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PR-Giants
11-24-2012, 06:51 PM
More photos of the Puerto Rican Morado (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51057&size=big&cat=2078)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53394 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53394&limit=recent)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51057 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51057)
edzone9
11-24-2012, 07:04 PM
Never Had One Of Those Before , are they sweet bananas ?
Also Very Nice View Of The Ocean ! Looks Like Palmas Del Mar :nanadrink:
laserlight
11-24-2012, 11:49 PM
Yay red bananas those are really kewel. =D I haz a pink banana plant. are those sweet bananas or cooking bananas?
momoese
11-24-2012, 11:53 PM
Nice! :)
caliboy1994
11-25-2012, 01:10 AM
Yay red bananas those are really kewel. =D I haz a pink banana plant. are those sweet bananas or cooking bananas?
They're ornamental seeded bananas, but the flesh is supposedly edible.
laserlight
11-25-2012, 03:33 AM
They're ornamental seeded bananas, but the flesh is supposedly edible.
Do you grow pink banana plants too? :) they are tons easier to grow then cavendish plants and mine has 6 leafs now. :cool:
when mine has bananas ima eat one.
oh and i found the smilies btw. they were at the bottom and GN has the same smilies too.
caliboy1994
11-25-2012, 03:42 AM
I'm not growing them, but I was going to. They were selling them at a local nursery, but I couldn't buy them. They're really small plants, and they can flower in a single season. If you bring it outside in the spring, you'll probably have a flower by late summer to fall.
laserlight
11-25-2012, 03:52 AM
Thats really fast cuz they said my cavendish plant couldnt have bananas for 2-3 years but it died anyway. I will post pictures when mine haz a flower cuz its really healthy and its still growing inside and its winter.
Nicolas Naranja
11-25-2012, 10:54 AM
It must be the tropical climate, but you can grow the thickest bananas I have ever seen. 55mm is huge for a morado. In the trial at Isabela, the morado only registered a diameter of 38.8mm. You got something special going on there.
PR-Giants
11-25-2012, 11:10 AM
It must be the tropical climate, but you can grow the thickest bananas I have ever seen. 55mm is huge for a morado. In the trial at Isabela, the morado only registered a diameter of 38.8mm. You got something special going on there.
Maybe it's the type of grass I use, just kidding.
55 mm was the first, 57 mm was next, there might be some bigger but I don't want to keep changing photos.
On another thread someone posted info about an 8 inch red, now that has to be like a small football.
http://www.bananas.org/f2/how-big-bananas-cuban-red-16805.html
38.8 can't be correct, 55 mm is more than double that size.
Do you have a link to that Trial, I'd like to know more about it.
Hammocked Banana
11-25-2012, 11:21 AM
What a smart ass!! Gotta admit I did laugh pretty good at the grass comment. Thoes are some nice nanners just too bad they aren't edible
PR-Giants
11-25-2012, 11:28 AM
What a smart ass!! Gotta admit I did laugh pretty good at the grass comment. Thoes are some nice nanners just too bad they aren't edible
Actually I grow all my bananas with grass, that's all I use no other fertilizer.
Not only are they edible, but in my opinion they are the best and sweetest
banana I have ever tasted.
Hammocked Banana
11-25-2012, 11:41 AM
I'm aware of your growing techniques Keith. I was joking about your/Nicholas's posts in the "this is what happens when u don't remove pups" thread. I thought your joke was funny. I'm confused now, are morado seeded or not?
PR-Giants
11-25-2012, 11:51 AM
I'll post a photo of the flesh.
The photo is at the top with the others.
Brady, thanks for spelling my name correctly.
I changed it to my initials after some people butchered it.
Hammocked Banana
11-25-2012, 12:50 PM
O wow that's one tasty looking banana. Thanks for spelling my name right too. O wait....
Nicolas Naranja
11-25-2012, 06:14 PM
GRIN Observation Data for TARS 17148 (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/obs.pl?1647330)
Fruit in the last hand was 38.8mm, while in the 3rd hand it as 40mm. And that seems very much in line with what I see with the morados here in Florida.
PR-Giants
11-27-2012, 06:05 AM
O wow that's one tasty looking banana. Thanks for spelling my name right too. O wait....
