Help identify this lady's awesome plants

GreenFin · 02-02-2012, 07:02 PM

Here's a terrific video of an Indian lady with a spectacular banana-oriented farm.

Check out the banana plants featured from 6:47-7:12 in the video. Are those Dwarf Cavendish? The plants look like DC to me, but those bunches are amazing, and I didn't think DC produced bunches of that size and quality (I thought you had to move up to Gran Nain to get bunches like that).

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momoese · 02-02-2012, 07:07 PM

Nice looking bunches!

GreenFin · 02-02-2012, 08:54 PM

Here's a video labeled "Grand Naine banana farm" for comparison:

Grand naine banana farm - YouTube

Gabe15 · 02-06-2012, 03:58 PM

They look to be either 'Grand Nain' or 'Williams' (cannot really tell with the buds cut off), but not 'Dwarf Cavendish'.

RAINFOREZT · 02-06-2012, 07:40 PM

The big one is called; at least that part of the world is Robusta. It is a short banana plant. They stays kind of light yellowish green after ripe. The fruits tends not stay on the bunch after ripe. They fall off. (That feature applies to chundillakannan also.) I have tasted them, almost taste like Cavendish banana from Wal-Mart (Del-manto), but it is different and do not taste like Chiquita. The video is from the south Indian state called Kerala. They have good fertile soil and lots of rain. (Monsoon) I think she is getting bigger bunch is because You can see at 7:16, After harvest she leaves only one sucker and use rest of the suckers to feed cows. Around that one sucker they apply about 50 –60 lbs of cow manure. So cow manure is the secret. It’s fully-grown organically. The main fertilizer is pure cow manure.
She is also growing- Poovan, Playamkodan(Mysure) and Kappa vazha or chenkathali (Tall Red)

Horticulture :: Fruits :: Banana

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...w=1024&bih=571

GreenFin · 02-06-2012, 09:34 PM

When I looked up Robusta on Encanto Farms/WeBeBananas, it said it's a synonym for Valery.

I'd have thought that giving Valery plants a boatload of manure like that would have produced larger plants, but maybe they were kept short by a lack of water. I guess it seems reasonable that tons of fertilizer combined with moderate supplies of water would result in heavy-fruiting yet moderately sized plants.

It's exciting that banana plants can be so productive and short at the same time. Can't wait to make some mini-plantations!

GreenFin · 02-06-2012, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAINFOREZT

Horticulture :: Fruits :: Banana

That's a great link, thanks for posting it

Iunepeace · 04-24-2012, 03:18 PM

I agree that using good soil, tons of organic fertlizer, and lots of water can result in huge bunches even on shorter varieties. I have an uncle on another island that grows bananas and his Super Dwarf Cavendish put out bunches almost that massive; the bananas are shorter though, but his plants were the first I thought of to compare her's to. He fertilizes everything with seaweed, which from what I've researched is excellent and multi-purpose in the garden. Very inspiring stuff

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RAINFOREZT RAINFOREZT's Photo Gallery Zone: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 485 BananaBucks : 115,912 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 634 Times Was Thanked 642 Times in 210 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 145 Times	Re: Help identify this lady's awesome plants The big one is called; at least that part of the world is Robusta. It is a short banana plant. They stays kind of light yellowish green after ripe. The fruits tends not stay on the bunch after ripe. They fall off. (That feature applies to chundillakannan also.) I have tasted them, almost taste like Cavendish banana from Wal-Mart (Del-manto), but it is different and do not taste like Chiquita. The video is from the south Indian state called Kerala. They have good fertile soil and lots of rain. (Monsoon) I think she is getting bigger bunch is because You can see at 7:16, After harvest she leaves only one sucker and use rest of the suckers to feed cows. Around that one sucker they apply about 50 –60 lbs of cow manure. So cow manure is the secret. It’s fully-grown organically. The main fertilizer is pure cow manure. She is also growing- Poovan, Playamkodan(Mysure) and Kappa vazha or chenkathali (Tall Red) Horticulture :: Fruits :: Banana https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...w=1024&bih=571

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