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dross99_si
03-08-2020, 04:05 PM
Hey guys I’m wondering when to harvest these bananas. Pretty sure it’s a dwarf cavendish variety. None have turned yellow yet, but they have brown spots and some have split open. What do you think?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65752&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65752)
Backyard Banana Joe
03-08-2020, 04:18 PM
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Mikemooreflorida
03-09-2020, 03:27 PM
My tastes are usually more toward the letting them start to yellow on the rack, then cutting off just a hand at a time.
with a pruning sheers do a V cut one cut each side of hand and they come off complete pretty easily.
top to bottom if thats not obvious.
When I have excess racks ripening at the same time I just harvest the whole rack when the first hand is mostly yellow to save on time with harvests.
dross99_si
03-09-2020, 06:11 PM
Is it common for a few of the bananas to split open? What causes that to happen?
Backyard Banana Joe
03-09-2020, 07:15 PM
I think that bananas do that that when they are almost ripe. It is common. Good looking bunch!!
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