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PR-Giants
11-22-2017, 02:40 PM
I received this photo today of a banana plant that I shipped to a Zone 5 member back in the middle of May 2017 and it flowered in September 2017 with 4 hands 61 fingers. It had a money back guarantee to flower in a few months, so that worked out nicely. :ha::ha::lurk:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57035 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57035)

PR-Giants
11-22-2017, 04:42 PM
I thought the member was planning to split the pseudo stem earlier in the summer so they would have the time
needed to harvest edible fruit, but that never happened.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57034 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57034)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51463 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51463)

MusaZombie
11-22-2017, 06:08 PM
that is gorgeous :)

duaneh
11-22-2017, 06:09 PM
how does splitting the stem work I have never heard of this. I'm in zone 6 should really be zone 5 and I would love to hear more about this if it makes the plant fruit faster or ripen faster.

PR-Giants
11-22-2017, 07:46 PM
http://www.bananas.org/f15/cold-weather-growers-what-best-ways-46751.html

Banana plants are easy to manipulate, you just need to know what you are trying to accomplish.

It's trading a large bunch of fruit that you might not have enough time for the fruit to fill for a smaller bunch that'll leave enough time for the fruit to fill.

how does splitting the stem work I have never heard of this. I'm in zone 6 should really be zone 5 and I would love to hear more about this if it makes the plant fruit faster or ripen faster.