MASSIVE - Rhino Horn Bloom

PR-Giants · 10-10-2013, 11:56 AM

oct 10

oct 11 - Top Bract 30"+

destang · 10-10-2013, 05:27 PM

Nice !!

servatusprime · 10-11-2013, 10:21 AM

Grown in pure azomite?

PR-Giants · 10-12-2013, 07:19 AM

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Grown in pure azomite?

No ferts.

Bunches and fruit always get bigger as we get closer to winter, but this is the largest I've seen.

servatusprime · 10-12-2013, 08:10 AM

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No ferts.

Bunches and fruit always get bigger as we get closer to winter, but this is the largest I've seen.

I was being facetious, but that's an interesting phenomena. I'm courious to see what happens

PR-Giants · 10-19-2013, 12:18 PM

Bloom opened with some huge fruit.

oct 18

oct 19

servatusprime · 10-19-2013, 02:20 PM

I would like a botany lesson: what are the known factors that influence finger length? Obviously good nutrition is important, but are there some particular practices I should be paying attention to? I appreciate any insights. Thanks.

Nicolas Naranja · 10-19-2013, 08:12 PM

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I would like a botany lesson: what are the known factors that influence finger length? Obviously good nutrition is important, but are there some particular practices I should be paying attention to? I appreciate any insights. Thanks.

Fertilizer, Water, Genotype, Temperature.

servatusprime · 10-19-2013, 10:17 PM

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Fertilizer, Water, Genotype, Temperature.

Thanks Nick. I was wonder if it's just that complicated. I guess the larger bunch size later in the season has to deal with the plant health in the previous months and the age of a particular p-stem.

PR-Giants · 10-20-2013, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by servatusprime

I would like a botany lesson: what are the known factors that influence finger length? Obviously good nutrition is important, but are there some particular practices I should be paying attention to? I appreciate any insights. Thanks.

If you are referring to the Rhino Horn, then this is what I've observed.

Plants from the same mother, grown side by side with similar conditions (fertilizer, water, and temperature),

will generally have a length between 15" to 20", but it can also be shorter or longer.

I'm expecting some of these fruit to exceed 24".

I don't know at which stage finger length is determined, but appears to be well before the bloom.

Fingers grow rapidly from shortly before bud emergence to when the bloom opens. (about 15 days)

A few days before bud emergence

10 days after bud emergence

PR-Giants · 10-20-2013, 08:35 AM

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I guess the larger bunch size later in the season has to deal with the plant health in the previous months and the age of a particular p-stem.

It probably has to do with temperature, all mature pseudostems are approximately the same age.

Plant to bloom is about 7 to 8 months.

This plant has never been irrigated or fertilized and is growing with little direct sunlight, but it's

bloom was extremely large and the finger were several inches longer than average when the bloom opened.

PR-Giants · 10-20-2013, 09:01 AM

This might give you an idea of how quickly some cultivars grow.

These were both planted on April 16, only a few feet apart.

Rhino Horn oct 3 - fruit 17"

Hua Moa oct 19

servatusprime · 10-20-2013, 02:02 PM

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It probably has to do with temperature, all mature pseudostems are approximately the same age.

Plant to bloom is about 7 to 8 months.

This plant has never been irrigated or fertilized and is growing with little direct sunlight, but it's

bloom was extremely large and the finger were several inches longer than average when the bloom opened.

Thank you Keith for all the pictures.

What I meant is the time of the year the pseudostem is maturing from emergence rather than its actual age. Your previous post made me wonder if the finger length may have some correlation to at what time of year the sucker emerged. My line of thinking is that when the plant "determined" what the bunch/finger characteristics were going to be, the environmental conditions were more ideal than other times of the year.

But then again, as you stated above, this particular plant is thriving on neglect. So perhaps its just the luck of the draw, or the plant was trying to find a way to get your attention.

PR-Giants · 10-20-2013, 04:06 PM

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Thank you Keith for all the pictures.

What I meant is the time of the year the pseudostem is maturing from emergence rather than its actual age. Your previous post made me wonder if the finger length may have some correlation to at what time of year the sucker emerged. My line of thinking is that when the plant "determined" what the bunch/finger characteristics were going to be, the environmental conditions were more ideal than other times of the year.

But then again, as you stated above, this particular plant is thriving on neglect. So perhaps its just the luck of the draw, or the plant was trying to find a way to get your attention.

I don't think it's about luck, but the different lengths are more noticeable with this cultivar.

Sometimes I forget that things need to be very clear on the org.

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This plant has never been irrigated or fertilized and is growing with little direct sunlight,

Because it didn't need it.

This plant was never neglected and had more than what was needed to produce huge healthy bunches.

It is better to do the things that the plant actually needs opposed to spending time and

money on things that are unnecessary.

The advantage of growing bananas in the tropics is that our summer is not hot and winter not cold.

servatusprime · 10-20-2013, 05:08 PM

We'll you are one lucky guy to be in the tropics. Thanks for all the information.

PR-Giants · 01-08-2014, 05:33 AM

from the sea · 01-08-2014, 05:42 AM

wow! how do they compare to the plantains from the store? i am wanting to grow this kind so bad!

PR-Giants · 01-08-2014, 06:20 AM

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wow! how do they compare to the plantains from the store? i am wanting to grow this kind so bad!

I don't know, never had a store plantain.

There are 4 categories of real plantains, then the synthetic banana plantain hybrids,

and lastly the fake plantains (cooking bananas).

PR-Giants · 01-08-2014, 06:26 AM

Rhino Horn - Canoas

Nicolas Naranja · 01-08-2014, 01:39 PM

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wow! how do they compare to the plantains from the store? i am wanting to grow this kind so bad!

They pretty much taste just like a regular Macho Plantain, just bigger. I do think that they are easier to peel.

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