They are beautiful bananas that taste better than they look.
I would recommend to anyone in an area that can grow red bananas to do so.
Bermy nana
12-01-2012, 02:06 PM
My bunch has been on the plant 3 months now. They are not as fat as yours by a long shot. The weather here has cooled off now so maybe another month and they will be ready.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51537&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51537&ppuser=8196)
PR-Giants
12-01-2012, 03:40 PM
My bunch has been on the plant 3 months now. They are not as fat as yours by a long shot. The weather here has cooled off now so maybe another month and they will be ready.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51537&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51537&ppuser=8196)
They look about the same as mine did at 3 months and should get fat in the last 10 -12 days.
I think most people harvest them too early and miss out on the extra size and flavor.
I always try to wait until one splits.
We had 3 or 4 inches of rain the night before mine split, so I was pretty sure they would be ready the next day.
I hope you are fortunate to get plenty of rain in early January.
Bermy nana
12-01-2012, 06:29 PM
Thanks for the info. I am sure they will taste great.
island cassie
12-01-2012, 11:26 PM
K J - those look like the reds we have here - great tasting bananas as long as you let them ripen on the plant, and then let them ripen some more, as when fully ripe and almost soft, they are phenominal and so sweet. We always have folks ready to take the extra fruit off our hands when we have too much as the bunches are often quite large.
PR-Giants
12-02-2012, 06:37 AM
K J - those look like the reds we have here - great tasting bananas as long as you let them ripen on the plant, and then let them ripen some more, as when fully ripe and almost soft, they are phenominal and so sweet. We always have folks ready to take the extra fruit off our hands when we have too much as the bunches are often quite large.
Many, but not all of my Dominican friends call them "Rulo",
which is a bit confusing.
I understand the term but it seems quite broad.
It would be interesting to know what you consider a rulo.
Nicolas Naranja
12-02-2012, 09:30 PM
Many, but not all of my Dominican friends call them "Rulo",
which is a bit confusing.
I understand the term but it seems quite broad.
It would be interesting to know what you consider a rulo.
We don't have too many domincans in this part of the world, but I heard one call my hawaiians "rulo", but I looked into it a little further and it is what they typically call their burro.
El rulo, primo casi olvidado del plátano y el guineito - Hoy Digital (http://www.hoy.com.do/vivir/2011/10/13/397233/print)
bananimal
12-03-2012, 12:25 AM
We don't have too many domincans in this part of the world, but I heard one call my hawaiians "rulo", but I looked into it a little further and it is what they typically call their burro.
El rulo, primo casi olvidado del plátano y el guineito - Hoy Digital (http://www.hoy.com.do/vivir/2011/10/13/397233/print)
Reading this article I found something about the pasteles masa that I used to have arguments about. There are some folks that believe the dough comes out soft cause of broth. I always believed it was the amount of lard that kept it fluffy/soft/suave after boiling for an hour.
So here it is in print ------- "1 una botella de manteca de cerdo o aceite (en cantidad suficiente para que la masa quede bien suave)".
So thanks.
island cassie
12-04-2012, 08:38 AM
Keith - I agree with you that people pick the reds too soon, and are then disappointed. You need to leave them on the plant until they have turned all the colours of the sunset, and then wait until they start to soften to get the full benefit of their wonderful sweet flavour. Great pictures btw!
PR-Giants
12-04-2012, 09:16 AM
Keith - I agree with you that people pick the reds too soon, and are then disappointed. You need to leave them on the plant until they have turned all the colours of the sunset, and then wait until they start to soften to get the full benefit of their wonderful sweet flavour. Great pictures btw!
Hola Cassie
What about "Rulo".
island cassie
12-04-2012, 11:48 AM
Sorry - missed that question the first time around!:ha: Dominicans call any banana that they cook, a rulo. So Orinoco (which they never let ripen) and Saba, but they don't regard them as plantain (platenos).
PR-Giants
05-14-2013, 01:43 PM
jan 11
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51854&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51854)
feb 15
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52225 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52225)
feb 21
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52284 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52284)
apr 29
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52904 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52904)
may 12
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52907 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52907)
may 13 - Distal Hand
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52911 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52911)
may 18 - Hand 3 & 4
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52949 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52949&limit=recent)
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