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Old 12-09-2012, 02:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How tall at emergence?
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WOW thats quite a report to see .. I could get a few of them for Christmas, plant them and be Mr Plantain in 7 or 8 months ..
I have a complaint I been buying my Plantains at Wall Mart but in the last few months they been SMALL and not near as good tasting as the larger ones.. I know seasonal differences will occur but this is kinda over doing it .. So I went to Sadanos A Hispanic grocery retailer about 2 miles from my house .. SMALL there also ! I'm not to worried about the cost but the taste is important.... I might need to grow some just to get that sweet taste when you fry them ripe in olive oil .. Ill make room ! Even if my wife tossed a fit.. A man with out a large plantain is only half a man
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This was planted in a pot with 2.7 cubic feet (20 gallons) of soil and nothing but some grass clippings and wood chips, the last two were measured.
Nothing but rain was added after planting.
I'd like to learn what the minimum requirements are to grow a large banana.
This was an odd shaped pot that I thought would be a perfect design for growing bananas.

I did not expect a bud this soon and now I just need to wait & watch.
I'm hoping for anything over 25 lbs.
I have been under the impression, that Giant Plantain was in fact Maricongo. It had been listed at Going Bananas as a tall version of the Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain. If you piece the literature together, Enano común was a dwarf sport of Maricongo.

That being said, I have a whole bunch of Giant Plantains that I am under the impression that they are all tissue cultures of the Maricongo clone.

25 lbs bunches should be normal, most of mine were closer to 30 lbs.
That being said, the bunch phenotype can revert back to a French-type bunch. I had 3 out of 75 that were French reversions. I have kept one, because it made a very nice bunch. The big thing for me is that the tall plantains are not as susceptible to cigar-end-rot as the dwarf ones.
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The big thing for me is that the tall plantains are not as susceptible to cigar-end-rot as the dwarf ones.
The tree hieght keeps the fruit further away from all those end-rot causing cigar smokers in S Fla.

This is a good image for Trebor's photo shopping pics. Just hope he doesn't do one of the half-a-man without a large plantain. lol
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So Can We Confirm That The PR Maricongo Is The Giant Plantain ?

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So Can We Confirm That The PR Maricongo Is The Giant Plantain ?

Thanks Ed..
Nope, my only evidence is what was written in the description from Going Bananas. I have a suspicion that the original tissue cultures for Giant Plantain were made from plants at Going Bananas. I know that the two businesses have a good business relationship. If I were making a guess to an alternative I would guess probably Dominico Hartón
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Those pink petioles may be related to nitrogen, because mine don't have pink petioles like that.
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Those a Great Looking Plantain Pups !

I have 1 PR Dwarf Plantain & 1 Dwarf Orinoco Plantain From Going Bananas .
I would Like To Get Some MariCongo & Giant Plantain .
Im Nursing Some Neglected AFH Plantains i found on my aunts property in Kissimmee Fl .

So Far They Are Responding well to treatment
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I'm green with envy. I wish I had those plantains (and that view!) here. sigh
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Hello delonix87, where are you growing ?

New South Wales ?
Si, adviniaste bien!

I grow plantains but the horn ones are impossible to get here. The pacific ones are fairly common though.

I miss the horn ones
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Horns will always be my favorite, there's something cool about growing a 3 pound banana.
Have you tasted the Pacific Plantains? I think the horn varieties taste better
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No, I have never tasted a Pacific Plantain, and I don't really like to eat plantains.

Mofongo de yuca, now that is something I really like.

My dogs think all fried maduros are great, but I don't trust their tastes,

they think weevils taste great.
I don't eat Plantains ripe. I use them green to make Mangu (dominican version of Mofongo de plantano) and Tostones. On occasion if I forget them and they go ripe I bake them and eat with chicken dishes as a vegetable. But I prefer them green.
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I don't really like to eat plantains.
It must be something about being a grower. I love plantains and I eat them whenever I am cooking caribbean style food, which is once or twice a week. But I don't eat many bananas. Quality control is about all I do with bananas maybe 1 banana off of 1 bunch per week.
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A French sport of Giant Plantain.

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Hmm...it looks like you may have something that isn't Giant Plantain or you got a French sport. That seems like way too many fingers for a false horn plantain.
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Not up close, but if you look through the thread "some plantains" I have some pictures in there.
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