My Project Continues

Jananas Bananas · 10-28-2009, 10:58 PM

This past weekend I dug up over a dozen banana plants. These babies are tough! They have survived Hurricane Rita, salt waters, and floods. I believe there are at least three different varieties here. I planted three in the ground and potted the rest. I haven't trimmed them up yet, so pardon the rough around the edges look, but here they are:

If you recognize the id, please let me know. Thanks! ~JaNan

sunfish · 10-28-2009, 11:32 PM

The last pic looks like Ice Cream.

Richard · 10-29-2009, 12:21 AM

We should call them the "Austin 12"

Jananas Bananas · 10-29-2009, 09:14 AM

I wish I had more identification knowledge. I have been doing this since my Texas Star thread and have more officially un-named bananas as I have named. (though some of my "named" are questionable) I usually just tag them Texas natives so I don't get them mixed up.

This batch was a little different though. These were off a large lot in a neighborhood near the Gulf coast - the house was condemned and torn down after hurricane Rita came through. These were planted and cared for at one time, which is why I believe there are different varieties in this group. The physical characteristics are too different and too unique from one another to be the same banana "type" (wax, no wax, coloration, short and thick, tall and skinny, etc.).

I usually try to get pups off unknown, unattended mats around the countryside, super hardy types. How about I tag these "Gulf Coast 12" since I try to tie my tags in with where they came from?

Thanks for the comments Tony and Richard!

~JaNan

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10-29-2009, 09:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jananas Bananas Jananas Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: Austin, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: JaNan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,438 BananaBucks : 438,600 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,341 Times Was Thanked 7,059 Times in 2,683 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 133 Times	Re: My Project Continues I wish I had more identification knowledge. I have been doing this since my Texas Star thread and have more officially un-named bananas as I have named. (though some of my "named" are questionable) I usually just tag them Texas natives so I don't get them mixed up. This batch was a little different though. These were off a large lot in a neighborhood near the Gulf coast - the house was condemned and torn down after hurricane Rita came through. These were planted and cared for at one time, which is why I believe there are different varieties in this group. The physical characteristics are too different and too unique from one another to be the same banana "type" (wax, no wax, coloration, short and thick, tall and skinny, etc.). I usually try to get pups off unknown, unattended mats around the countryside, super hardy types. How about I tag these "Gulf Coast 12" since I try to tie my tags in with where they came from? Thanks for the comments Tony and Richard! ~JaNan __________________ Jananas Bananas

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