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First fruit off my Ice Cream.
My ice cream has ripe fruit for the first time. As the bunch was very heavy (I estimate 80 lbs +) and very high in the air, I had to ask Celestino and Boni to cut it down for me. The green markings on the ripe fruit appear to be caused by a fluffy white insect - some sort of aphid perhaps. The ripe fingers are very thin-skinned and delicate, and delicious. We all stood around and ate the first few ripe fingers, as they separate from the bunch very easily.
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04-17-2009, 12:38 PM
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Congrats island cassie, I bet they tasted great!
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04-17-2009, 12:43 PM
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Thanks Bob - they are even better than I thought they'd be - very tasty!
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04-17-2009, 12:49 PM
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Hey Cassie, that's a very nice bunch of fruit. How tall is that ice cream? I'm supposed to be getting my first ice cream plant next week. Thanks
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04-17-2009, 12:55 PM
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Very nice bunch, congrats!!! The fluffy white insects are probably - mealy bugs-. Usually not a problem except in high concentrations. Thanks for the pictures.
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Congrats Cassie, they look very tasty. Thats a big bunch, have you counted the fingers yet?
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Very nice Cassie. My Ice Cream is about to flower. The flag leaf is next. Looking forward to it.
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04-17-2009, 12:59 PM
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Congrats Cassie! Dang, sure heck lotsa fruits. Sure you can finish them all?
Besides gobbling them off, milkshake will be nice. Recently my sister bought a couple of Gros Michel fruits and they make the best 'naner milkshake I have tasted cos of its unique flavor. Yum! |
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Yes Nanaman - I think you are right and not a problem as there are just a few. Hydroid they are large - I estimate 18ft to where the bud came out which makes them taller than the tall orinoco but not quite as large as the saba. They are also thick at the base measuring 40 inches around a foot up from the ground.
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Bill, it looks like about 230 fruits - I have 12 hands of about 18 each, and the guys have aleady eaten the ripe ones and taken some home. Very hard to count them as they are densely packed together.
Haha Tog! I don't think I could eat them as fast as they ripen, but luckily there are always plenty of people happy to give them a home. |
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
IC from IC! Awesome!
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Wow, what a lovely bunch o bananas you have!
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Very impressive!
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Wow Cassie. they sure look good. Are they as good as their reputation?
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
Very tangy and tasty as well as sweet, not quite as much banana flavour as some. Definitely different!
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
WOW Cassie, congrats! That is a huge bunch. I'm expecting a flag leaf soon on my IC but I won't get near as many fingers. Thanks for the pics.
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Wow! Thats a huge Bunch! are they usually that big? well congrats and enjoy.
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
first question : how tall is it??? just wondering because i have a IC too and its about 6 - 6 1/2 feet tall ..... i would assume its about 12+ feet
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Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
I will have to say I am very jelous! My IC is just over 8' and has started to push out a flower now, and only have 3.5 leafs. I am thinking that I will have a small bunch, ;( but I Guess we will have to wait and see.
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