What did you harvest today (bananas) - Page 57

robguz24 · 03-29-2017, 12:37 PM

For me, Tuu Gia has been the fastest to flower, but then takes consistently 5 months to harvest. In one case a new plant flowered in 6 months! It's become one of my most planted types and one I push when selling. It seems to be so hearty and produces pups like nothing else. I can put them in spots where previous bananas rotted away and they take off. In fact this bunch was from a plant put in a spot where a previous A'ea'e completely rotted after a couple years.

Tytaylor77 · 03-29-2017, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by robguz24

For me, Tuu Gia has been the fastest to flower, but then takes consistently 5 months to harvest. In one case a new plant flowered in 6 months! It's become one of my most planted types and one I push when selling. It seems to be so hearty and produces pups like nothing else. I can put them in spots where previous bananas rotted away and they take off. In fact this bunch was from a plant put in a spot where a previous A'ea'e completely rotted after a couple years.

Flower in 6 months is awesome! Hopefully I will be able to try one soon. I have been unable to find a source the past couple years that I have been looking for one. Hopefully I will find one soon. I'm willing to buy or trade if anyone out there has one willing to send to TX.

Thanks again Rob. Your information and experiences is always very helpful.

robguz24 · 04-04-2017, 11:43 PM

Iholena "Nani" which is probably really a Lele or Kapua variant. These look more like Kapua in that they're more rounded.

robguz24 · 04-10-2017, 10:51 PM

My first Silver Bluggo rack. Beautiful fruit, wish I liked them more.

sputinc7 · 04-15-2017, 05:07 PM

I got another bunch of Brazilians, one year to the day from my first ones. What are the odds? 1 in 365 I guess...
Anyway, I believe they are ripening because of a critter munching on a couple about a week ago and the rot problem I had with two other bunches is doing it. As soon as they begin turning, they begin browning at the flower end and going bad rather than ripening normally. Whatever is causing it seems to enter through a wound and infect the fingers individually one at a time through the wound, then the stem of the bunch and into the fingers. There is a yellowish discoloration of the stem in the bunch on one side going from the wounded bananas to the first ripening bunch. I can tell it is the same thing that happened with the other two bunches and it seemed as if it spread up to the other bunches from the cut flower, but I did not cut the flower on this one as I suspected it was connected. Now I am more convinced. I do so wish I knew what it is and how to correct it as they don't ripen correctly so you must eat them as soon as they yellow or they rot. Inside the stem and PS are clear, free from any brown patches indicating disease of some sort. I am again, and still, stumped.
See below...

Tytaylor77 · 04-15-2017, 06:20 PM

Nice bunch Steve. Congrats. I'm not sure what your issue is also. At least it didn't start on this one until they are ready. Don't cut those flowers! Research shows it doesn't matter anyway. Just make sure you have something to swat wasps with haha.

PR-Giants · 04-21-2017, 08:55 AM

Goldfinger bunch just under 90 lb., harvested it very green as cooking bananas so it never reached it's full potential.
The fingers in the top few hands were 12 to 13 oz.

Seadation · 04-21-2017, 08:58 AM

PR how do you cook the goldfingers green?

venturabananas · 04-21-2017, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by PR-Giants

Goldfinger bunch just under 90 lb., harvested it very green as cooking bananas so it never reached it's full potential.
The fingers in the top few hands were 12 to 13 oz.

Impressive as always. Us mere mortals can only dream of growing bunches that big.

robguz24 · 04-22-2017, 11:58 AM

Kind of small Thousand Fingers bunch. Didn't heavily fertilize like I have for some larger bunches. Sandals are size 10 for reference. Most of the rack had fruit large enough to actually bother with.

PR-Giants · 04-24-2017, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by venturabananas

Impressive as always. Us mere mortals can only dream of growing bunches that big.

Thanks V
That was the smallest bunch this year.
Didn't fertilize, like normal. Barrels are size 55.
Hydroponics works really well.

Seadation · 04-28-2017, 08:39 AM

My first Goldfinger. This is from a TC from Going Bananas in Miami.

robguz24 · 05-04-2017, 10:15 PM

Another Huti Shumba Nyeelu, one of my new favorites.

Jonifg · 05-21-2017, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

Nice

robguz24 · 05-26-2017, 09:11 PM

Barraganete Plantain and Praying Hands.

HMelendez · 05-27-2017, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by robguz24

Barraganete Plantain and Praying Hands.

Congrats Rob!

Nice size Barraganete Plantain bunch!.....Next time I visit Ecuador, hopefully, I will have the opportunity to bring The Barraganete Plantain to grow in Continental US, along with some other cultivars!....

I recently tasted The Praying Hands!......OMG!.....Straight Vanilla Ice Cream Flavor!....It should be called "Praying Hands Vanilla Ice Cream!"......LOL.....Now, one of my favorites!.....

epicyardfarm · 05-30-2017, 12:14 PM

I was forced to harvest my banana bunch a month ahead of schedule because the stem broke at the "arm" where the spike came out of the pseudostem. This is the first time my banana produce the signature coloration of the Blue Java! The previous years, it only give me banana with typical green skin! Crazy how plants could change its fruiting over time. The fruit size are also about 2 - 3 times larger than the fruit I harvested before.

cincinnana · 05-30-2017, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by epicyardfarm

I was forced to harvest my banana bunch a month ahead of schedule because the stem broke at the "arm" where the spike came out of the pseudostem. This is the first time my banana produce the signature coloration of the Blue Java! The previous years, it only give me banana with typical green skin! Crazy how plants could change its fruiting over time. The fruit size are also about 2 - 3 times larger than the fruit I harvested before.

