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Old 06-26-2012, 09:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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I was checking out the leaves on my dwarf brazilian and noticed a big red flower that I didnt see before, it was hiding. This is my first banana plant. What do I need to do now if anything different? I'm really hoping for fruit soon. Also all the plants are really producing pups now.
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Old 06-26-2012, 09:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I was checking out the leaves on my dwarf brazilian and noticed a big red flower that I didnt see before, it was hiding. This is my first banana plant. What do I need to do now if anything different? I'm really hoping for fruit soon. Also all the plants are really producing pups now.
Do you have a pic ? You don't need to do anything different just keep doing what you have been doing.
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Congrats! The first one is super exciting. Good timing.
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Congrats! You may need to prop up the bunch depending how big it gets. That said I've never had to prop a DB bunch, but my stand does have some wind protection.
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Do you have a pic ? You don't need to do anything different just keep doing what you have been doing.
The camera was the next thing I thought about after I saw it, but the wife took all the sd cards with her on her trip.

Hey Tony this is the DB i got from you, thanks.
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The camera was the next thing I thought about after I saw it, but the wife took all the sd cards with her on her trip.

Hey Tony this is the DB i got from you, thanks.
Yes I remember.I hope it's a real DB
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Yes I remember.I hope it's a real DB
Ill just have to send a sample out for DNA testing.

Well I got a 4gb sd card at walgreens for $8 Ill have a pic later.

Is there a set of pics out there that shows the progression of the flower, I think mine might have been there for a while because it looks like its already opening.
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That said I've never had to prop a DB bunch, but my stand does have some wind protection.
Yes, my neighbor who has about 10 mats of DB around his house never has to prop them -- and some are pretty exposed to wind.
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Finally got some pics, I bought an SDHC card and didnt realize that they wont work with all cameras. So I just waited for the old SD cards. I took a few pics, its hard to take a good shot because theres leaves that cover it.
The flower already opened and now has several bananas, those red leaves are falling and a sticky substance is falling from the flower attracting wasps.

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Finally got some pics, I bought an SDHC card and didnt realize that they wont work with all cameras. So I just waited for the old SD cards. I took a few pics, its hard to take a good shot because theres leaves that cover it.
The flower already opened and now has several bananas, those red leaves are falling and a sticky substance is falling from the flower attracting wasps.

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Looks good.You have white fly under the leaf in last pick. You can spray them off with water
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yea those white flys came from my plumerias, I could never get rid of them. I cut all the leaves off in the winter hoping to get them all, I have used neem but they come back. I was going to spray the leaves yesterday with water and a lil micronutrient but as I was pumping the sprayer it exploded
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Nothing like seeing that first bloom.
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yea those white flys came from my plumerias, I could never get rid of them. I cut all the leaves off in the winter hoping to get them all, I have used neem but they come back. I was going to spray the leaves yesterday with water and a lil micronutrient but as I was pumping the sprayer it exploded
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more photos, p-stem looks about 7.5 feet, not sure how to get exact measurement, that shoot off to the right is where the flower connects.
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Beautiful.

I think the "proper" way to get the height at fruiting is to measure to the bottom of the peduncle, i.e., the bottom of the fruit stalk where it emerges from the pseudostem.
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Beautiful.

I think the "proper" way to get the height at fruiting is to measure to the bottom of the peduncle, i.e., the bottom of the fruit stalk where it emerges from the pseudostem.
So is it D.Brazilian ? Isn't the bunch at that angle right for D.B. ?

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So is it D.Brazilian ? Isn't the bunch at that angle right for D.B. ?
Heres the circumference of the p-stem if that helps
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So is it D.Brazilian ? Isn't the bunch at that angle right for D.B. ?
Sure looks like DB to me.
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