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bananimal
03-18-2013, 12:13 AM
Got 4 bunches hanging right now. Thought I'd do an update post cause the title probably wouldn't fly with forum censorship. lol

Datil
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52500&ppuser=820)

Cross
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52501&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52501&ppuser=820)

SH 3640
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52502&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52502&ppuser=820)

Goldfinger
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52503&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52503&ppuser=820)

Julian
03-18-2013, 02:32 AM
What is cross? And how do 3640 and Goldfinger compare?

robguz24
03-18-2013, 03:41 AM
I've currently got 19 bunches coming. This is the most I've ever had at once. With none of them taking longer than 24 weeks, I have nearly a bunch per week coming in the next 6 months.

Ones that have fruited before:
2 Williams
1 Ice Cream
8 Dwarf Brazilian
1 Gros Michel

Ones fruiting for the first time:
1 Mysore
2 Namwah
1 Hua Moa

Including these which I've never even tasted:
1 Praying Hands
2 1000 Fingers

Having recently tasted Mysore again I can't wait to get those from my yard. I see now why everyone raves about them.

Not posting pics in this post, but many are in my photobucket album.

Abnshrek
03-18-2013, 07:31 AM
Do windchimes count? lol oh yeah I have Orinoco's Hanging.. lol :^)

bananimal
03-18-2013, 08:56 AM
What is cross? And how do 3640 and Goldfinger compare?

Cross --- G Nain x Sumatrana --- will be cut down soon. Useless fruit except for pix. Pups go for auction.

Gfinger and the SH3640. Both in the top 5 that I've tasted. Will never be replaced.

bananimal
03-18-2013, 09:01 AM
I've currently got 19 bunches coming. This is the most I've ever had at once. With none of them taking longer than 24 weeks, I have nearly a bunch per week coming in the next 6 months.

Ones that have fruited before:
2 Williams
1 Ice Cream
8 Dwarf Brazilian
1 Gros Michel

Ones fruiting for the first time:
1 Mysore
2 Namwah
1 Hua Moa

Including these which I've never even tasted:
1 Praying Hands
2 1000 Fingers

Having recently tasted Mysore again I can't wait to get those from my yard. I see now why everyone raves about them.

Not posting pics in this post, but many are in my photobucket album.

Rob ---- how do you dispose of all those bananas? One bunch a week - wow! I'm still trying to find a local charity food bank that takes fresh produce.

Dan

Abnshrek
03-18-2013, 09:02 AM
Gfinger and the SH3640. Both in the top 5 that I've tasted. Will never be replaced.

So where is the Datil @ on that list? :^)

bananimal
03-18-2013, 11:06 AM
So where is the Datil @ on that list? :^)

Last 2 Datil bunches were stunted making me think I had a sick mat. This year the fingers are much bigger and filled in. Should show what the fruit really taste like. Had been ready to toss the whole mat when I saw a new flag leaf. There was definitely something wrong. Looks now like it got over it.

robguz24
03-18-2013, 01:14 PM
Rob ---- how do you dispose of all those bananas? One bunch a week - wow! I'm still trying to find a local charity food bank that takes fresh produce.

Dan

I have a farmers market in my neighborhood so usually I sell at the market when I have an excess of fruit. But I also eat several a day out of hand, cook with them too if they're cooking bananas, freeze the excess which I use for breakfast smoothies, and give them away if I don't do the market.

sunfish
03-18-2013, 01:14 PM
wow

Illia
03-18-2013, 04:37 PM
I've always shied around the thought of growing Goldfinger as many say it doesn't taste that great. Haven't a clue what Datil is though, but, lovely photos and congrats on the bunches!

sunfish
03-18-2013, 06:42 PM
I've always shied around the thought of growing Goldfinger as many say it doesn't taste that great.


Many do not know what they are talking about :)

bananimal
03-18-2013, 07:20 PM
I've always shied around the thought of growing Goldfinger as many say it doesn't taste that great. Haven't a clue what Datil is though, but, lovely photos and congrats on the bunches!

Hey -- like with my Datil -- stunted fruit produced by a sickly mat won't taste representative of the cultivar growing under ideal conditions.

The Gfinger is one of the crowning glories of the FHIA program and is feeding millions in the 3rd world where banana diseases have wiped out their long standing staples. Also --- I bet those who put it down did not fertilize monthly and do regular mat maintenance. Bananas are heavy feeders. I'm lucky to live in a subtropical agricultural area where Ag suppliers also sell to the public.

