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mackmccaleb
07-01-2018, 06:09 PM
Just uploaded some pictures of this mystery into my gallery. I was driving past a house I knew had an impressive stand of bananas, and some unfriendly dogs, which have prevented me from asking any questions. There were several large pups lying beside the road, so I stopped and picked through them and took the 4 best home with me. Two of them had rather large corms attached, bigger than a football. One put up two pups immediately after I planted it and the other has grown twice as fast as my other bananas. I planted them in April, and the banana in my gallery has at least doubled in size since then. Anyone have any ideas? Any identifying traits I should be looking for? I'm very curious to find out what I may have picked up. All the pictures are of a single banana plant. I'm assuming they're all the same variety, but maybe not. I'll take pictures of the rest if anyone can help me identify this one
beam2050
07-02-2018, 01:17 PM
should be easy to identify, their all growing sideways. :ha:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63234&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63235&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63236&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63237&size=1
mackmccaleb
07-02-2018, 02:57 PM
Hey thanks for posting those for me! Yeah, sorry they're sideways. Sometimes it helps to look at things from a different perspective
edwmax
07-02-2018, 05:09 PM
Humm ... let me try.
They grow sideways;
Bottom leaves are variegated with yellow;
Pstems are green with very little/no other color;
They stand about 3 to 4 ft tall ... These are midgets or not grown;
*** They are bananas and we need about 9 more months to figure this out.
mackmccaleb
07-02-2018, 08:36 PM
So you'd need to see the flower or actual bananas in order to make an ID? This is my first time growing so I may be overeager
beam2050
07-03-2018, 03:14 AM
yep, they need to see the bananas and flower.
ok to be over eager tho we like pics.
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