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Mnlivingstone@gmail.com
10-15-2011, 04:29 PM
I am a new banana grower living in South Florida and since I do not have yard space decided to plant a Raja Puri in a pot (a little over a year ago).
It was doing great and had produced a nice blossom ( July) with cute little green bananas but the hand has not grown or changed color. We have had a lot of rain in the past six weeks and the entire plant is looking pretty sad. Help!!

Clare_CA
10-16-2011, 02:45 PM
My Raja Puri is in the ground, and it is huge. It is the biggest mat of bananas that I have, and I have 35 different bananas. Planting a pot might keep it from reaching its full potential and from having enough energy to fruit well, but I'm not an expert by any means. The rain is probably great for the banana. It does seem to take a long time for my Raja Puri fruit to ripen, and even then, the fruit is very small.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Clare_CA/bananas/081411001.jpg

Bob3
10-16-2011, 05:50 PM
I am a new banana grower living in South Florida and since I do not have yard space decided to plant a Raja Puri in a pot (a little over a year ago).
It was doing great and had produced a nice blossom ( July) with cute little green bananas but the hand has not grown or changed color. We have had a lot of rain in the past six weeks and the entire plant is looking pretty sad. Help!!
How about some pics?
It's near impossible to guess without a better look-see.
(I'm guessing the pot may be the problem, too, but it's only a vague guess.)

sunfish
10-16-2011, 06:13 PM
My not Ice Cream bloomed in the end of March and still took 6 months for the fruit to mature.

Clare_CA
10-16-2011, 07:14 PM
My Ice Cream fruit is taking forever too.

caliboy1994
10-16-2011, 10:31 PM
Isn't it natural for bananas to take forever to ripen? I hear Saba can take 11 months.

sunfish
10-16-2011, 10:43 PM
Isn't it natural for bananas to take forever to ripen? I hear Saba can take 11 months.

Depends,your climate,time of year

laserlight
10-19-2011, 11:14 PM
Hi and welcome to the forum. Bananas need 6 months to get ripe?? Thats a whole summer wow.

caliboy1994
10-20-2011, 12:44 AM
Hi and welcome to the forum. Bananas need 6 months to get ripe?? Thats a whole summer wow.

Well it depends on the variety. I do know that red bananas take a while.