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Julian
01-07-2014, 11:38 PM
I had my first bunch. I am going disagree with the people that have said that Manzanos that are grown in Hawaii donʻt taste good. They are great. They donʻt really taste like DBʻs to me. The texture is different and they have a different type of acid taste. The crappy thing is that you have to wait until it splits for them to taste good. I canʻt hang it on my porch like my other bananas because the critters get to them as soon as they split. All in all, I love this banana.:08:
robguz24
01-08-2014, 12:39 PM
That's good to know. The only time I've had them was before I knew much about bananas and thought I was buying DBs and ate them way too early. They've also tended to have hard lumps. I had some recently when I was in Brazil, and I liked them. Very different from DBs.
Julian
01-08-2014, 04:31 PM
No lumps so far. Itʻs a trip how ripe this banana can look, fully yellow and splitting, yet itʻs not ready to eat. It has to feel soft before they taste good. The Muraru that I have hanging is fully ripe while green. Total opposite. My kids are confused. I have to tell them that those yellow ones are not ready yet, but those green ones are?
That's good to know. The only time I've had them was before I knew much about bananas and thought I was buying DBs and ate them way too early. They've also tended to have hard lumps. I had some recently when I was in Brazil, and I liked them. Very different from DBs.
Yeah, mine had the hard lumps in them, too.
robguz24
01-14-2014, 01:37 AM
What's up with your bananas, Guy? Did you have to give up your plot after all? Growing anything now?
What's up with your bananas, Guy? Did you have to give up your plot after all? Growing anything now?
I gave up the plot - multiple reasons (the idiots running the club didn't file paperwork to keep the club going, but were instead handing out 'fix your plot or get out' notices (and not doing it in accordance with the bylaws, I might add). Eventually they did get around to filling out the proper forms, and got an extension of the charter, but by then I was tired of the sh*t. I'm also awaiting back surgery for a ruptured disc, so I don't think I'll be doing anything too strenuous for a while. I still have (in pots) Gros Michel, something similar to Ruhuvia Chichi (Gabe said it is not Ruhuvia Chichi, but something similar with red fruit), Williams, and Muraru M'shale. My Ae Ae got virused so I wasted no time in removing it. It was my fav, but I had too many others that were at risk. My Manai Ula was stolen. They dug it right out of the ground. It wasn't even fruiting size yet. The thief will be quite surprised with the fruit; I doubt it will be what they expected. I found homes for most of my nanners so if I get another plot, or a bigger yard one day, I know where to find 4/5 or more generation pups to re-start. :08:
caliboy1994
01-15-2014, 04:19 AM
I've gotten some pretty good Manzanos at the supermarket here in California before, but oftentimes they are sub-par. The ones I had in Turks and Caicos were bomb, and they were store-bought.
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