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Old 06-20-2015, 11:08 AM   #1141 (permalink)
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The lot I bought last August is beginning to provide fruit! This small TC Goldfinger was planted 10 months ago and is flowering at 7'. The plant is clearly different from those I got that started life at Agristarts.
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Old 06-21-2015, 04:06 PM   #1142 (permalink)
 
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Old 06-23-2015, 12:26 PM   #1143 (permalink)
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This one came from Novelty Greens, the main supplier for Hawaii out of Hilo. I have FHIA-2,3, 17,23, and 25. Most are very recent (planted within the past month) except the 2 which came from Agristarts initially. I've had the fruit of these same sourced Goldfingers and they seemed to match other descriptions and I found them exceptional, as I did the 2 I grew. Yangambi is one I've love to get my hands on and is supposedly grown somewhere on my island. The others I doubt are here except Grand Nain which I've grown but took out.
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Out of curiosity and purely on speed of maturity/growth...
which variety is a rocket for you from plant to harvest?

Or any one else that has experience in growing many varieties.
I guess this question is for growers that mimics
or comes close to SoCals 10A zone.
PRG on one thread mentioned
Hua Moa and Tigua @297/291 days respectively.
Thats Lambhorgini faaaaaast!

Any thoughts?
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I guess this question is for growers that mimics or comes close to SoCals 10A zone.
Your 10A zone is characterized by cold and sometimes freezing winter temperatures, with warm but low humidity summers. Tropic conditions for bananas have record low temperatures of 55-65F and non-winter humidity over 90%. That humidity acts like a warming oven, whereas our lack of humidity causes warmth to be stripped away by ocean breezes.

This thread is mainly about what banana plants are blooming in your garden. For more information on cultivars for southern CA, please find one of the existing threads or start a new one.
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PRG Thank You!

Im reeeeally hoping that Mona Lisa/FHIA2
tc from FHN is real now.
The Bonanza FHIA18 made the top 10.
Hopefully by early next year I can post pics in this thread.
Awesome!

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Out of curiosity and purely on speed of maturity/growth...
which variety is a rocket for you from plant to harvest?

Or any one else that has experience in growing many varieties.
I guess this question is for growers that mimics
or comes close to SoCals 10A zone.
PRG on one thread mentioned
Hua Moa and Tigua @297/291 days respectively.
Thats Lambhorgini faaaaaast!

Any thoughts?
It difficult to answer with any meaning to it. Often new ones I plant are fast because they have full sun, less competition, and nothing has ever grown in that spot. Another spot in the yard may yield wildly different results and certainly elsewhere on the island, to say nothing of outside of Hawaii. That said. I've gotten blooms in 10 months or so on Goldfinger, Agristarts "Goldfinger", Mona Lisa, 1000 fingers from TC. My 1000 fingers pup from a different source took 4 years! So anything I could tell you isn't so useful. Studies or observations under more controlled and consistent settings, such as what PR-Giants posted, are much more useful.
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It takes you longer to grow bananas but you can calibrate the numbers.

Good decision to stay away from Agristarts Fake Goldfinger.
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Am I reading this correctly?
According to your chart, the parentage
of the FHIA 18 & 01 are the same...
Prata Ana x SH 3142?

The FHIA 17 & 23 you have both
listed as Highgate x SH3362.

I wonder if its the same with hibridizing in palm culture
where the mother would be the first listed
whereas the pollen donor father
would be on the other side of the x.

Pls clarify.

Thanx.
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Ok
PRG I stand corrected!
Thanx for pointing that out.

If you add the the two numbers (from the table)
from planting days to harvest days,
the SH 3640 is 4th in terms of speed of growth/maturity.
Gran Nain was third @295days.
FHIA 2 & 18 was 5th & 6th from the list.

I wonder where the Namwah, DB, mysore and the rest fall in the list?

Thanx.
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Another Namwah bloom!








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Ok
PRG I stand corrected!
Thanx for pointing that out.

If you add the the two numbers (from the table)
from planting days to harvest days,
the SH 3640 is 4th in terms of speed of growth/maturity.
Gran Nain was third @295days.
FHIA 2 & 18 was 5th & 6th from the list.

I wonder where the Namwah, DB, mysore and the rest fall in the list?

Thanx.
A ton of naners are blooming, 2 many 2 list.


@GB
This was a study on synthetic hybrid bananas with a few local cultivars as a reference. I only included a few from the study.

If you're looking to grow FHIA, go with the SH-3640 it tastes best and grows fast. The FHIA-03 grows fast and is probably the best for colder climates.
Be careful of info from members with misidentified bananas.
I harvested 3 FHIA-02 bunches today and all went into the compost, the bunches that went into the house today were Veinte Cohol, Verdin, Morado, Dwarf Brazilian, Manzano, & SH-3640.

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I guess this is what makes this site/hobby
worthwhile as Forest Gump said so eloquently...
"Life is like a box of chocolates...

Thank you PRG.
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I guess this is what makes this site/hobby
worthwhile as Forest Gump said so eloquently...
"Life is like a box of chocolates...

Thank you PRG.
Yeah but it doesn't
take 2 to 3 years to bite
into a piece of chocolate
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Yeah but it doesn't
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Youre right again!

I jumped the gun when I saw how
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Youre right again!

I jumped the gun when I saw how
cheap the tc was from the more popular
and well respected retailer.
Tc's are fine and if done correctly can
really help commercial farmers. In the
US they are done as ornamental plants
so the screening procedures are skipped
and you guys get a higher percentage of
viruses than the commercial growing regions
in rest of the world, cheap still has a cost.
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Your FHIA23 looks like a sequoia tree of naners!
Is that the thickest trunked fruiting banana?
What do you feed that thing...alligator meat?

Impressive!
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Your FHIA23 looks like a sequoia tree of naners!
Is that the thickest trunked fruiting banana?
What do you feed that thing...alligator meat?

Impressive!
Not by a long shot. Kandrian is probably twice as large. I would say FHIA-23 is a standard sized plant.
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My Dwarf Brazillian is having its first flowering.
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