Are the bananas done?

Ablessed · 09-30-2015, 10:55 PM

If the flower at the tip of the banana has turned black, does that mean the banana has finished growing?
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pitangadiego · 10-01-2015, 11:50 PM

That means the the current and future flowers are male. The bananas that you see are all that there will be in this bunch.

Ablessed · 10-02-2015, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pitangadiego

That means the the current and future flowers are male. The bananas that you see are all that there will be in this bunch.

Thanks! Should I cut them off?

Lau · 10-02-2015, 12:14 PM

I usually wait until one turns yellow.

Ablessed · 10-02-2015, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lau

I usually wait until one turns yellow.

One of the female bananas?

kubali · 10-02-2015, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ablessed

If the flower at the tip of the banana has turned black, does that mean the banana has finished growing?
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it will probably be 3-4 months till they are ripe....and he was talking about he waits till one of the fingers turns yellow then he cuts bunch down; you
will know when they get close will be real fat and plump an much fuller looking than they are now....

Ablessed · 10-02-2015, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kubali

it will probably be 3-4 months till they are ripe....and he was talking about he waits till one of the fingers turns yellow then he cuts bunch down; you
will know when they get close will be real fat and plump an much fuller looking than they are now....

Ohhh! That is so exciting! I am so relieved to know that these are just male flowers and not female flowers that are not thriving. Now I am assured that the conditions are okay after all and things are going well!

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