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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
You guys who live in consistently warm places make me jealous: 13 months from small TC to flowering! That's faster than the fastest I've had, and that was planted from a very large pup. None of the few plants I've planted as small TC's have flowered yet. It's been over two years, and most aren't even near flowering.
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It's been great! About 18 months ago is when I went banana crazy and started acquiring many different varieties. Lately, I've been getting a new first bloom for a variety about every month. There have been just a few varieties that have flowered in just over a year. On the other hand I have a tall Cuban Red which is going on 5 years without fruit.
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[quote=robguz24;216154]Well my Aloha Tropicals Praying Hands is the real thing. 15 months from planting a small TC. Of the 7 varieties from AT that I purchased and have identified, this praying hands is the only correct one. 1 out of 7 is not good!
Okay. I have to know. What were the wrong varieties? Please don't tell me that their Goldfinger is wrong. |
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[quote=Julian;216377] It was a several inch high TC. It has the same pink streaks on the p-stem, a hint of pink on the underside of the cigar leaf when it emerges, and very closed petioles like my namwahs. I hope you were lucky with yours.
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[quote=robguz24;216382]Thank you Rob. Have those fruited for you? My plant is on Lana'i, at my mother's house. I will have my brother give me the low down. The plant is about 10 months old, but from what I understand it is still only a few feet tall. Thank you man
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No fruit yet, mine is 13 months old, but in a more shady spot so it's been slow growing.
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Are you totally sure that it is not Goldfinger? I know Gold finger supposed be mostly green and such. It's strange that AT does not even have Namwa on his variety list, yet he seems to be dealing them out as other varieties?
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Thank you Yug. I just got a good sized Popoulu keiki from a friend today, so that should be good enough for that subgroup. I appreciate it though. Aloha
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Williams, looking to be a big bunch.
Huamoa, not looking like a big bunch, but already the fruit are short and fat with a wrinkled peduncle. |
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Where did you get the Huamoa from? Was it a TC?
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Huamoa a TC from Novelty Greens. Got it at the Hilo Home Depot 13 months ago for $7. All my TCs from them or AT have grown much faster on average than any pups I've bought.
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I was wondering. Nicolas Naranja was mentioning how TC's from this variety is strange. Maybe there's something about that and these smaller bunches.
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