Spaceag07

Came back from a long Labor Day weekend out of town to a great surprise - one of our dwarf Brazilian bananas has flowered!



Stats:
Dwarf Brazilian 2 'Kevin'
Source: merce3
Planted: Sept 2018
Flowered: Sept 2019 (Labor Day)
PS Height: 80"
Pup: 60"



Time to cut back on the nitrogen and keep up the potash feedings. I've read they can take 5-6 months to ripen. Hopefully they'll at least get some size on them in the 3-4 months of good weather we've got left before winter really sets in on the Texas coast.

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Currently growing: 3X Gran Nain, 2X Dwarf Brazilian, 2X Blue Java
Wanted: Pitogo, Dwarf Orinoco, Dwarf Namwah

Backyard Banana Joe

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!:nan adrink: How tall is the tallest leaf?

hdynad

Congrats I bet your daughter is excited. I love to see the children's faces as they watch the flowers and bananas emerging. I am faced with the same concern with my Dearf Brazillian. I hope we both get to try them.

Happy growing,

Darla

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Currently growing, , DGM Highgate, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Brazilian , Ensete Glaucum, Pitogo, Hoa Moa, Raja Puri, Thai Black, VG Chaing Rai, Manzano, Praying Hands. Yunnan, Hawiaan Crown, Dwarf Red Plantain

Spaceag07

Thanks, Darla! The kid is pretty excited at the prospect of homegrown bananas. Good luck on yours as well. How is your Blue Java bunch filling out?

To Backyard Banana Joe - my measuring stick doesn't reach that far. I'd guess the leaves go another 3 or 3-1/2 ft beyond the pstem.

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Currently growing: 3X Gran Nain, 2X Dwarf Brazilian, 2X Blue Java
Wanted: Pitogo, Dwarf Orinoco, Dwarf Namwah

hdynad

Hope by some luck we will both get to taste this yr.. Their is always next year. Blue Java is a beast, she has fruited 4 times with the 1st bananas ready just within the last few weeks. If your up my way I will I will give you some to try. They are really good. I took a bunch to Tennessee for the grands and they love them. I posted pics on flicker if you want to look them up.

Happy growing
Darla

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Currently growing, , DGM Highgate, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Brazilian , Ensete Glaucum, Pitogo, Hoa Moa, Raja Puri, Thai Black, VG Chaing Rai, Manzano, Praying Hands. Yunnan, Hawiaan Crown, Dwarf Red Plantain

hdynad

How is that Dwarf Brazillian doing? How many ha ds do you get from her? Pics?
Hope you guys are doing well.

Darla

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Currently growing, , DGM Highgate, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Brazilian , Ensete Glaucum, Pitogo, Hoa Moa, Raja Puri, Thai Black, VG Chaing Rai, Manzano, Praying Hands. Yunnan, Hawiaan Crown, Dwarf Red Plantain

Spaceag07

Hi Darla! We are very good, thank you for asking. TS Imelda came and went. The worst of it stayed off to the east of us, so it was really just ~18" of rain over 2 days. I hope all is well with you and yours as well!

Our dwarf Brazilians are really coming along! I trimmed the male flower off the first last week to hopefully encourage her fingers to start filling in. I think I count 6 hands! The other bloomed while I was at Cape Canaveral last week. It's showing 3 hands so far. It so late I kind of hope it stops there, but we'll see. I'll try to post pics in the morning.

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Currently growing: 3X Gran Nain, 2X Dwarf Brazilian, 2X Blue Java
Wanted: Pitogo, Dwarf Orinoco, Dwarf Namwah

Backyard Banana Joe

Try try again!!!!!!! :nanadrin k::nanadr ink::nana drink::woohoonan er::woohoona ner: :0 517:

Spaceag07

As requested, here are pictures of both Dwarf Brazilian bunches:

First bloom 'Kevin' @ ~1 month:


Second bloom 'Bob' @ ~2 weeks:


I count 6 hands on each.

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Currently growing: 3X Gran Nain, 2X Dwarf Brazilian, 2X Blue Java
Wanted: Pitogo, Dwarf Orinoco, Dwarf Namwah

hdynad

Very nice, thanks for sharing the pics. I am sure tour daughter bbn looks at them every day. Fingers crossed for harvesting before freezes for both of us.

Happy growing
Darla

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Currently growing, , DGM Highgate, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Brazilian , Ensete Glaucum, Pitogo, Hoa Moa, Raja Puri, Thai Black, VG Chaing Rai, Manzano, Praying Hands. Yunnan, Hawiaan Crown, Dwarf Red Plantain