sunfish

Harvested another AE AE pup

ladyflyfsh

What do you all do with all your ripe bananas that ripen at once? I need to deal with about 20 pounds of nanners right now. HELP!

jbyrd88888

Give to friends, family and co workers!?... I have never harvested a bunch of my own but I found binge dieting on bananas only for one week is impossible but somewhat very healthy; my skin seemed smoother/softer, whiter eyes and thicker fingernails and beard... Best banana bread is made from overripe bananas IMO. I try to give lots of my vegetables away that produce more than enough for me to eat.

edit: I've heard of people freezing them but my experience turned them to mushy yucky.

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Nicolas Naranja

I freeze mine or turn them into banana bread, which also freezes well.

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crazy banana

I second that and smoothies and ice cream.
Friends, family, neighbors, colleagues.... , to make it short: there are never enough bananas on one bunch or lets say it this way, you have actually more friends, family members, neighbors and colleagues than you ever would have thought...

servatusprime

Creamwah!! These are huuuuuge, almost as big as Kandrain fruit. I might be imagining it, but the texture seems a little less firm/dense. This is the same mat that I harvested a couple of weeks ago.

kubali

Anyone know what type banana these are,I have had them growing about 24 years now. They were here when I bought this place and I might add they are super super sweet.

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orinoco banana

crazy banana

Harvested another bunch of "real deal" Blue Java/Ice Cream today.
No photo, because I am too embarrassed to show the small bunch. It was so small because the plant did not even have one leaf left after last winter to support a proper filling and ripening of the fruit. Nonetheless, some nice bananas are better than none and they taste surprisingly good, too.

Nicolas Naranja

Gros Michel and FHIA-3, the calabaza are the fruits I didn't sell. I had about 1000 lbs this Summer

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Nicolas Naranja

The Gros Michel were decent sized, 7-8" with a 33mm diameter. 20 lbs bunch. It was bunch number 2 from the mat. Bunch number one, blew down immature, it didn't taste very good. I'm expecting better this time now that they are filled out.
The Fhia-3 are about 7" long with a 40mm diameter, also a 20 lbs bunch. It was bunch number 1 from the mat

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kubali

some more great bananas

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Some skinny but very red Morados, a little over 40mm diameter.






The skinny bananas don't have very good flavor but the puppies didn't seem to mind.







attn: PETA

They don't just eat dessert bananas, they already ate their maduros.

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i have read that gros michel don't do well in florida so i am hesitant to try them in 9b, but it looks like they are doing well for you. do you give them any special care?

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servatusprime

I have a mat down here in Fort Myers. From my experience, they are slow to establish and are fairly cold sensitive. You might be a little too north to grow them successfully without protection. I can't say I am an expert yet since I haven't harvested a bunch yet. I had one well on the way, but some wind gusts took it down. (needless to say I was not thrilled)

Nicolas Naranja

They are merely a curiosity. I don't do anything special except the bunch pruning. They are planted on a ditch bank about 200' from Lake Okeechobee so they are about as protected as bananas can get in interior Florida. They get sigatoka bad, they don't handle the cold well, the yields are awful, and they take a long time to make their first bunch. I would rather have FHIA-17 or Williams. I have a limited quantity but if people want to try them I can send them.

PM me before Wednesday if you want some Gros Michel bananas to try. They should be able to get anywher in the state of Florida without going overripe.

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Nicolas Naranja

The gros michel bananas taste good. They are soft and taste like bananas. Creamier than Cavendish.

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kubali

I never get big bunches like some members do, but they are always great eating.

Richard

It's a function of variety, cultivation, and weather. A Namwa in southern CA blooming late spring from a 3rd+ generation corm produced in an ongoing planter bed will usually have 120+ fingers. A Brazilian (Apple) in the same conditions might have 60 fingers.

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