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AnnaJW
07-02-2008, 07:57 PM
I got to have my first Ice Cream banana today from my own plant! I thought they were never going to ripen, but I went out this afternoon to check them, and there was one that looked ready. I decided to take a taste test. They are small, but very good!!!
mskitty38583
07-02-2008, 11:41 PM
anna congrats on the fruit!!! did you take a pic to post for us to see the fruit? im so happy the ripened for you!!!!:bananarow::bananarow::bananarow:
island cassie
07-03-2008, 01:42 AM
Congratulations Anna - I know how exciting it must be - I am waiting daily for the first flag on mine. Please post some pics when you can!
Cassie
island cassie
07-03-2008, 01:42 AM
duplicate posting
Richard
07-03-2008, 11:18 AM
:woohoonaner:
Dean W.
07-03-2008, 01:27 PM
Congrtas Anna!:2750:
Chironex
07-03-2008, 04:17 PM
There will be a future Zen type moment when I taste the first fruits of my labors. I can only imagine what that first sweet bite must be like. It is one of the things that I will cherish a lifetime.
ladybug825
07-03-2008, 04:41 PM
:2783:Congratulations. Can't wait to taste the fruit of my labors.
Debbie
sandy0225
07-03-2008, 04:51 PM
I'm super jealous! I have one I'm just dying to see it bloom, and it stubbornly refuses. Maybe if I'd start wishing it wouldn't bloom--then it will!
How tall were the pups on yours when it started blooming? Maybe that will give me a clue as to how mature mine is now.
TTP, Fred
07-05-2008, 04:28 PM
How long did it take for the fruit to ripen? After 14 months in the ground, my Ice Cream bananas finally flowered one month ago, and my 9-year-old daughter is constantly asking when she'll be able to finally eat them.
3 months? 4 months?
Also, mine don't appear blue yet...is that something that will come as they ripen?
CookieCows
07-05-2008, 05:45 PM
I'm so excited for you!!! And yes PLEASE... pictures!!
There will be a future Zen type moment when I taste the first fruits of my labors. I can only imagine what that first sweet bite must be like. It is one of the things that I will cherish a lifetime.
Chironex... you have expressed my feelings exactly!! And probably everyone else's that are waiting for that first time!
Deb
AnnaJW
07-08-2008, 01:43 PM
How long did it take for the fruit to ripen? After 14 months in the ground, my Ice Cream bananas finally flowered one month ago, and my 9-year-old daughter is constantly asking when she'll be able to finally eat them.
3 months? 4 months?
Also, mine don't appear blue yet...is that something that will come as they ripen?
Mine took eight months to ripen!
AnnaJW
07-08-2008, 01:49 PM
Here are some pictures:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=11036&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=11036&ppuser=14)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=11037&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=11037&ppuser=14)
I cut off the bunch in the second photo yesterday. Some of them are so ripe, the ants were drilling into them.
Nancy
07-08-2008, 01:56 PM
Oh, lucky you! I was so excited when my Ice Cream banana fruited last fall, but unfortunately we had a hard freeze before the fruit had time to mature. By the way, I also felt that my fruit never qualified as "bluish." I'd just call it green.
Anyway, congratulations! I hope you're able to enjoy all the fruit before the ants beat you to it.
microfarmer
07-08-2008, 01:58 PM
Well, good for you Anna!!
Mine took eight months to ripen!
8 months!! Is that with the dormant winter break, or all in the warm months? Mine is about to bloom, and I'm hoping it will only take about 3 months to ripen my first fruit. It definately won't last thru the winter, and even if I could protect the fruit, I don't think the leaves would make it to provide photosynthesis in the spring. Or do you mean it took 8 months to reach maturity, set fruit, and ripen?
magicgreen
07-08-2008, 02:15 PM
You go girl!!!!:03:
My icecream is one of my best performers so far !! I would love to see mine bloom.:ukkibannana:
AnnaJW
07-08-2008, 02:35 PM
The plants bloomed in November. I was very concerned they wouldn't get through the winter.
austinl01
07-08-2008, 03:52 PM
Great work! Congratulations. I gave up on growing Ice Cream a few years ago because I figured I could never get it to flower or the fruit to ripen in my climate. Oh well, I hear they are really tasty though. :)
bencelest
07-08-2008, 04:31 PM
Wow!!!!
TTP, Fred
07-08-2008, 11:42 PM
For any others who have successfully grown Ice Cream bananas, was it also your experience that it took 8 months for the fruit to ripen?
Mine put fruit out at the beginning of June--14 months after I planted them--and I can't fathom having to wait until February (assuming no freeze here in the Houston area).
Bananaman88
07-09-2008, 06:32 AM
For any others who have successfully grown Ice Cream bananas, was it also your experience that it took 8 months for the fruit to ripen?
Mine put fruit out at the beginning of June--14 months after I planted them--and I can't fathom having to wait until February (assuming no freeze here in the Houston area).
Mike,
I can't say for certain, having never grown Ice Cream before now, but I can't imagine you will have to wait 8 months for them to ripen. As we discussed before, when some of my bananas have flowered in July here in the Houston area, I've just cut them once cold weather really threatens (usually in Dec.) and brought them inside. This gave them approx. 3-4 months to mature and they have ripened fine-although slowly- inside for me. Feel free to give me a call if you start to get concerned.
microfarmer
07-09-2008, 10:18 AM
The plants bloomed in November. I was very concerned they wouldn't get through the winter.
I don't consider the dormant season as part of the growing season, 'cause bananas are not growing. It's hard to pin down how many months out of a year constitutes a growing season. About 8 for me...
MediaHound
07-09-2008, 06:05 PM
:woohoonaner:
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