banana13
06-20-2013, 10:51 AM
First, some info.
I got this banana at my local Patel Brothers (an Indian grocery store) the plant was about a foot and a half tall with two leaves for ten bucks. i couldn't believe that you could get a banana plant here on long island, so grabbed one. i went on the internet looking for more info on bananas, found this forum, and guess what happened next? now, i'm planning to get two or three more :ha: . this banana, i stuck it in the garage over the winter with a couple feet of p-ste, in a pot with a leaf still attached, and it survived everything that came its way. it has only been outside for about ten days now and has grown 3 new leaves. all the damage to the plant happened during a large storm we had. I have noticed that there is some red on the leaf stalks,i don't know if that shows up in the pics.
originally, i could care less what banana i had, but now i want to know if the variety i have is even edible. i think its either a cavendish or a basjoo, what else would you find here? well, here are the pics (they are sideways, sorry. I couldn't figure out how to flip them. Maybe someone else?)(also, photos taken from phone, so forgive quality):
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53386&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53386&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53385&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53385&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53384&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53384&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53383&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53383&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53382&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53382&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53381&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53381&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53380&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53380&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53379&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53379&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53378&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53378&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53377&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53377&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53376&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53376&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53375&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53375&size=1 border=0></a>
Thanks.
I got this banana at my local Patel Brothers (an Indian grocery store) the plant was about a foot and a half tall with two leaves for ten bucks. i couldn't believe that you could get a banana plant here on long island, so grabbed one. i went on the internet looking for more info on bananas, found this forum, and guess what happened next? now, i'm planning to get two or three more :ha: . this banana, i stuck it in the garage over the winter with a couple feet of p-ste, in a pot with a leaf still attached, and it survived everything that came its way. it has only been outside for about ten days now and has grown 3 new leaves. all the damage to the plant happened during a large storm we had. I have noticed that there is some red on the leaf stalks,i don't know if that shows up in the pics.
originally, i could care less what banana i had, but now i want to know if the variety i have is even edible. i think its either a cavendish or a basjoo, what else would you find here? well, here are the pics (they are sideways, sorry. I couldn't figure out how to flip them. Maybe someone else?)(also, photos taken from phone, so forgive quality):
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53386&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53386&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53385&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53385&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53384&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53384&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53383&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53383&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53382&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53382&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53381&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53381&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53380&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53380&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53379&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53379&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53378&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53378&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53377&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53377&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53376&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53376&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53375&ppuser=15240><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53375&size=1 border=0></a>
Thanks.