Fhia 18 -big Bunch,great Outcome

Greenie · 10-29-2007, 04:46 PM

This "FHIA 18" is the 2nd to fruit from my project.It was planted in mid Feb. and has a height at about 10 feet.A very stout plant with a beautiful green color and very vigorous.I gave her plenty of food and she rewarded me with
"10" HANDS and 160+ fruit

momoese · 10-29-2007, 05:19 PM

Holy Mackerel!! Nice bunch!

buzzwinder · 10-29-2007, 06:00 PM

Nice, very nice, I am so zone jealous, Congrats !!!!

Steve in France · 10-29-2007, 06:42 PM

Great Job , best of luck for the harvest
Later
Steve

Paul7b · 10-29-2007, 09:30 PM

Looking good there, we have 2 FHIA in pots that never got in the ground this year. We put everything that is in pots in the garage today, went down to 34 last night and calling for a little cooler tonight.

D_&_T · 10-29-2007, 10:58 PM

very nice bunch of bananas

Dan & Tara

had killing frost last night low of 28F

Lagniappe · 10-29-2007, 11:05 PM

Great pics Greenie !
Thanks for putting the measuring tape in the pic . We should all do that . It puts everything into perspective and lets one know exactly what he or she is looking at .
Very impressive !

valerie@flower · 10-29-2007, 11:07 PM

Your Fhia she's a beauty

bencelest · 10-29-2007, 11:36 PM

Awesome pictures!
I am greenie with envy.

MediaHound · 10-30-2007, 12:00 AM

Wow thats wild, congrats!!

harveyc · 10-30-2007, 01:02 AM

Beautiful!

You mention she is "stout" (reminder to self: don't use it as a term in describing wife) and I wonder if you plan to support the fruit/plant. That's got to be getting pretty heavy.

AnnaJW · 10-30-2007, 03:41 AM

Absolutely beautiful!!!

tlturbo · 10-30-2007, 08:49 AM

I think I will go cut down my FHIA-18 and burn it.

Terry

island cassie · 10-30-2007, 06:18 PM

terrific-looking plant - congratulations!

Basjoofriend · 10-30-2007, 06:42 PM

Hi,

congratulations for your great FHIA-18 bunch! Happy harvesting!

Unfortunately the climate in Germany is too cold for such big bunches, but small bunches of dwarf banana varietes are still possible.

But I am purchasing a house with a large yard in Brazil in Lucianópolis. Then it will be my second home. I will travel one or two times every year to Brazil. In the future I will move to Brazil.

I will then harvest in Brazil big bunches like you too.

Best wishes
Basjoofriend

NANAMAN · 11-01-2007, 02:15 AM

great bunch!! I can't wait to see the next bunch of the project. Hope no one is afected by the tropical storm this week!

tlturbo · 11-01-2007, 08:16 AM

Greenie - Just what is this "PROJECT" that you talk about? Somethiing special you are tryin? How's the snooking?

Terry

Greenie · 11-01-2007, 09:04 PM

Thanks guys for the nice replies!

tlturbo,
It is basically some specific pups that were planted and given the best care and food that they could get.

Here is an update of The Fhia -18 with the 2x4's and propped.

tlturbo · 11-02-2007, 08:35 AM

Well whatever special you are doing, IT WORKS - at least on the plants I've seen.

maesy · 01-08-2008, 10:15 AM

Hi Greenie,

have you already tasted your bananas or are they still hanging outside?

I mostly grow Dwarf Orinoco and Dwarf Brazilian, but one of my favorite is a fhia 18 becouse of its fast growing speed.
It makes more leafes in a season than any other kinds I have.
I live in switzerland and have to dig them out for winter.
But only the look of this species makes my happy, and is worth the hard work.

How long did it take to mature?

Marcel

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harveyc Been nuts, gone bananas harveyc's Photo Gallery Location: Isleton, Calif Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Harvey Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,171 BananaBucks : 12,583 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 582 Thanked 308 Times in 183 Posts Welcomes: 40	Re: Fhia 18 -big Bunch,great Outcome Beautiful! You mention she is "stout" (reminder to self: don't use it as a term in describing wife) and I wonder if you plan to support the fruit/plant. That's got to be getting pretty heavy. __________________

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Basjoofriend Member Basjoofriend's Photo Gallery Location: Hamburg-GER/Lucianópolis-BRAZIL Find me on the map! Zone: 8a/11b Name: Joachim Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 225 BananaBucks : 3,533 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 14 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Fhia 18 -big Bunch,great Outcome Hi, congratulations for your great FHIA-18 bunch! Happy harvesting! Unfortunately the climate in Germany is too cold for such big bunches, but small bunches of dwarf banana varietes are still possible. But I am purchasing a house with a large yard in Brazil in Lucianópolis. Then it will be my second home. I will travel one or two times every year to Brazil. In the future I will move to Brazil. I will then harvest in Brazil big bunches like you too. Best wishes Basjoofriend

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Greenie Senior Member Greenie's Photo Gallery Location: Miami,FL. Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 641 BananaBucks : 5,498 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 154 Times in 61 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Fhia 18 -big Bunch,great Outcome Thanks guys for the nice replies! tlturbo, It is basically some specific pups that were planted and given the best care and food that they could get. Here is an update of The Fhia -18 with the 2x4's and propped.

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tlturbo WUTSA V8 tlturbo's Photo Gallery Location: Lake Worth, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Terry Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 349 BananaBucks : 4,504 Feedback: 3 / 100% Thanks: 1 Thanked 41 Times in 26 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Fhia 18 -big Bunch,great Outcome Well whatever special you are doing, IT WORKS - at least on the plants I've seen.

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maesy Junior Member Location: Lucerne,Switzerland Find me on the map! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 15 BananaBucks : 192 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Fhia 18 -big Bunch,great Outcome Hi Greenie, have you already tasted your bananas or are they still hanging outside? I mostly grow Dwarf Orinoco and Dwarf Brazilian, but one of my favorite is a fhia 18 becouse of its fast growing speed. It makes more leafes in a season than any other kinds I have. I live in switzerland and have to dig them out for winter. But only the look of this species makes my happy, and is worth the hard work. How long did it take to mature? Marcel