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Old 09-28-2014, 06:50 PM   #981 (permalink)
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Namva, Ice-cream, and Bucket Namva
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The female and male flowers of the DC are much more colorful (red and dark hues) than is normal for that cultivar.

I have no idea what the unknown is. How tall is it and are the petiole canals open, closed, or intermediate? The really compact structure of the bunch is distinctive.

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The plants are about 10' Tall and close to 3' around at the base of the plant. The last picture is older but it shows the banana plants.
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Do you think the DC might be something else?
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Not sure about this one. Have you had the fruit before? If so, what do they taste like? Any tartness? Thick peel or thin peel?

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Do you think the DC might be something else?
The flower colors are more typical of Rajapuri (if this plant is as short as a DC).
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The fruit on both plants is very good. I still think the Namva fruit is better. This time when I harvest I will pay attention and take some pictures of the fruit and peel.

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They keep coming.
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First Mona Lisa. About 7.5' with 8 hands so far. 9 months and 1 week from small TC to flowering. That's pretty fast compared to most I grow.
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Second inflorescence on my Namwah mat in 2014
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Third inflorescence on my Blue Java mat
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Fourth inflorescence on my Blue Java mat: this plant is 8' away from my Pisang Klotek mat, but it is leaning right into the Pisang Klotek bunch.
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First Mona Lisa. About 7.5' with 8 hands so far. 9 months and 1 week from small TC to flowering. That's pretty fast compared to most I grow.
I've never grown the real deal, but that sounds about right by other accounts. The debate in the literature is whether it is pleasantly sweet or putrid sweet. I hope you can shed some light on this question!
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First time for Yangambi KM5 in my yard. Can't say I'm optimistic about how this will turn out, given how plants with all A genes have done in my yard, but I can hope!

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Here's how to turn a banana that normally flowers at about 15' into a "dwarf". Chop it off at 1.5' not long before it is going to flower!

I wasn't aiming for that. I am slowly removing this mat because the plants are too darn tall and lean over my neighbor's driveway. But it is amusing to see how chopping this one worked out.

PS - the bunches on p-stems that aren't chopped are WAY bigger!

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And good old Rajapuri. Can't beat the color of the female flowers or the size of the bud.

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this was last year Nov 16, my 1Gallon Lowes "African Rhino Horn" for $7.99


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African rhino from lowes, fingers crossed.



this is how she looked last night..





multiple pups (over 10) cant wait to transplant them!



i recall reading here that this Variety can flower in as little as 9 - 12 month?

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another Dwarf




so far 2014 has turned out as following:
1 harvested (7/2014)
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4 more possibles flowers before the year ends.
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... i recall reading here that this Variety can flower in as little as 9 - 12 month? ...
Depends on climate zone.
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what variety is that? 357 fingers is huge
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Goldfinger!! I'm thinking of pruning it back. 11 hands is too many for us to eat by our selves.
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