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Spaceag07
09-05-2019, 05:42 PM
Came back from a long Labor Day weekend out of town to a great surprise - one of our dwarf Brazilian bananas has flowered!

:woohoonaner:

Stats:
Dwarf Brazilian 2 'Kevin'
Source: merce3
Planted: Sept 2018
Flowered: Sept 2019 (Labor Day)
PS Height: 80"
Pup: 60"

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65276&size=1

Time to cut back on the nitrogen and keep up the potash feedings. I've read they can take 5-6 months to ripen. Hopefully they'll at least get some size on them in the 3-4 months of good weather we've got left before winter really sets in on the Texas coast.

Backyard Banana Joe
09-05-2019, 06:48 PM
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!:woohoonaner::woohoonaner::woohoonaner::nan adrink::nanadrink::nanadrink: How tall is the tallest leaf?

hdynad
09-06-2019, 07:08 AM
Congrats I bet your daughter is excited. I love to see the children's faces as they watch the flowers and bananas emerging. I am faced with the same concern with my Dearf Brazillian. I hope we both get to try them.

Happy growing,

Darla

Spaceag07
09-06-2019, 08:55 PM
Thanks, Darla! The kid is pretty excited at the prospect of homegrown bananas. Good luck on yours as well. How is your Blue Java bunch filling out?

To Backyard Banana Joe - my measuring stick doesn't reach that far. I'd guess the leaves go another 3 or 3-1/2 ft beyond the pstem.

hdynad
09-07-2019, 05:17 PM
Congrats I bet your daughter is excited. I love to see the children's faces as they watch the flowers and bananas emerging. I am faced with the same concern with my Dearf Brazillian. I hope we both get to try them.

Happy growing,

Darla


Hope by some luck we will both get to taste this yr.. Their is always next year. Blue Java is a beast, she has fruited 4 times with the 1st bananas ready just within the last few weeks. If your up my way I will I will give you some to try. They are really good. I took a bunch to Tennessee for the grands and they love them. I posted pics on flicker if you want to look them up.

Happy growing
Darla

hdynad
09-28-2019, 11:55 AM
How is that Dwarf Brazillian doing? How many ha ds do you get from her? Pics?
Hope you guys are doing well.

Darla

Spaceag07
09-28-2019, 06:37 PM
Hi Darla! We are very good, thank you for asking. TS Imelda came and went. The worst of it stayed off to the east of us, so it was really just ~18" of rain over 2 days. I hope all is well with you and yours as well!

Our dwarf Brazilians are really coming along! I trimmed the male flower off the first last week to hopefully encourage her fingers to start filling in. I think I count 6 hands! The other bloomed while I was at Cape Canaveral last week. It's showing 3 hands so far. It so late I kind of hope it stops there, but we'll see. I'll try to post pics in the morning.

Backyard Banana Joe
10-01-2019, 03:45 PM
I'll try to post pics in the morning.

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Spaceag07
10-06-2019, 01:20 PM
As requested, here are pictures of both Dwarf Brazilian bunches:

First bloom 'Kevin' @ ~1 month:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65402&size=1

Second bloom 'Bob' @ ~2 weeks:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65403&size=1

I count 6 hands on each.

hdynad
10-06-2019, 02:25 PM
Very nice, thanks for sharing the pics. I am sure tour daughter bbn looks at them every day. Fingers crossed for harvesting before freezes for both of us.

Happy growing
Darla