Bananavilla

Every time I harvest a bunch from one of the Tall varieties and have to move these massive "water timbers", I can't help but appreciate the dedication of those such as Frank that go so far as to move something like this in and out every season.
I am no weakling, but I can tell you that if I had to move these every season, I wouldn't be growing anything but Dwarfs!!
My Ice Cream trunks must weight 120 + Lb's without the corm!
Mike

tlturbo

Hey Mike,

I don't think they will grow next spring without SOME of the corm.

HA HA - just kidding.

I agree, some people on here have a LOT more dedication than I would have.

Terry

JoeReal

So anybody's suggestions on what to do with these trunks?

When I was a kid in the Philippines, we use it as rafts in the river. We roll these trunks into the river, then strung these trunks together using sticks and banana ropes (yes you can strip the outer edges of each sheath to form a durable rope), it is so easy to do while they are floating on a calm river. Then use it as raft where we dive from in the middle of the river. It floats good.

When our parents come to pick us up from the river outing, we haul the trunks back, take out some of the individual sheath, and cut them foot long, and voila, we have disposable plates to hold our picnic food. These are very clean disposable plates.

After removing some more sheaths, until the core becomes very white, we then cut them to tiny bits and use as vegetable or feed for the animals.

All the leftover matter, we pile them up around the base of growing banana mat, and they become mulch.

Nothing is wasted.

Here in the US, perhaps we can use the sheath as disposable plates during thanksgiving, the inside curvature to hold the food are really clean and cool. But most of the time, simply mulch them or go into the compost heap. Sigh...

Bananavilla

Joe, is that where the term "Banana Boat" came from?
Mike

bigdog

LOL! Mike, I'm still not sure if it's "dedication" or just simply "insanity"! I'm still having fun doing it though, even though I have lots of never-tilled ground to work with here in the Spring. A couple of mine weighed in at over 200 pounds easily with the corm. Probably closer to 300 lbs. Nice to have some good, strong help when the time comes to move them. Everybody seems to disappear around that time though. Hmmm...