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ron_mcb
09-19-2010, 01:01 PM
who can top this?? i now have two gran nains that decided to fruit at the end of summer. i wanted this one to fruit early spring next year. i wanted to push it back:ha: i know this one will put out about 100 or more bananas as well. i will have at least 250 plump green bananas to cook by first frost.
here is the first onehttp://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36697&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36697)
here is the latest one taken todayhttp://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36772&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36772)
Bananaman88
09-19-2010, 01:16 PM
I'm in the same boat as you. Sort of a bummer, huh? Like you said, at least you can cook some of them maybe.
The Hollyberry Lady
09-19-2010, 01:50 PM
Too bad, but still cool!
: )
pitangadiego
09-19-2010, 03:34 PM
Maybe an impromptu greenhouse over one of them, and let them ripen?
ron_mcb
09-19-2010, 08:41 PM
. its after 09:00 pm @ 83 degrees (according to digital thermometer) as im posting this.
maybe i will get lucky and get them to grow good until first frost... then i can hang em in the house.
later i will think about the mini plastic greenhouse trick. i should have done this before i went out to TX after hurricane Ike. and then had someone uncover them for me.
in Georgia that year we had a frost hard enough do knock my plants into dormancy then warm weather again.. when i returned i was looking at other peoples bananas green and still growing because they were next to houses or near trees.
if i try anything with plastic now the plants and fruit will fry. days and nights are not cool enough yet.
l cant relate to that kind of weather because l live in sunny california, but you said wah gwan and that sounded like my part of the world-jamaica, with bananas everywhere. is that true?
ron_mcb
09-21-2010, 08:01 PM
l cant relate to that kind of weather because l live in sunny california, but you said wah gwan and that sounded like my part of the world-jamaica, with bananas everywhere. is that true?
yea mon disya chat yardi dem fi call patwah otha rest a di people dem fi call jamaican tak. mi sey wah gwan (means basically hello or how are things).. unno ovastan wah mi a sey?? but basically i try to speak proper english to better convey my messages here . i think im better in english. im from georgia. ive been to california about 6 years ago. i think its nice. a little dry in some places. you are from jamrock?
hello again, yeah l understand patwah but l was 12 when l came over and now l'm past 45. lts good to hear from you but l'm not sure if l'm sending this message to the right place, l just don't understand too much about computers or the language of computers. hopefully l'm not messing up too bad.
ron_mcb
10-02-2010, 04:05 AM
here is the latest update to the gran nains.. yes they seem to be authentic gran nain bananas.. look at how the male flowers are falling . there are no persistent flowers anywhere in between the hands and the terminal bud...well none that wont naturally fall free. http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37168&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37168)
here is gran nain #2 right behind the leader trying to play catch up
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37167><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37167&size=1 border=0></a>
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