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03-10-2013, 07:58 PM | #301 (permalink) |
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A few days shy of 6 months. This is the biggest DB I've ever had. 57 lbs, 149 fruit on 10 hands. Huge individual fruit. This one benefitted from being closer to my regularly watered lawn than any other banana plant. I have 2 more bunches this size coming in the next month or so.
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03-10-2013, 08:02 PM | #302 (permalink) |
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6 months? Are you at elevation? I would expect 6 months in the winter in Florida but not in the tropics.
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03-10-2013, 08:04 PM | #303 (permalink) |
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DBs and Williams here are always about 6 months, occasionally a few weeks less.
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03-10-2013, 09:09 PM | #304 (permalink) |
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From flower to harvest? I'm just a little surprised because at 6 month bunches only happen when flowering occurs in November. You wouldn't have a bunch left to harvest, just a bunch of black cast skins
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03-10-2013, 10:27 PM | #305 (permalink) |
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Yep, 6 months is how long they take no matter what time of year here.
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03-13-2013, 07:18 PM | #306 (permalink) |
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After just over 6 months, my not-dwarf-namwa bunch.
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A bunch of Dwarf Cavendish Bananas i harvested today
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04-15-2013, 12:15 AM | #311 (permalink) |
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Are the Pisang Raja skins actually fuzzy as I've read?
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04-15-2013, 11:01 AM | #312 (permalink) |
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No, the bunch stalk wasn't fuzzy either. I know that some bunch stalks are kind of fuzzy as well.
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Looks good, 6 months for you as well?
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04-17-2013, 05:13 PM | #315 (permalink) |
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This one took 8 months.the winter here drastically slowed it down.
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It's amazing what more water can do. I've also gotten those massive DBs from the mat I have closest to my lawn areas which gets regular water, and therefore more water than any other bananas in my yard.
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04-18-2013, 02:47 PM | #318 (permalink) |
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good taste, much better then Chiquita IMO
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