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Backyard Banana Joe
04-05-2020, 12:33 PM
Hello everyone, I have been wanting to make a constant-update type thread for awhile now, so here it is!


Just planted another section in my yard. Front to back: Raja puri, dwarf red?, dwarf cavendish, and a super dwarf.



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cincinnana
04-06-2020, 05:49 PM
Hello everyone, I have been wanting to make a constant-update type thread for awhile now, so here it is!


Just planted another section in my yard. Front to back: Raja puri, dwarf red?, dwarf cavendish, and a super dwarf.



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49723054983_71f6bc410a_b.jpg

Is that a dwarf Red????:woohoonaner:

Backyard Banana Joe
04-06-2020, 06:01 PM
Is that a dwarf Red????:woohoonaner:



It is the brother of the other one in the thread Dwarf red

edwmax
04-06-2020, 07:24 PM
It is the brother of the other one in the thread Dwarf red


Boy !!! .... Girl!!! ... I know what to look for to tell the difference; BUT WHERE on the nana plant? Must be like a cat: more than 2 colors in the fur, it's a Girl; but a cat with 2 colors you have to wait until they drop to know it is a boy: or nana plant to bloom?

Backyard Banana Joe
04-06-2020, 08:31 PM
Boy !!! .... Girl!!! ... I know what to look for to tell the difference; BUT WHERE on the nana plant? Must be like a cat: more than 2 colors in the fur, it's a Girl; but a cat with 2 colors you have to wait until they drop to know it is a boy: or nana plant to bloom?


Well it is a sibling to the other

beam2050
04-07-2020, 07:43 AM
beleive i read that in some countries, like Republica Dominacana, its; grandfather, father, son.

Backyard Banana Joe
04-07-2020, 10:17 AM
Kinda scared to grow praying hands now!!!! Checkout the hight!




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Backyard Banana Joe
04-13-2020, 01:15 PM
My Tall Namwa mat just sent out a BEAST! This pup is huge! About a foot and a half away from the mother, with a caliper of three to four inches! Definitely not a water sucker lol :ha::08::woohoonaner:





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I broke the top off it and it grew half an inch in fifteen minutes!



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smeash
04-14-2020, 01:01 PM
Wow! that's awesome!!

Backyard Banana Joe
05-26-2020, 11:22 AM
Updates on everything!


The beast is growing well:


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938811892_57939fdc7d_b.jpg




The raja puri has two pups:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49937993343_bf4b7940b1_b.jpg



And the 1000 finger has one:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938849417_f5356da1da_b.jpg



I finally got around to planting sweetheart, double cavendish, and California gold:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938820117_bf13f5fd47_b.jpg


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938006193_3cec23af8c_b.jpg


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These areas are doing REALLY good!!! Front to back: double cavendish, raja puri, dwarf red?, dwarf cavendish w/ three pups, and super dwarf.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938825272_3eea856c43_b.jpg




Left side, front to back: Orinoco, 1000 finger, dwarf Brazilian.
Right side, front to back: tall Namwa, Pisang Ceylon, and dwarf namwa.
On the far right you can see the sweetheart. I will be probably planting two more plants there to finish the row.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938521531_c1b35d3384_b.jpg


Check out the beautiful p- stem on this mystery banana:


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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938510786_0a3ff0d0a9_b.jpg


And the best for last: the tall Namwa bunches are maturing slowly but surely:


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49938811717_2d8e792c68_b.jpg


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49937996038_537f51d163_b.jpg




Thanks for looking!!!! :birthdaynana: :woohoonaner: :goteam: :nanadrink: :08:

smeash
05-27-2020, 03:32 PM
Looking good! That tall namwah bunch looks heavy! Congrats!

Akula
05-27-2020, 03:45 PM
Fantastic! Great collection of banana plants.

BBJ, what's that vine-like plant you are growing under the canopy? Squash of some sort or watermelon? Will it grow after the canopy fills out (more shade)?

Backyard Banana Joe
05-27-2020, 03:51 PM
Looking good! That tall namwah bunch looks heavy! Congrats!



