HMelendez
06-27-2016, 06:54 AM
Currently my SH-3640 banana is flowering for the first time!...She is almost 9 feet tall!....With 15 banana leafs in total, a monster!....A very strong, robust and stout banana plant!.....For me this one is a keeper!....:08:
My personal opinion, The SH-3640 is one of the best banana "hybrids" coming from the FHIA line!....period!....
The SH-3640 is considered a cold tolerant banana variety and she will recover quickly from any cold spell than some other banana varieties like the Cavendish types....Has been mentioned before, that she is also, considered a short cycle banana (grows rapidly, fruits early)...Not in the same league as the Veinte Cohol banana or Patupi banana but it will grow fast as some of the Cavendish varieties!.....
I also grow Cavendish banana varieties (Williams and Grand Nain) side by side with the SH-3640 and I can tell you from my personal experience, this past winter, the SH-3640 didn't loose any banana leaf contrary to the Cavendish varieties (Williams and Grand Nain) they starting losing banana leafs because of the cold winter spell!......
Thank you Keith (PR-Giants) for let me acquired my SH-3640 banana on April, 2015!......:08:
Pictures taken on June 24, 2016...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60031 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60031)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60032 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60032)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60040 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60040)
Pictures taken on June 26, 2016...flag leaf coming out!....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60036 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60036)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60034 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60034)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60035 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60035)
More updates coming soon!....:bananarow:
My personal opinion, The SH-3640 is one of the best banana "hybrids" coming from the FHIA line!....period!....
The SH-3640 is considered a cold tolerant banana variety and she will recover quickly from any cold spell than some other banana varieties like the Cavendish types....Has been mentioned before, that she is also, considered a short cycle banana (grows rapidly, fruits early)...Not in the same league as the Veinte Cohol banana or Patupi banana but it will grow fast as some of the Cavendish varieties!.....
I also grow Cavendish banana varieties (Williams and Grand Nain) side by side with the SH-3640 and I can tell you from my personal experience, this past winter, the SH-3640 didn't loose any banana leaf contrary to the Cavendish varieties (Williams and Grand Nain) they starting losing banana leafs because of the cold winter spell!......
Thank you Keith (PR-Giants) for let me acquired my SH-3640 banana on April, 2015!......:08:
Pictures taken on June 24, 2016...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60031 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60031)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60032 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60032)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60040 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60040)
Pictures taken on June 26, 2016...flag leaf coming out!....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60036 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60036)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60034 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60034)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60035 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60035)
More updates coming soon!....:bananarow: