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Old 03-27-2014, 08:49 PM   #561 (permalink)
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Oooooooooooooo la la la la!

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19.5 pounds of Namwah (first bunch of this mat)
I had already harvested the first hand back in December before the first frost, but these taste even better today.
Maybe I can sneek away one day next week and go down and do a taste test!
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Maybe I can sneek away one day next week and go down and do a taste test!
You are more than welcome to do so.
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Oooooooooooooo la la la la!

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Thanks. Maybe I can pick up my Fruit Fuel in the next few days and I will bring you some to taste. Yummylicious, but I am biased
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took them a long tome to ripen because they came out just before thanksgiving. But boy they are tasty.my first time eating raja puri and I really like them real sweet.
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Some fine looking ones at that.
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Nick, how big are those fingers on average, the weight per finger?
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Nick, how big are those fingers on average, the weight per finger?
On average, they are about 100g.
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On average, they are about 100g.
Thanks Nick. For some reason I thought they were supposed to get bigger, more like Cavendish size, but the ones I've seen have been around that 100 g mark that you mention.
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Thanks Nick. For some reason I thought they were supposed to get bigger, more like Cavendish size, but the ones I've seen have been around that 100 g mark that you mention.
The bunches tend to be very conical. The top 2-3 hands produce fingers in the 150g range.
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Old 04-07-2014, 11:29 PM   #572 (permalink)
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A FHIA-17 with short fingers. Took five months from flower to harvest.

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Good lookin' bunch.
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Very clean looking. They were bagged, right?
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I harvested the second bunch on my first Namwa mat.







First hand appeared 12/10/13 and harvest was today 4/10/14.


The hardest part is hanging the bunch. I have no helper so I have to hold the bunch up and at the same time tie it to a post.

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What to do with banana stem and leaves after harvesting? Do you chip this material or let it dry out? I have a chipper but concerned the high moisture content in banana plant material may clog the chute and make a mess.
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What to do with banana stem and leaves after harvesting? Do you chip this material or let it dry out? I have a chipper but concerned the high moisture content in banana plant material may clog the chute and make a mess.
Your banana mat will still draw energy from the mother p-stem that was harvested. If you leave it in place it will decrease the time till the next flowering. However I believe the industry practice is to chop down the p-stem to five feet or so. In my yard I just leave it. Depending on the variety, it will continue to look nice and be a feature in the garden for several months.

I can't speak for what will happen to your chipper because I don't have one. For me, I break down the plant material into individual sheathes and then run over it with my lawn more with the clippings bag attached. I know that's way redneck, but it makes great mulch that breaks down easy. So far no ill effects on the mower.
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This is supposed to be Ebun Musak, my first bunch off this plant. From Aloha Tropicals. This is supposed to be the type that is green when ripe. Plant looks like a DB, mostly yellow fruit tastes like an underripe DB--certainly not ripe when green. Bunch size and appearance like my DBs. Same height as DB and same 6 month flower to harvest. Hmmm, I wonder what it could really be? Another Aloha Tropicals FAIL. Well 1 out of 11 ain't bad! Will probably kill this one off since I already have more DB than anything else.
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