Double Mahoi question
 

Double Mahoi is s'posed to produce 2 flowers right? I read somewhere that at first it produces one flower and "second time around it'll produce 2 flowers". What does this mean? I thought all nannas die back once they produce a flower/fruit. Second time around??
This will be 4th summer for mine so I'm hoping it'll fruit for me....DOUBLE :) :drum:
Thanks

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Patty, I have read that as well. It may be that they won't carry on the trait in containers, or when they are not growing year-round. Just my speculation, not really based upon actual observation. I hope that I am incorrect as I would like to see mine do the same thing.

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Thanks Scot, you are lucky you can plant inground all year. Mine didn't do anything for 3 months this winter.
You are at 81* right now...what's it like?? :)

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Patty, it is gorgeous right now, but mine are also in containers. We had some freezing temps this winter and snow! I had all of the large plants in the garage, and while it got cold, they were protected from frost. The smaller plants were jammed into a cheap plastic greenhouse with no heat, just the sun and a large, dark brown trash can filled with water. Lots of yellowed leaves and all but the most cold sensitive bananas made it through the winter. They are just putting out new growth now and I am hopeful that most will make a good comeback.

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Almost hard to believe you got frost & snow there - zone 9!!! I've been there around Sept. & it was HOT HOT HOT.

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Yes, it figures. As soon as I get here, things go nuts. Pauly was saying that this has been one of the coldest winters on record, record rainfall this spring and one of the longest falls on record. Sheesh, is there a dark cloud over me?

Re: Double Mahoi question
 

Patty, I believe the reference to that fruiting habit is that a first generation plant will generally produce only one flower but when the mat is allowed to develop the next generation plants are stronger and will form two flowers. Mine develop none because they die in zone 9 unprotected! :P

Harvey

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Thanks Harvey, I think mine is a pup (not sure) so does that mean it's a 2nd generation?
Not sure what "generation" means. Except for tc's, all these plants are from pups.
Still confused...I think the blonde hair is kicking in LOL

Re: Double Mahoi question
 

Patty, it's not just your blonde condition, there aren't clear comments on this and others have been confused also.

See http://www.bananas.org/f2/double-mah...ions-5049.html

Joe also posted comments from Jon's site further down in this thread http://www.bananas.org/f3/double-mah...rgain-107.html

I've assumed that it means that the refers to a pup that is the second generation of a mat and that these plants are stronger with bigger root systems, etc. If pups are dug up and transplanted, they're first generations. I figure any other interpretation would mean that every plant we're growing is a 500th generation or so, right?

But then there was this post last year where even some neglected pups performed in a very unusual manner! http://www.bananas.org/f2/quadruple-mahoi-5752.html

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Thanks Harvey, so the trick is to leave the pups on. Mother will get one flower & when that dies off, the attached pup is 2nd generation. I will read all those links you put up here, later.

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I read all three. Seems ya gotta leave those pups attached! Here's a quote from what was written:
..."The plant resembles a dwarf Cavendish, growing a single bud for the first generation, then doubling as it reaches its' full size."..
"doubling as it reaches it's full size" ???? If it already produced a single bud, how can it reach it's full size? It already did. I think they meant when the ATTACHED PUP reaches full size.
All interesting . Thanks again for finding this stuff Harvey!

Re: Double Mahoi question
 

You're welcome, Patty.

I was fascinated by this banana a few years ago but, as I wrote in another thread, I think I'm giving up on it since I heard from somebody that the fruit doesn't taste great and it's just not hardy enough to grow here without more care than I think it's worth. However, I remember reading these threads before and was surprised they were so confusing. I don't recall seeing anyone every posting a photo of a plant that fruited other than that oddball one linked above. Seems kind of strange since it is obviously a variety that intrigues many people.

Good luck,

Harvey