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Nicolas Naranja
04-22-2011, 11:02 PM
Back in December I posted pics of a bunch of dead plants. Here is the update

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42058&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42058&ppuser=4368)

Dean W.
04-22-2011, 11:10 PM
Namwah?

Nicolas Naranja
04-23-2011, 12:07 AM
Hua moa. I've got about 360 of them. One of these days, I'll get pictures of each variety. I'm just praying I can avoid any more calamities for a year or two. I have to make my lease payment.

Dalmatiansoap
04-23-2011, 02:13 AM
nice recover
:woohoonaner:

chasbear
04-23-2011, 05:13 PM
Yes, very nice recovery, Nick. How many varieties in all do you have and how many plantings of each?

Nicolas Naranja
04-23-2011, 06:09 PM
In order from most plants to least

Nam Wah
Dwarf Puerto Rican
Hua Moa
Super Plantain
Kandrian
FHIA-17
Giant Plantain
Misi Luki
Grande Nain
Platano Burro

The 5 acre farm is split into about 15 different plantings, but about half is Nam Wah, 1/4 of the rest is assorted plantains with Dwarf Puerto Rican being the most common. 1/8 is Hua Moa and the rest is the other varieties. I try to have a little of anything that can be sold.

Basjoofriend
04-24-2011, 08:12 AM
You had some frost nights in your farm so that your plants died back! Now they are recovered very well!!!

Best wishes
Basjoofriend

venturabananas
04-24-2011, 10:06 AM
Nick, how does the FHIA-17 sell for you? To me they taste just like any other store bought Cavendish variety and they get pretty bad when overripe. Why did you choose to plant it? Just curious.

Nicolas Naranja
04-24-2011, 12:07 PM
I've never harvested it, but I have sold some of the cavendish bananas that I grow. While FHIA-17 may taste like Cavendish, mine generally taste better than the ones that have sat on a boat and in cool storage for 2 weeks. There is also a large jamaican population down here that uses green bananas. The main reason for FHIA-17 is to hedge against black sigatoka and panama disease. By having different varieties I reduce the risk of catastrophic losses due to disease. I think if I had to do it all over again, I would have just planted the whole field with Nam Wah. It really is a good variety, it handles the cold well and has decent yields.

Nick, how does the FHIA-17 sell for you? To me they taste just like any other store bought Cavendish variety and they get pretty bad when overripe. Why did you choose to plant it? Just curious.