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Simply Bananas 10-25-2008 03:44 PM
nearly 4 months to the day it bloomed...
 
... and my Ice Cream folded when I was in Las Vegas.



Big Deal.


They started ripening so I cut them from the tree. They are looking good and should be ready in the next day or two! I rinsed them in a rainwater bath!




This plant flowered, fruited, and ripened with less than 5 healthy leaves! See.

Worm_Farmer 10-25-2008 05:04 PM
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Very nice!! I cant wait for my IC to bloom, flower, fruit! How tall did yours get? Mine is about 8 foot and I am hoping for a flower already, but some say I have to wait till it hits 15 foot, others say they can flower anywhere between 8 feet and 11 feet. Would you normally wait untit the fruit turns yellow before picking the fruit off? Is there a magic number of leafs I should leave on the tree? Everytime I get to 15 or 16 leafs I cut it back down to 10 - 12 leafs. If I cut all the leafs back will it promote a flower quicker? Sorry for so many noob questions today.

Also just to be clear, you are saying after the flower poped up it still took 4 months till fruit?

Chironex 10-25-2008 05:13 PM
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Folding in Las Vegas is a wise choice many times. I see it worked for you! Nice pic's, thank you.

Simply Bananas 10-25-2008 05:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Worm_Farmer (Post 55729)
Very nice!! I cant wait for my IC to bloom, flower, fruit! How tall did yours get? 8' Mine is about 8 foot and I am hoping for a flower already, but some say I have to wait till it hits 15 foot, others say they can flower anywhere between 8 feet and 11 feet. Would you normally wait untit the fruit turns yellow before picking the fruit off? It is just easier to manage the ripe fruit when it is cut Is there a magic number of leafs I should leave on the tree? I don't know Everytime I get to 15 or 16 leafs I cut it back down to 10 - 12 leafs. If I cut all the leafs back will it promote a flower quicker? Not sure about this theory.Sorry for so many noob questions today.

Also just to be clear, you are saying after the flower poped up it still took 4 months till fruit?
4 months from flower to the pictures that I took today with fruit turning yellow.

Simply Bananas 11-07-2008 09:19 PM
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We have eaten them all. They were the best I have tasted. The last ones we ate tasted the best as they were the most ripe.

We have 2 more bunches. With highs in the 70's forecast for the next few weeks, I feel certain that we have a 50-50 chance on one more rack.

NANAMAN 11-08-2008 06:49 AM
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Congrats!,Nice pictures.

Bob 11-08-2008 08:08 AM
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Great pics, I got an IC from Sandy that was 7ft and had to be cut to about 30 inches to ship its already a foot taller(not including new leaf growth) I'll keep it warm all winter and hopefully will see a flower next year if it keeps up this growth rate. What do you think about the chances?

And I still thought porkpi was cool!

island cassie 11-08-2008 09:28 AM
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Congratulations SB formerly known as PP on a great result!!


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