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momoese
07-28-2006, 04:48 PM
This bunch of reds is coming along nicely and one of my Namwa plants has sent up a flag leaf. I'll post pics of that one later. :gifs_rojo

Here is what it looked like a few days after opening.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/red1.jpg

This is what it looks like a couple weeks after opening. Looks like the bunch should have well over 70 fingers! You can just make out an Apple bunch at the lower left. I was able to seperate them just enough.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/red2.jpg

mikevan
07-28-2006, 05:25 PM
Those are stunning! I can hardly wait for the apple and red you sent me to do the same!

Mahalo,
Mike

momoese
07-28-2006, 05:52 PM
Mike, your only a year and a half away! :p

mikevan
07-28-2006, 06:33 PM
Oh goody! I'm gonna go out and wait, then, and watch them grow. :)

Grin,
Mike

Mike, your only a year and a half away! :p

Frankallen
07-28-2006, 07:35 PM
Mitchel, What a bunch of Beautiful Bananas!! Looks like you did a Great Job growing them!! CONGRATULATIONS !!:04:


Frank

momoese
07-28-2006, 07:50 PM
Thanks Frank, I really tried hard to keep them healthy!

Southern-Grower
07-29-2006, 06:31 AM
You got it going now..:)

i wanted to grow that one, but too long to fruit and height was a issue in gh..

Congrads !

MediaHound
07-29-2006, 08:12 AM
That's what it's all about! Awesome!
:paracaidi

mikevan
07-29-2006, 10:07 AM
You could always wrap the pseudostem to insulate if your winters are mild, or if your area gets really cold, dig it up and store it for the winter and replant in the spring. Where there's a will, there's a way...

Be well,
Mike

You got it going now..:)

i wanted to grow that one, but too long to fruit and height was a issue in gh..

Congrads !

Basjoofriend
07-29-2006, 02:57 PM
Oh wow! You have really very interesting pics. Congratulations!!! :bananas_b The pics of the Red Jamaican are also a must for my book, young red fruits at the flower bunch!! May I publish your pics in my book? Please email me.

Thanks!

Joachim

mikevan
07-29-2006, 03:05 PM
Please tell me you're doing an English version of your book! There is simply *NOTHING* on bananas here it seems. If not, I'll just have to learn German. :)

Be well,
Mike

Oh wow! You have really very interesting pics. Congratulations!!! :bananas_b The pics of the Red Jamaican are also a must for my book, young red fruits at the flower bunch!! May I publish your pics in my book? Please email me.

Thanks!

Joachim

momoese
07-29-2006, 05:49 PM
Joachim, sure thing, I'll email you the full resolution pictures for the book.

momoese
07-29-2006, 06:18 PM
SG, the height would definitely be an issue with these but what about the dwarf reds? I really think anyone that can keep bananas through the winter should try growing some kind of red as the foliage is so dang nice, and I have eaten the fruits from the mother plant mine came from and they were terrific! They have a really sweet fragrance and a flavor that's unforgettable.

Westwood
07-29-2006, 06:37 PM
Mitchel ,Awesome pics ..
I showed my roomate and he was liek you mean as the flower opens the bananas Grow ?
Yupp i got to watch it alot in panama as a kid . Thanks he is getting more and more interested in them now and the kids around here will get to experience a new thing.

Most have no clue as o where we get out food one little girl thought they grew in the ground another thought they had to be dug like Potatoes.

they where 10 and 12 so im teaching them . gives me a lift . Tammy

AnnaJW
07-30-2006, 12:46 PM
Totally awesome, Mitchel!!! :bananas_b

momoese
10-22-2006, 06:47 PM
Here is what they look like today, 10-06. They are starting to get a little plumper!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1556&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1556&ppuser=42)

mikevan
10-22-2006, 07:03 PM
Drool!!!! I can't wait for mine to follow suite!

Be well,
Mike

Here is what they look like today, 10-06. They are starting to get a little plumper!

Taylor
10-22-2006, 07:59 PM
Is this also "Dwarf Jamaican" or "Dwarf Red", because thats what mine is labeled as! I hope it is, because yours sure is nice!

halo
10-22-2006, 08:03 PM
Absolutely stunning pictures....I cant stop looking at them!

D'Andra
10-22-2006, 08:33 PM
Mitchel, I'm going to print out these pics and tape them to the wall next to my plants and say "NO!, NO! this is what you're SUPPOSED to do!"

Thanx for the inspiration. Awesome job!

mikevan
10-22-2006, 08:45 PM
He sent me the one I have and it's a regular red. However, I also have a young dwarf red to and they're supposed to have similar fruit - so don't pout - you'll still get yummy nanners!

Be well,
Mike

Is this also "Dwarf Jamaican" or "Dwarf Red", because thats what mine is labeled as! I hope it is, because yours sure is nice!

Taylor
10-22-2006, 08:48 PM
Okay, I thought that looked a little tall for a ' Dwarf '. Good to know, and the fruits look awfully similar, so I bet I'll get some good Nanners too! Just easier to reach:goteam:


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Hmm, this looks a lot like an AeAe banana, if only it had some white in it!

Exotic Life
10-23-2006, 11:25 AM
Very nice, i like that species !!