BabyBlue11371

Thanks for the reply!!
The bag says "Product of Costa Rica"
Would a nanner producing this size fruit always be a shorter plant??

Growing waaaay north of the nanner belt I'd like to have more nanners that produce good fruit but are manageable size.. I have no "winter storage" area.. But have plenty of south windows and space for plants infront of them.. My laundry room has lots of window space and it is the warmest room in the house and very humid year round.. but the celing is the shortest in the house.. I kept my CG there last winter and it survived nicely.. But will not fit this year..

I was suprised that the taste was this good.. for some reason I thought the taste would be rather bland..

Thanks for input!!!
CG is putting out new pups!!! maybe I'll be able to find someone to swap a CG pup for a mini nanner pup like what produced these little sweeties..

Gina *BabyBlue*

lorax

Nope, not necessarily. Here's an Orito plant, and it's more than 8 feet tall.



You'd probably do best with the Dwarf varieties, as their plants are smaller but their fruit size is not as affected by the lessened height. If you want little, sweet bananas, on a relatively short pstem, I'd reccomend a dwarf ladyfinger variety of some sort. I'm sure someone here has one for trade...

lorax

This just in: Dole's website says the following about Baby Bananas -

I don't believe them about the Oritos, because by all reports the Baby Bananas sold in the US have different flesh qualities to the Oritos I buy in the market (way up there at the top of the thread.) I'm more convinced about the Ladyfingers designation.

BabyBlue11371

I forgot these pics with last post..







I was just discussing these nanners with hubby.. I was surprised to hear him say he likes the baby nanner flavor BETTER than the full sized!!!

Would be nice if Dole would nail it down to just one..

Thanks for the 411 about the orito.. My CG is in the front room this winter.. it's new leaves have to bend a bit when they hit the ceiling..
it is currently about 6' tall including pot.. not sure what I will do if it doesn't bloom next summer..

Gina *BabyBlue*

lorax

You can prune it, you know, to reduce height.

gadget

I have a good assortment of bananas this week.

I can usually find the Orinoco, baby, and plantain at the grocery store. To my delight I found red, manzano, and Hawaiian plantains. I should bring a banana sampler to the thanksgiving diner this year.

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austinl01

I definitely agree with your husband. The minis are sooo much better.

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Taylor

I agree with your husband, Gina. The Minis are GREAT, much better than the regular.

I had them when I was in Florida, and I resent not buying their local produce at the store there. They had a large section of tropical fruits that I can not find here in Virginia. Like John, I typically go to the produce section, even locally, just to see if they have anything new. Unfortunately, it is rare to find anything other than the occasional mango (which I have never had...except preserved) and a few kiwi.

Simply Bananas

From San Isidro de General, Costa Rica. Our favorite was a smaller slim banana with dry-ish yellow/orange flesh, not sure of the name. We spent most of the time in the Osa peninsula and got rattled by the earthquake.

I've got more pics and tales to come.

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I only buy bananas if its something interesting...

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island cassie

This is how we buy bananas and plantains, and this truck is in a better state than most fruit trucks.

lorax

We have those too! Ours are usually little old Datsun trucks and you can barely see them under the nanners....

island cassie

I need to get my camera welded to my hand, as usually I never have it when I see things nana-related. Or else we are rocketing along at 100kph and the driver refuses to respond to screams of "stop the car".

lorax

Same here. But hark! Today I bought an entire raceme of Oritos for $1.50, and as it came home with me I actually had my camera to take a photo of it...



So what am I gonna do with all those nanners? Fritters!

island cassie

That's what you have friends and neighbours for!! The price of bananas has rocketed here since the storms and floods caused so much damage, and regular nanas sell for the equivalent of 11 cents each, and people often buy them by the twos and threes - never tried to buy a whole bunch though - just too many! But those little oritos look yummy!

lorax

$1.50 is actually an elevated price here for Oritos - if I were at the market at the other end of the city (which is a $5 cab ride from my house, rather than $2.50 to the one where I got these) that same raceme would have been about $0.50 - $0.75. And if you're buying from the roadside stands, that's about the price as well.

Normally, we just buy hands for about $1 - $1.50, but today for a lark we asked the seller the price of the raceme, and as it was what we were paying anyway, we figured "what the heck" and lugged it home.

Bob

I hate you guys!

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lorax

So move to the tropics!

Bananaman88

If it were only that easy.....

lorax

It is that easy, duh.