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cagary
10-12-2008, 09:21 PM
My giant Ae Ae finally produced fruit a few months ago and the bunches are fattening up nicely. (Love those strips on the fruit skins!) Now I just hope the fruit ripens before the cool weather arrives and stops the process. The replacement banana plant next to it is growing like a weed.

Here's some pics.

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BIGDAWG69
10-13-2008, 01:08 AM
Ahh, very nice

TomK
10-13-2008, 05:41 AM
Very cool!

Bob
10-13-2008, 09:03 AM
Great looking plant. Hope you get to eat the fruit. Since your in zone 10 would it be practical to try to extend the growing season with some plastic over a wood frame? If I had a fruiting Ae Ae I'd do just about anything to insure success!

D_&_T
10-13-2008, 09:52 AM
Very nice!

Bananaman88
10-13-2008, 11:35 AM
Great job!

harveyc
10-13-2008, 02:25 PM
Congrats, Gary! Maybe I'll need to pay a visit down there sooner than I expected. ;)

island cassie
10-13-2008, 04:12 PM
Gorgeous plant and congrats on the fruit - they look great! Good pics - it's the devil trying to take pictures of fruit 18ft above you against a bright sky!!

Wish I had an Ae Ae (me and thousands of others)- I have just the place for it!! lol
Cassie

Steve L
10-14-2008, 10:16 AM
Yes, great job. I know you're proud.

Steve

Richard
10-14-2008, 10:44 AM
We're going to have a week of Santa Ann weather so the fruit should ripen up nicely.

cagary
10-15-2008, 11:07 PM
Great looking plant. Hope you get to eat the fruit. Since your in zone 10 would it be practical to try to extend the growing season with some plastic over a wood frame? If I had a fruiting Ae Ae I'd do just about anything to insure success!

Bob,

The problem is that my Ae Ae is well over 20 feet tall. There is just no way to cover it. Here's a photo. Can you see it next to my house in the center of the picture? That's a 20 foot Australian Tree Fern next to it. We have been having 90 degree temperatures lately so I'm still hoping I'll get some ripe fruit before the cool weather arrives.

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grad85
10-16-2008, 03:28 AM
very nice,great fern to:bananas_b

Bob
10-16-2008, 12:52 PM
Wow, didn't picture it being THAT big. And yeah beautiful tree fern!

dablo93
10-16-2008, 02:35 PM
great!
do you water him much in your summers?
but i dont see that much variegation;)