vitin6039

After 1 year and 2 month of wait and hard work we have finally arrived at the promised land. Before I started to grow bananas in Texas I wonder if it was even possible to get fruits in the 6 to 8 month growing season of Central Texas and the answer was yes, if you do the math correct and you get a mature plant on the grown in the early spring there is a great chance you will get some bananas. Well, let me qualify the answer, if you choose the right cultivar and do the math right then you have a great chance you will get some fruits on the fall.(See Pictures Below)

This was Aug 8 when I noticed the flower coming out. This is are the Musa Hua Moa Hawaiian
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Now this was today Aug 18, 10 days after flower started to come out.





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I think I will have time for the bananas to grow and get ready to harvest by Nov 8 or so or I hope I do. I will be posting updates every few months to see the time it take to mature and the size of the final fruit.

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robguz24

Congratulations! That's bigger than the only Hua Moa bunch I've been able to grow here in Hawaii out of the 2 plants I had, which have since died.

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vitin6039

Thank's robguz24,
I feel very humble and encourage now.

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PR-Giants

Congrats & Great Job, keep us updated on it's progress.

It only takes about 8 weeks to harvest as a dessert banana.

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Abnshrek

That's good to know.. Hopefully I can get a bud on mine.. :^)

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vitin6039

Here is an update after almost a month, I think it is growing litter by litter you be the judge.








Can anyone see the difference? It is hard for me to noticed the difference now that I see the bunch every day.

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PR-Giants

If you have some older photos maybe you can try using them for a comparison.

Try squeezing the fruit, they are soft and they don't ever get hard.

That's the main reason I can't sell them in Puerto Rico, folks here know that they are bananas and prefer to eat a hard plantain.

Maybe try growing the FHIA-21, it's a fast growing banana plantain cross, folks here still don't like'em but it's harder than a banana.

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vitin6039

Will it be better to fry them as a ripen banana? I don't think I have enough time to let then rip. I have maybe 2 more moths at the most.

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vitin6039

We are hitting the final stretch of the season and hoping my banana bunch make trough. Harvest day should be Nov 8 but if the weather get to cold I might have to harvest earlier. Below are some pictures showing how the bunch looks today.

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vitin6039

I need help identifying a disease or maybe a over watering problem. I finally got my first banana bunch (Hua Moa) and I am noticing that after two months the bananas are starting to split open on the end getting black in the middle but not all the way trough. Here I attached some pictures for more details

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.







After I opened the banana it does not go pass the tip of the banana see picture below:

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