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ez
01-13-2014, 08:35 PM
Here's an update on my sweetheart, hopefully before autumn I will be able to taste the fruit for the first time. The cooler weather (65° to 80°) does not seem to affect it and would rate the cold tolerance of this plant at number one compared to the other bananas that I grow.

Cold Tolerance
1- FHIA-3 Sweetheart
2- Namwah
3- Raja Puri
4- Manzano
5- Gran Nain - Rose - Dwarf Cavendish - Veinte Cohol


70" p-stem with a base diameter of 8"

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55569&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55569)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/11937338745_7bb3231215_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937338745/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/11937783804_544a917817_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937783804/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/11937786384_1fd0e6d7c3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937786384/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/11937612443_96a40616ec_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937612443/)








FHIA-3 Sweetheart 5' p-stem 11-20-2013
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/10965367436_a5d1f6e2e8_b.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/10965457174_7567c0d0ec_b.jpg

Richard
01-13-2014, 10:03 PM
It looks ready to fruit.

ez
01-14-2014, 06:50 PM
It looks ready to fruit.

Anything's possible Richard but I think it's more likely to fruit at 8' or above, at the nursery there were 3 to 4 with fruit starting at 8' to 10' and I've read 10'-12'.

ez
01-18-2014, 05:51 PM
I've had high winds (20-25mph) in the past week that caused damage to my Sweetheart and lost 2 leaves, not very wind tolerant unless it was hit with a freak gust of wind, my other banana plants have shredded leaves but none were broken.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/12019478303_4591ef467e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12019478303/)

ez
02-07-2014, 06:45 PM
:bananas_b First pup born on 2/1/2014 :bananas_b

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/12371789094_131b44cc9d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12371789094/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2849/12371789934_300c531a2c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12371789934/)

Kat2
02-07-2014, 07:10 PM
So Coca Cola is your secret tonic? (I'm known to use an empty beer can for comparison poses; emphasis on empty. And my plants don't get a drop!)

Nice pup!

ez
04-13-2014, 05:53 PM
I've taken more photos of sweetheart pups. I removed the new red mulch down to the original brown surface for growth comparison. The mother plant has grown to a p-stem height of 7' 4".


4/12/2014
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5171/13833355384_7672501e2a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/n5pyBj)





This is the pup on the right side of the mother plant above. 2/1/2014
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2849/12371789934_300c531a2c_c.jpg



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