First banana bell ever!

barney · 02-26-2014, 08:30 PM

Hi Folks. 3 Years after planting out a small tree from the local nursery I have my first bell with bananas behind it! There are probably only 60 fruit & as many hands before male flowers appeared! My question is : Is this the end of fruit production, does anyone know please? I left 2 pups to grow on initially, & the smaller of the 2 has produced this bell. The other is now showing a much larger spike appearing from among its fronds ! The original 'mother' is now dwarfed by both of these pups & shows no signs of fruit!

Abnshrek · 02-26-2014, 08:41 PM

Congrats.. Hard to say w/o a visual aid.. Sounds interesting.. :^)

barney · 02-27-2014, 08:21 PM

The photo is in a Windows folder, there is no URL to quote! I have had trouble with this previously, but only with bananas.org. Sorry , but I am a bit of a dumb ass!

bananimal · 02-27-2014, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by barney

Hi Folks. 3 Years after planting out a small tree from the local nursery I have my first bell with bananas behind it! There are probably only 60 fruit & as many hands before male flowers appeared! My question is : Is this the end of fruit production, does anyone know please? I left 2 pups to grow on initially, & the smaller of the 2 has produced this bell. The other is now showing a much larger spike appearing from among its fronds ! The original 'mother' is now dwarfed by both of these pups & shows no signs of fruit!

Hi Barney --- I have a few new plantings where the mama was outgrown by 2 strong pups. At this time of year it would be a good idea to cut down the mama and let the bigger of the pups go to fruit. But no more than 2. That way you get fruit in 2014. I think the original mama pups were weak to begin with and the cold just made things worse. Once the mat is a few years old the greater corm mass will eliminate problems.

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barney Find me on the map! Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 34 BananaBucks : 9,113 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 6 Times Was Thanked 54 Times in 24 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: First banana bell ever! The photo is in a Windows folder, there is no URL to quote! I have had trouble with this previously, but only with bananas.org. Sorry , but I am a bit of a dumb ass!

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