Imagine ------ quality fresh 6-3-16 with musa specific minors at 50 lbs for 18 bucks and change. :03::03::03:

PR-Giants
08-14-2013, 11:45 PM
Imagine ------ quality fresh 6-3-16 with musa specific minors at 50 lbs for 18 bucks and change. :03::03::03:

Had the 18 bucks but couldn't find the change, so this bunch didn't get any fert.

Super Cav #8

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54214 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54214)

momoese
08-14-2013, 11:52 PM
Rob ---- how do you dispose of all those bananas? One bunch a week - wow! I'm still trying to find a local charity food bank that takes fresh produce.

Dan

This is a shame Dan. All this talk about needing to feed the expanding population and we can't even give away food, compounded by our waste of good food. The problem is politics and greed, not food production.

sunfish
08-14-2013, 11:59 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-34.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-34.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 005-34.jpg"/></a> :08:

Hangin

PR-Giants
08-15-2013, 12:31 AM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-34.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-34.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 005-34.jpg"/></a> :08:

Hangin

Nice!!!

Julian
08-15-2013, 02:59 AM
Cuban Red
DB
Muraru Mshale
Manzano

blownz281
08-15-2013, 09:30 AM
Dwarf orinoco I think. Two basjoo plants on seperate mats,but one the fruit stayed small forever then went bad,other never produced nanners but is still flowering.

2woodensticks
08-15-2013, 09:44 AM
1 praying hand[4 hands] 3 Orinoco [1 with only 1 hand] 1 with only 2 hands..and one with 6 hands..

momoese
08-15-2013, 01:19 PM
4 bunches here too.

2 PK
1 DB
1 FHIA 18

Snookie
08-15-2013, 03:35 PM
3 Plants of Various Nationality producing mediocre nanas:}:0519:

robguz24
08-15-2013, 04:02 PM
14 Dwarf Brazilians
2 Lady Finger
1 Double Mahoi
1 Gros Michel
1 Praying Hands
1 supposed to be Pisang Raja

momoese
08-15-2013, 05:59 PM
Woot! Make that 5, I just spotted a flag on another PK!

sunfish
08-16-2013, 01:25 AM
Hangin

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/047.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/047.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 047.jpg"/></a>

bananimal
08-16-2013, 07:34 AM
Ate some yellow passion fruit at my rare fruit club last nite and have finally find one that doesn't taste like it fell off the back end of Lassie. Amazing!

Hey Trebor - have some fun with this one! Just leave me out of it --- lolol.

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 07:42 AM
Ate some yellow passion fruit at my rare fruit club last nite and have finally find one that doesn't taste like it fell off the back end of Lassie. Amazing!

Hey Trebor - have some fun with this one! Just leave me out of it --- lolol.

Parcha is great, a top 5 fruit.

I'll choose parcha over china everytime.

BTW T, nice pear.


Hangin

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/047.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/047.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 047.jpg"/></a>

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 07:49 AM
Ate some yellow passion fruit at my rare fruit club last nite and have finally find one that doesn't taste like it fell off the back end of assie. Amazing!



Dan, was the skin smooth or wrinkled ?

edzone9
08-16-2013, 09:18 AM
Amazing the bunches that PR giant gets in PR without fert ! .. land has to be super fertile ...

I think i will be scheduled to work in PR in the following weeks , going to try to bring back seeds , i have not been there in over 10 years !...

hydroid
08-16-2013, 11:00 AM
2-Tall Orinoco
1- Tall Namwah
1- Dwarf Namwah
1- Saba

bananimal
08-16-2013, 12:29 PM
Dan, was the skin smooth or wrinkled ?

Smooth with slight discoloration indicating ripe. Too many times people bring in tropical fruits that are not ready. Or past being ripe. I'll never forget the jackfruit I bit into once. Spit it out so fast it missed the plate.

Oh yeah, the Surinam cherries. Awful stuff!!! And the fruit I call Ca Ca fruit. Black Sapote. Looks like sheet but tastes ok if ripe --- with Miracle Whip blended in. When I go to the tasting table now I take tiny bits of stuff. Even the occasional cheese cake.

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 12:58 PM
Smooth with slight discoloration indicating ripe

That's very close to being correct, but wrinkled indicates ripeness.

They will taste much better when they are fully ripe and also the cyanogenic glycoside level will be so low that it is of no toxicological significance.

I should have taken a photo before I just ate the last half dozen, but didn't think of it until I started typing. It's raining now so I'll find some more later.




Oh yeah, the Surinam cherries. Awful stuff!!!

