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08-11-2012, 12:23 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
Got the pups from Tony in Sep 2009, and now there's something to show for it. I got a bunch of different varieties from Tony, the Misi Luki is also having fruits (not pictured). Will there be any more fruits developing from the "football", or should I cut it off now?
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08-11-2012, 12:29 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
You can cut off the male bud now if you want. It won't make any more fruits.
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
Is there anything I could've done to get more fruits?
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
The weather is getting colder in my area. The size of the bananas seem to be larger, but they're not looking any more ripe than the 1st photo. Will the cold temps harm the fruits? When, or should I cut them off? These seem to take forever to ripen.
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
I wouldn't cut them until right before first frost
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
How does one tell if they have a true dwarf? I have tall Orinoco and I was given a plant that is suppose to be dwarf. Right now its p-stem is a little over 5 ft.
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
Dwarf plants tend to have shorter petioles and a stockier build, not to mention a shorter pseudostem.
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hmmmmmm. Might have to post pics.
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Like Tony said, the longer you can leave them on the plant without them getting frost damaged, the more they will fill out and ripen properly. If you were only going to get a couple of frosts per winter, it might even be worth wrapping the bunch in a blanket on those night to allow them to stay on the plant to keep filling. |
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
Damn that's a nice plant!
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Got all those too.
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
I second that motion since I only looked at the top pic initially. :^)
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Re: Dwarf Orinoco (Thanks Sunfish!)
Nice plants Want Them All, how did your Dwarf Orinoco bunch turn out?
Yikes that's a long wait! My DO should probably flower this year, but the prospect of small bunches of inferior fruit that take extra long to ripen has me thinking about digging it out.
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