voyager

There is no longer any possibility of doubt that it is a Brazilian/Hawaiian Apple banana.

Those nipple ends confirm it without doubt.
Note the "clean" rachis on this tall one compared to the "messy" rachis on the Dwarf Brazilian/Hawaiian Apple.
Per the book cited earlier in this thread, that is a defining characteristic of the tall and dwarf varieties.
Just finished eating a bunch taken off another plant. Got another bunch about ready to ripen.

I need to plant more bananas. I don' seem to be growing enough yet to keep up with our usage. I'm still buying them at the farmers markets.

Also, one of the Ice Cream's I have left has sent out a blossom and will be fruiting soon.
I had transplanted a bunch of them.
Ate a few after they fruited.
Didn't really like them.
So, I dug most of them up leaving only 1 small clump.
They reproduce so fast that I need to dig up most of the pups to keep it contained.

robguz24

I grow 100 types and sell many of them. Unlike a certain farmers market seller nearby, it's not a 50-50 chance that the plant will actually be what it is sold as. Message me if you're interested. Mysore, Tu'u Ghia, Gros Michel, and a few others like Mona Lisa and the not quite "Goldfingers" are ones I encourage everyone to grow in addition to Apples. If you like Ice Cream, you'll probably like Sweetheart as well. I like it much better.

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It snuck up on me.
I probably could have cut them down yesterday or the day before.



This is the bunch that began the thread.
It is also the largest [most bananas] bunch I've gotten to date from all my plants so far.

It is in the same group that is having nutrient shortage problems.
There are 2 more that are setting fruit, and 2 more just beginning to bloom in this group.
None are as well developed as this one that was next to a compost bin.

I am going to be adding trace minerals and fertilizer quite regularly from now on.

All in all, I have 6 bunches in the chute, not including this one.
I'm going to need to turn into a serious banana face in the very near future.