 8/14/18:
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1777/42245480060_6e976971aa_c.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1817/44054652101_dc489b7564_c.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1778/43148713345_06d0caa8e7_c.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1836/44054651561_6aa0f2302c_c.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1819/43148713185_7e9feab7e5_c.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1800/43148712735_d92268aa8b_c.jpg


Dark Galaxy Tomato on the left, and Ice Cream on the right:
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1778/44006410412_af1a4760d1_c.jpg

[luisport]

Congratulations my friend, you are a winner! :08:

[edwmax]

Super Good looking Blue Javas!

[robguz24]

One of my favorites, the not really Mona Lisa. Maybe it's an off type. Originally from Agristarts.
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[robguz24]

I get double bananas regularly, but this is my first triple, from a Dwarf Puerto Rican plantain.
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[robguz24]

Cardaba
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/42604432280/" title="Cardaba"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1881/42604432280_3a4123eac6_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Cardaba"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[imclumbi]

Awesome! How is the flavor? I have a small pup in the ground and it has strangely produced two pups already. Its a TC plant yet one pup will soon be as tall as the original TC plant.
John

[imclumbi]

Was it 3 times as good :-)

[imclumbi]

Looks awesome!

[imclumbi]

Awesome, thanks for posting all your bananas. I am still waiting for my Kandarian to flower. The plant is massive. How is the flavor?

[imclumbi]

Rob,
Thank you for sharing your amazing photos!!
John

[robguz24]

Mysore. One hand removed.
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[louis14]

Today, we harvested

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63592&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63592&ppuser=26930)
Some 30 bunches of ĢM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63589 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63589&ppuser=26930)
10 bunches of Namwa

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63591 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63591&ppuser=26930)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63590 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63590&ppuser=26930)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63593 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63593&ppuser=26930)
Over 100 Kgs of prime Phichit variety Key limes

That's all we can fit in the truck. My foreman says we need a bigger truck! :03:

[robguz24]

World's most pathetic Pitogo bunch. At least they taste better than the only one other undeveloped Pitogo bunch I've grown. Between bunchy top and rot I don't have much luck with Pitogo.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/43064188620/" title="Pitogo"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1951/43064188620_54cab3e51f_b.jpg" width="1024" height="1024" alt="Pitogo"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Nicolas Naranja]

Plantains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmFf2ecza6M

[robguz24]

Busy week!

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/31445228128/in/datetaken/" title="Many kinds"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1944/31445228128_9b4f0d6c9b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Many kinds"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

From top row left to right, Mysore, Gros Michel, Largo, 1000 Fingers, Ebun Musak, mystery banana, 2nd row--FHIA-25, Monthan.

[luisport]

Busy week!

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/31445228128/in/datetaken/" title="Many kinds"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1944/31445228128_9b4f0d6c9b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Many kinds"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

From top row left to right, Mysore, Gros Michel, Largo, 1000 Fingers, Ebun Musak, mystery banana, 2nd row--FHIA-25, Monthan.

WOW! Congratulations! :08:

[imclumbi]

Amazing! Congratulations.
John

[Spaugh]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1936/44686267564_10c5be3e26_b.jpg


Tree was falling over so I cut these off. Too soon but they did get ripe and tasted fine.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1856/44687595601_a312c583b8_b.jpg

[PR-Giants]

Two small tetraploid (AAAA) bunches that were both grown in a container. Container size has a direct effect on the length of the vegetative phase, plant size, and bunch size. Choosing the proper size container to achieve your goals is important.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52014 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52014)

[cincinnana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26096&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26096&ppuser=2868)

Awesome bunch......

[Nicolas Naranja]

Mysore and FHIA-18

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4893/46297255582_72737d3d01_z.jpg

[HMelendez]

Mysore and FHIA-18

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4893/46297255582_72737d3d01_z.jpg




Woohoo!......Awesome Nick!....




:2723::bananarow::2723:

[robguz24]

Medium sized bunch of African Rhino Horn.
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[sebenthic]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26096&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26096&ppuser=2868)

Looks amazing.

[sebenthic]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26096&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26096&ppuser=2868)

Small in size but looks good.

[robguz24]

CRBP-39
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[HMelendez]

CRBP-39
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Congrats Rob!.....Best wishes on The New Year my friend!......Nice size CRBP-39 Plantain bunch!.....





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