Great pics.....

But best of all the open Facebook page....You are truly a great gardener.

robguz24 · 05-30-2017, 10:37 PM

Jacq, if this happens again it would generally be better to still leave that rack in place. It will still get more developed by getting what it can from the top part of the pseudostem and may actually fill out slightly more. Hopefully yours will still eventually ripen and become edible. Not sure how long they take flower to fully mature where you are but they're 5-6 months in Hawaii. Mine that have broken under 4 months have never really become edible.

epicyardfarm · 05-31-2017, 08:42 AM

Thank you so much for letting me know! I will leave them on the next time this happens. My banana seem to take anywhere from 5-6 months to ripen also. There are a couple of them starting to show a little bit of yellow tint indoors.

But I might have to cook them up as tostones!

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Originally Posted by robguz24

Jacq, if this happens again it would generally be better to still leave that rack in place. It will still get more developed by getting what it can from the top part of the pseudostem and may actually fill out slightly more. Hopefully yours will still eventually ripen and become edible. Not sure how long they take flower to fully mature where you are but they're 5-6 months in Hawaii. Mine that have broken under 4 months have never really become edible.

03-29-2017, 12:37 PM	#1121 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 260,810 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) For me, Tuu Gia has been the fastest to flower, but then takes consistently 5 months to harvest. In one case a new plant flowered in 6 months! It's become one of my most planted types and one I push when selling. It seems to be so hearty and produces pups like nothing else. I can put them in spots where previous bananas rotted away and they take off. In fact this bunch was from a plant put in a spot where a previous A'ea'e completely rotted after a couple years. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

04-04-2017, 11:43 PM	#1123 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 260,810 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) Iholena "Nani" which is probably really a Lele or Kapua variant. These look more like Kapua in that they're more rounded. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

04-10-2017, 10:51 PM	#1124 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 260,810 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) My first Silver Bluggo rack. Beautiful fruit, wish I liked them more. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

04-15-2017, 05:07 PM	#1125 (permalink)
sputinc7 Location: Palm Bay, Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Steve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,394 BananaBucks : 101,651 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 352 Times Was Thanked 2,430 Times in 971 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 295 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) I got another bunch of Brazilians, one year to the day from my first ones. What are the odds? 1 in 365 I guess... Anyway, I believe they are ripening because of a critter munching on a couple about a week ago and the rot problem I had with two other bunches is doing it. As soon as they begin turning, they begin browning at the flower end and going bad rather than ripening normally. Whatever is causing it seems to enter through a wound and infect the fingers individually one at a time through the wound, then the stem of the bunch and into the fingers. There is a yellowish discoloration of the stem in the bunch on one side going from the wounded bananas to the first ripening bunch. I can tell it is the same thing that happened with the other two bunches and it seemed as if it spread up to the other bunches from the cut flower, but I did not cut the flower on this one as I suspected it was connected. Now I am more convinced. I do so wish I knew what it is and how to correct it as they don't ripen correctly so you must eat them as soon as they yellow or they rot. Inside the stem and PS are clear, free from any brown patches indicating disease of some sort. I am again, and still, stumped. See below... __________________ If you lose your head and give up, you neither live nor win. https://sputinc7.wixsite.com/covwc Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel. What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

04-15-2017, 06:20 PM	#1126 (permalink)
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04-21-2017, 08:55 AM	#1127 (permalink)
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04-21-2017, 08:58 AM	#1128 (permalink)
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04-22-2017, 11:58 AM	#1130 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 260,810 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) Kind of small Thousand Fingers bunch. Didn't heavily fertilize like I have for some larger bunches. Sandals are size 10 for reference. Most of the rack had fruit large enough to actually bother with. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

05-04-2017, 10:15 PM	#1133 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 260,810 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) Another Huti Shumba Nyeelu, one of my new favorites. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage Last edited by robguz24 : 07-03-2017 at 03:00 AM.

05-26-2017, 09:11 PM	#1135 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 260,810 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) Barraganete Plantain and Praying Hands. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage Last edited by robguz24 : 07-03-2017 at 02:58 AM.

05-30-2017, 12:14 PM	#1137 (permalink)
epicyardfarm Location: Tempe, AZ Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Jacq Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 36 BananaBucks : 8,160 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 58 Times Was Thanked 76 Times in 25 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) I was forced to harvest my banana bunch a month ahead of schedule because the stem broke at the "arm" where the spike came out of the pseudostem. This is the first time my banana produce the signature coloration of the Blue Java! The previous years, it only give me banana with typical green skin! Crazy how plants could change its fruiting over time. The fruit size are also about 2 - 3 times larger than the fruit I harvested before. __________________ Living in sunny Arizona growing a subtropical food forest on a tiny 0.16 acre property. Check out my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/epicyardfarm/ Last edited by epicyardfarm : 05-30-2017 at 12:28 PM.

05-30-2017, 10:37 PM	#1139 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 260,810 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What did you harvest today (bananas) Jacq, if this happens again it would generally be better to still leave that rack in place. It will still get more developed by getting what it can from the top part of the pseudostem and may actually fill out slightly more. Hopefully yours will still eventually ripen and become edible. Not sure how long they take flower to fully mature where you are but they're 5-6 months in Hawaii. Mine that have broken under 4 months have never really become edible. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

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