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Kat2 · 10-31-2013, 08:02 PM

I'm excited! Just got off the phone with a very nice man who's been raising bananas for over 20 years. More than 1 variety? Not sure and he has no clue what they are so I asked "How do they taste?"

"Like a banana."

Yeah, they're edible!

He said the fruit is about 6" long and fat. Unlike my crazy DC, these produce only 2 or so pups annually. They're really tall; some of the "trunks" are as big around as a tree. He's a bit north of me; he does nothing to protect them in winter.

I'm sold.

I'm taking $10 with me Saturday and bringing home 2 huge ones. I suspect they're Orinocos (or maybe South Florida's "Cuban Bananas") which I can find elsewhere. Main purpose of this outing? Learning how to garden in this nutty place. He has 1/2 acre under cultivation, grows veggies, etc. successfully without "bad" pesticides (neem oil or other like it, yes), has many producing fruit trees, etc. and loves teaching people how to grow their own!

sunfish · 10-31-2013, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kat2

I'm excited! Just got off the phone with a very nice man who's been raising bananas for over 20 years. More than 1 variety? Not sure and he has no clue what they are so I asked "How do they taste?"

"Like a banana."

Yeah, they're edible!

He said the fruit is about 6" long and fat. Unlike my crazy DC, these produce only 2 or so pups annually. They're really tall; some of the "trunks" are as big around as a tree. He's a bit north of me; he does nothing to protect them in winter.

I'm sold.

I'm taking $10 with me Saturday and bringing home 2 huge ones. I suspect they're Orinocos (or maybe South Florida's "Cuban Bananas") which I can find elsewhere. Main purpose of this outing? Learning how to garden in this nutty place. He has 1/2 acre under cultivation, grows veggies, etc. successfully without "bad" pesticides (neem oil or other like it, yes), has many producing fruit trees, etc. and loves teaching people how to grow their own!

growing bananas for 20yrs and doesn't know the variety ? Produces 2 pups a year ? How big around is a tree

Kat2 · 10-31-2013, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

growing bananas for 20yrs and doesn't know the variety ? Produces 2 pups a year ? How big around is a tree

Someone gave him a pup 20 years ago and now he has, in his words, "a banana plantation". Unless he has to cancel (his work makes that possible), I'll take pictures Saturday which I will post (plants in fruit, etc.). If any are ripe, I'll taste one and report my findings. And I'll take my tape measure so describing a P-stem as the size of a "tree" will herewith be known and never disputed on the forum.

sunfish · 10-31-2013, 08:29 PM

Measuring Guidelines | American Forests

Kat2 · 10-31-2013, 08:34 PM

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Measuring Guidelines | American Forests

Aye aye, Captain. But silly me will probably measure at the base, too.

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