Thanks you smeash! I am thinking it will be roughly 40 -45 lbs! :woohoonaner:

Backyard Banana Joe
05-27-2020, 03:56 PM
Fantastic! Great collection of banana plants.

BBJ, what's that vine-like plant you are growing under the canopy? Squash of some sort or watermelon? Will it grow after the canopy fills out (more shade)?


Thanks!

That is a calabaza squash (also pictured in pic #3 and #8) I am growing it as a ground cover (annual) till it eventually dies. By that time the cassava and other things growing there will take over.

Sundra
05-28-2020, 02:06 AM
Love your little banana jungle ! :discocrazed:

Lol@ the squash photo-bomb :ha:

Valor_X
05-28-2020, 09:25 AM
Thanks you smeash! I am thinking it will be roughly 40 -45 lbs! :woohoonaner:

Is the Tall Namwah fruit different than the Dwarf Variety? How tall does the Tall Namwah get?

Backyard Banana Joe
05-28-2020, 09:46 AM
Is the Tall Namwah fruit different than the Dwarf Variety? How tall does the Tall Namwah get?


I am not sure.... Never had the dwarf. The first tall namwa bunch is generally twelve feet @ the p-stem. The second tree is a little taller when it fruits. They can get pretty tall.....

Valor_X
05-28-2020, 10:54 AM
I am not sure.... Never had the dwarf. The first tall namwa bunch is generally twelve feet @ the p-stem. The second tree is a little taller when it fruits. They can get pretty tall.....

I like tall banana trees! I'm already growing a dwarf from TC and if the fruit is any different it would give me an excuse to get one! :ha:

Backyard Banana Joe
05-28-2020, 11:00 AM
Just dug a little tall Namwa pup! :woohoonaner:




https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49945514926_f3a31ff395_b.jpg

Akula
05-28-2020, 11:35 AM
Is the Tall Namwah fruit different than the Dwarf Variety? How tall does the Tall Namwah get?

The only difference that I have heard in regards to fruit as I recall is that the tall namwa fruit is suppose to be "cleaner" whatever that means (fewer blemishes, dings, odd shapes, maybe?) and less chance of getting a corky center. I have encountered some corkiness in my bananas (tall nawmwas) but its a pretty rare thing like 1 in 250 bananas for me. Flavorwise and individual finger size they are suppose to be the same.

Akula
05-28-2020, 11:38 AM
Just dug a little tall Namwa pup! :woohoonaner:



Looks like about a month old maybe. They grow up so fast! Haha.

Backyard Banana Joe
05-28-2020, 12:19 PM
Looks like about a month old maybe. They grow up so fast! Haha.



Don't they!!

Backyard Banana Joe
05-28-2020, 12:33 PM
The only difference that I have heard in regards to fruit as I recall is that the tall namwa fruit is suppose to be "cleaner" whatever that means (fewer blemishes, dings, odd shapes, maybe?) and less chance of getting a corky center. I have encountered some corkiness in my bananas (tall nawmwas) but its a pretty rare thing like 1 in 250 bananas for me. Flavorwise and individual finger size they are suppose to be the same.


I think that they are closer to the ground and so the wind doesn't clean the junk (dry flower petals midway though the bunch, and some dry male flowers at the bottom. Other that that I have no idea!

bunch of dwarf namwa. You can see the spider webs and other stuff on there


[img]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53768&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53768)





(credit venturabananas])
Dwarf Namwah bunch

Valor_X
05-28-2020, 02:20 PM
That's a huge pup! :08:

Just dug a little tall Namwa pup! :woohoonaner:




https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49945514926_f3a31ff395_b.jpg

Backyard Banana Joe
06-04-2020, 08:02 PM
I just got some new plants! Thanks Mark!


Taking a bath in bleach water:



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49971883207_00027ee77a_b.jpg



Little Prince:



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Blue java:



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Praying hands:




https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49971647681_109fb384f1_b.jpg


:08: :woohoonaner: :nanadrink: :0517: