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lpatelski
06-24-2013, 07:31 PM
:2738:Second hand - first finger looks plump, the rest look like pencils.
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion.jpg.html)

Side view
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion4.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion4.jpg.html)

Third hand showing, all look like pencils. http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion3.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion3.jpg.html)

First hand of bananas - looked plump when first open.
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion2-1.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/Bananaquestion2-1.jpg.html)

So my questions are:
Will the pencils fill in or fall off on their own?
Will the pencils fill in if pollenated properly via paintbrush pollination?
Are they just the product of a poor water sucker?
Am I just mental or over thinking?:0491:
Will more fertilizer make the next hands plump?:waving:

Thank you in advance for any newbie advise.

crazy banana
06-24-2013, 07:43 PM
When did the flower open and when did the first hand show? I was told to write the date on the p-stem when the first hand shows. From there it usually takes about 6 month to plump up and ripe for the bananas in my area ( faster in more tropical areas and depending on varieties).

lpatelski
06-24-2013, 07:54 PM
Friday June 21, 2013
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/TheAmazingBanana.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/TheAmazingBanana.jpg.html):goteam:

sunfish
06-24-2013, 07:54 PM
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crazy banana
06-24-2013, 07:57 PM
No worries. Plan on some banana cream pie for Christmas. Until then the bananas will plump up and ripen. Congratulations on your first bloom and fruits!
BTW: what kind is it?

lpatelski
06-24-2013, 08:05 PM
That's what I want to know. Maybe Orinoco I was told. If anyone could tell me what pictures to take so I could get a good ID I would appreciate the help.:2738: The flowers look Orinoco. They were taken as mutts last year.

Abnshrek
06-24-2013, 08:39 PM
Orinoco, they were taken as mutts last year.

A couple mutts are low maint come cold weather.. :^)

lpatelski
08-07-2013, 09:18 PM
Bunch Update 08/07/2013 six weeks old.
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/P8070947.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/P8070947.jpg.html)

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/P8070946.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/P8070946.jpg.html)

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/P8070945.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/P8070945.jpg.html)

My new question...will these bananas mature faster because there are so few?