I don't think I ever said they were good, but if you're gonna eat them the best time would be very very ripe, dark purple and super soft. The skin will break when touched.

sunfish
08-16-2013, 01:14 PM
What's a rare fruit club.Do these folks hold all the secrets to growing plants ?

sunfish
08-16-2013, 01:24 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/015-6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/015-6.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 015-6.jpg"/></a>

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 01:24 PM
Amazing the bunches that PR giant gets in PR without fert ! .. land has to be super fertile ...



Thanks Ed, but that bunch has nothing to do with me or my soil, it was an experimental banana from UPR.

I don't even know what the "SC" in "SC-8" stands for, I was just kidding when I wrote Super Cavendish #8. It is actually a worthless banana and flunked out of the trial. The thing you don't see in the photo are leaves, because they're aren't any. Senor Sigatoka took all the leaves in the first 30 days after blooming, it's supposed to be 80 to 100 lbs if you can keep the leaves. The finger length in the third hand is over 11 inches, but I probably will never get them to fill.

Super Cav #8

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54214 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54214)

sunfish
08-16-2013, 01:25 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-27.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-27.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 003-27.jpg"/></a>

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 01:26 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/015-6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/015-6.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 015-6.jpg"/></a>

Thanks T, I can skip the photo.

sunfish
08-16-2013, 01:30 PM
So the folks at RFG club have wrinkled skin and are off color ?l

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 01:34 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-27.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-27.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 003-27.jpg"/></a>

What is this?

edzone9
08-16-2013, 01:38 PM
Did not know that PR giant.
So as of today, the most disease resistant banana are the fhia series?

Snookie
08-16-2013, 02:19 PM
What is this?

LOL Looks like peanut butter and seeds for a bird feeding ball lol

sunfish
08-16-2013, 02:23 PM
What is this?

Pulp and seed from passion fruit

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 03:28 PM
Pulp and seed from passion fruit

The container.

I thought it might be some kind of seed remover.

How do you remove the seeds?

sunfish
08-16-2013, 03:59 PM
The container.

I thought it might be some kind of seed remover.

How do you remove the seeds?

It is a blender.Special blade so I can still use the seed

PR-Giants
08-16-2013, 04:04 PM
It is a blender.Special blade so I can still use the seed

NICE.

I use a coffee sock, fill it up and twist.

MEXICAN COFFEE COLADOR COFFEE SOCK CLOTH FILTER by cafesdemexico (http://www.etsy.com/listing/48157959/mexican-coffee-colador-coffee-sock-cloth)

from the sea
08-15-2014, 02:14 PM
reds http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_0042_zps4fe4257b.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_0042_zps4fe4257b.jpg.html)
unknown
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_0047_zps95fd440a.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_0047_zps95fd440a.jpg.html)
soursophttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_0045_zps8881b480.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_0045_zps8881b480.jpg.html)
breadfruithttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_0043_zpsc9029287.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_0043_zpsc9029287.jpg.html)
and four bunches of namwa

Nicolas Naranja
09-02-2014, 10:42 AM
SH-3640 2 months after flowering
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20140902_112218_zps67f694d8.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20140902_112218_zps67f694d8.jpg.html)

FHIA-17
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20140902_111817_zpsf037c2c9.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20140902_111817_zpsf037c2c9.jpg.html)

JCA433
09-02-2014, 11:34 AM
That SH 3640 bunch looks great and nicely filled out in only 2 months. My SH 3640 was planted May 7 and is five feet tall but still far from inflorescence. I do have a Namwa bunch that has filled out faster than expected in only two months.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56689&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56689&ppuser=7368)

PR-Giants
09-03-2014, 09:43 AM
My SH 3640 plant crop flowered at 8 feet tall, the fingers were long when the bloom first opened but the bunch was only 67 lbs, hopefully the ratoon will be closer to a 100.

That SH 3640 bunch looks great and nicely filled out in only 2 months. My SH 3640 was planted May 7 and is five feet tall but still far from inflorescence. I do have a Namwa bunch that has filled out faster than expected in only two months.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56689&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56689&ppuser=7368)

I_GROWER
09-13-2014, 06:31 AM
http://i.imgur.com/Ss512nw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MVje9rM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9owtOtN.jpg

bananimal
10-11-2014, 08:21 AM
Came back from vacation and found lots of fruit hanging.

SH 3640 bunch #2
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56891&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56891&ppuser=820)
Lots of Cados
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56890&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56890&ppuser=820)
Pisang Klotek
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56889&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56889&ppuser=820)
FHIA 1 --- 2 more bunches to follow
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56888&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56888&ppuser=820)