Aloha Tropicals " Ice Cream "

[edzone9]

Just Got Back From AZ Today , I hade a delivery of Aloha Tropicals Ice Cream Plant , They Deliver Pretty Fast , Good Service , Just Have To See If Its The Real Deal .

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[JodoGarden]

Originally Posted by edzone9

Just Got Back From AZ Today , I hade a delivery of Aloha Tropicals Ice Cream Plant , They Deliver Pretty Fast , Good Service , Just Have To See If Its The Real Deal .

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Here we go again.. huh. I hope it is the real deal, will be interested to find out.

[Abnshrek]

Originally Posted by JodoGarden

Here we go again.. huh. I hope it is the real deal, will be interested to find out.

The thing going for it is its not from agri-starts. :^)

[trebor]

Ha ha ... OK another Ice Cream Adventure.. Heck I bought 3 from different places just to see if Id get one Funny thing is
Now I only want dwarf or 6 to 8 foot Musa because Ive changed my mind..
Good Luck

[cheson74]

I just gave away 5 pups from my ice cream. It's so prolific and was taking over my garden. Each pup ranged from 2 feet to 7 feet.

Hope yours is the real deal.

[sunfish]

Aloha Tropicals does sell some TC's

[robguz24]

Originally Posted by sunfish

Aloha Tropicals does sell some TC's

Everything I've gotten from them has been a TC. Question is do they come from elsewhere or does he do it himself?

[john_ny]

Originally Posted by Abnshrek

The thing going for it is its not from agri-starts. :^)

How does one know that Aloha didn't get it from Agri-Starts, or from someone else, who originally got it from A-S?

I must say, though, that I have been dealing with A-S almost since they started in business, and I find them to be a very reputable and reliable company. I'm not saying that mistakes are never made, and I have never bought the so called, "Ice Cream" from them.

[Abnshrek]

Originally Posted by john_ny

How does one know that Aloha didn't get it from Agri-Starts, or from someone else, who originally got it from A-S?

I must say, though, that I have been dealing with A-S almost since they started in business, and I find them to be a very reputable and reliable company. I'm not saying that mistakes are never made, and I have never bought the so called, "Ice Cream" from them.

Aloha does its own T/Cing.. I'd go agri-starts for anything but ice cream, well unless you want a tall namwah then its all good.. :^)

[2woodensticks]

nice loking naner kids..i have had NO problem with agri starts..what is so wrong with.....TC plants..we have a section devoted to the TC culture dont we..

[bananimal]

Originally Posted by trebor

Ha ha ... OK another Ice Cream Adventure.. Heck I bought 3 from different places just to see if Id get one Funny thing is
Now I only want dwarf or 6 to 8 foot Musa because Ive changed my mind..
Good Luck

When the winds come you will know why changing the mind is a good thing. Dwarfs like RP, DN, DB can survive anything except 6 hrs of 26F deg. I will still keep medium height naners like Gfinger and SH 3640 cause the fruit is so good. Eventually all the PK's (tall and long fruiting cycle) will go to folks south of me and I'll visit to get some fruit when ready.

[Dangermouse01]

Starting to think the the whole "Blue Java" IC is just a myth.
At least it keeps people buying IC plants.

I had a friend who knew somebody who knew somebody who met a lady in a store who had a uncle who swears he worked with a guy who........

DM

[robguz24]

Originally Posted by Dangermouse01

Starting to think the the whole "Blue Java" IC is just a myth.
At least it keeps people buying IC plants.

I had a friend who knew somebody who knew somebody who met a lady in a store who had a uncle who swears he worked with a guy who........

DM

Got plenty of them here in Hawaii. Nobody wants them. I have trouble selling the fruit or the pups. The blue fruit are cool looking though.

[venturabananas]

Originally Posted by john_ny

I must say, though, that I have been dealing with A-S almost since they started in business, and I find them to be a very reputable and reliable company. I'm not saying that mistakes are never made, and I have never bought the so called, "Ice Cream" from them.

I think this has been hashed and rehashed. AS seems to be a good business, but they certainly make errors. There are at least two types of errors they make: (1) things they are consistently wrong on because they have they have mislabeled material that they started their TC lines with. For example, we already know that what they TC and sell as Ice Cream is not. It is the usual "Namwah" variety that is usually sold under that name in the US. (2) They have mix ups in the trays they put together. I think Nick has bought literally hundreds if not thousands of TC bananas from AS and there have certainly been some errors -- i.e., the wrong thing mixed in the tray. I think those errors are pretty rare, but you'd have to ask someone like Nick with big sample sizes.

[pitangadiego]

Have the real deal fruiting, currently.

[edzone9]

Should be fun watching it grow ..

[venturabananas]

Originally Posted by pitangadiego

Have the real deal fruiting, currently.

Let's see the evidence!

[CountryBoy1981]

Can anyone from their photograph tell that if this is the exact plant that Aloha Tropicals tissue cultured, then will the plant received from them be the real "ice Cream"?

[Abnshrek]

If I was in the market for the real thing I'd just order one from John. :^)

[crazy banana]

Originally Posted by pitangadiego

Have the real deal fruiting, currently.

Must be the "mother plant" of my Blue Java. Congratulations. Whenever they are ready to eat, can I come over and buy a taste sample from you?
My plant is doing great BTW. Have build a structure around it to protect it from potential frost in our canyon area ( see my gallery, posting the photo from my phone does not work, sorry)