bananimal

Raja Puri flowers in Nov ---- it had better stay warm out!!!

sunfish

Looks like your going to be cooling down

Thursday
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Worm_Farmer

Mine does the same thing, every Nov/Dec it flowers. This summer it flowered but choked out.

momoese

I have one right now too.

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caliboy1994

Wonderful. One of the banana plants around my neighborhood decided to do the same. I think that would be more of a problem here than where you live...

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bananimal

Mike ------ please define "chocked out".

BTW ---- I discovered a way to force banana bloom early this year.

It worked on every mature cultivar except Pisang Klotek - so far.

Clare_CA

My Raja Puri flowered for the first time last year in November also. My Iholena flowered in December. The Raja Puri was harvested in August of this year -- nine months! I would be interested to know how long yours takes from flower to harvest. Congrats anyhow! Let me know what you think of your fruit if you would. Mine was rather small, but I didn't fertilize as much as I should have.

mushtaq86

How tall is the p-stem.

momoese

Do tell!

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Darkman

Dan we have 39 scheduled for a low Saturday.

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Darkman in Pensacola

Looking for Bananas that I can grow and eat in Pensacola.

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Kentucky Bourbon - It may not solve the problem but it helps to make it tolerable!

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Worm_Farmer

I hate writing on my cell, I meant choked. The flower just pocked it head out then opened inside of the psteam.

But what is this magic that will force a banana to bloom early?? I have found to much Humic acid will make my other plants flower, is it just a heavy dose of humic acid?

Darkman

Dan,

You brought out the bag and everyone can see there is something inside SOOOOO

you might as well spill the beans.

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Darkman in Pensacola

Looking for Bananas that I can grow and eat in Pensacola.

Life - Some assembly required, As is no warranty, Batteries not included, Instructions shipped separately and are frequently wrong!

Kentucky Bourbon - It may not solve the problem but it helps to make it tolerable!

Statistics - Opinions that analyst twist to support the insanity of those that pay them.

hydroid

Come on Dan, inquiring minds want to know.

bananimal

OK ----- here it is. The solution to force a banana flower to push out earlier.

For you guys in California it's cheaper than for me. I had to pay $45.00 for shipping alone.

Peaceful Valley sells a Sulfate of Potash product made by Diamond K. It only comes in 50 lb bags. To get the best fast result use the water soluble, ultra fines version. It meets organic certification requirement.

Using a strainer, I apply 2 tablespoons around the near to fruiting size pstem on each mat -- followed by a second and final application a week later. That's it! It's a fine powder - just tap the strainer and you get a good even distribution of the powder. I put the powder in the strainer sitting on a paper plate to avoid loss. The strainer sits on the plate - not me!

All my fruiting height pstems have produced the flower in 1 to 4 weeks after the S of P sprinkle. Exception is the Pisang Klotek at 9.5 ft.

I got this tip from a local certified organic farmer and am very happy to see it work for me.

And that's not all ------ to maintain organic certification he only ferts his naners with Purdue chicken mix (with caiticin and yucca added by our local Ag supplier -- Diamond R). His appl rate is 2 cups per mat every 2 weeks from March till end of Nov. He uses it on everything from his grafted tomatoes, lettuces, chard, kale, papayas to his bananas, to name a few.

So I started to add the chicken mix (3-2-3) to my mats along with the non-organic 6-3-16. It also helps to bring the nitrogen up closer to K/2 for better K utilization.

Chicken mix breaks down slowly so I expect to see the full effect in next years production.

Dan

bananimal

Oh, I see ----- when you stop "chocking" you start "pocking"?

sunfish

Sulfate of Potash product made by Diamond K I have this

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venturabananas

Dan, I'm not saying that what you've described doesn't work... but, as someone who teaches statistical analysis, there's no way you can tell if what you did sped up bud production. You'd need some control plants that you didn't use the magic treatment on. It may just be that you've become good at noticing when plants are about to produce a bud.

That's not to say I wouldn't give it a try!

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sunfish

Isn't this is what is used to get pineapples to fruit ?

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sunfish

Oops got that wrong,Never mind

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bananimal

Mark -- My conclusion is based on observation and recorded data. Meaning - each cultivar was at the average height it flowered for the last 5 to 6 years. And the flowering dates this year are one to two months early.

Not to mention the guy that tipped me has been a grower for 40 years in Belize, Haiti and Costa Rica and now Ft Pierce, Fla.

Hey --- worked for me --- should work for anyone. And it will stimulate bloom on garden veggies too. Just follow dose recommended on "bloom" products sold at HD or Lowes. Basically one tblsp per gal water - spray or drench.

One other thing - after application in sandy soil like s Fla I ran the emitters for just 10 mins to avoid washing out the S of P. Resumed regular water schedule 3 days later.

To answer earlier question I missed -- the RP height was 7.5 ft.