Cosmo

Have quite a few varieties fruiting right now:

Twin Reds blooming:





Long anticipated Pitogo:





Orinoco



Unidentified variety. I'll also post in Banana ID thread. Any suggestions?:







One side of the "Farm"

Backyard Banana Joe

Incredible!


Mystery appears to be a namwa........

Cosmo

One could hope! I've had some difficulties with my Blue Java, so Namwa will be a welcomed variety.

Akula

Pisang Klotek that I got from member CountryBoy over in Baldwin County. This is the original that I received from him and planted out into the field as a pup in July 2019. Its only about 8' of pstem and has almost been eclipsed by a pup that is only four months old. Can't wait to taste this banana!

venturabananas

I think you'll love it. With great reluctance, I got rid of it because it was too tall to manage in my yard. It was my favorite for flavor.

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eddiemunozep

How tall is too tall?

venturabananas

For me, it fruited at 14-16' of p-stem typically, with leaves way above that. That could have been OK, but it always needed to be propped to avoid collapsing, and I found it too tricky to fit props that tall in my garden.

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smeash

Dang Donald you're crushing it over there! Im stoked to see you have fruited your PK.. mine is growing from a new pup, after the main stem choked.. so maybe next year.. cant wait to see how the taste of those compare to your other varieties!

hdynad

Updates and additions!!!!


Pitago and 2 Dwarf Brazillian hands are maturing nicely. Now Blue Java. flower and banana pics. with 2nd flower emerging. I also have not 1 but 2 Sweetheart flowers, heavy and over 15 inches long! Beautiful ornamental Lateral Bronze 1st time, beautiful orange flower!!!

Worried with Hurricane Laura fast approaching, my poor Blue Javas are already leaning which is their normal growth pattern. With the winds coming Blue Java and the large Sweetheart flower just opening has me worried., i have them staked so we will see how they all fare.

on a different note the Namwah bunch harvested was some of the best i've tasted, froze a bunch too!

happy growing all,

Darla


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Backyard Banana Joe

Congratulations! Rack on!

imclumbi

Everything looks great, very cool to see the Pitogo. Mine should bloom soon. Let us know how it tastes!

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hdynad

Can't waIt John, deffinately will do a taste test.
Happy growing,

Darla

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Currently growing, , DGM Highgate, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Brazilian , Ensete Glaucum, Pitogo, Hoa Moa, Raja Puri, Thai Black, VG Chaing Rai, Manzano, Praying Hands. Yunnan, Hawiaan Crown, Dwarf Red Plantain

hdynad

Finally, DGM Higate has its 1st flower at about 7ft. hope i can get enough maturity to try them before it gets to cold here in Texas!

happy growing,
Darla



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Currently growing, , DGM Highgate, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Brazilian , Ensete Glaucum, Pitogo, Hoa Moa, Raja Puri, Thai Black, VG Chaing Rai, Manzano, Praying Hands. Yunnan, Hawiaan Crown, Dwarf Red Plantain

LaBananaGwr2018

Thank you for sharingsharing your pic. I hope to be able to share mine next year hear

twotallgirls

My Saba finally bloomed! I planted a pup about 16 months ago. Don helped me select the pup on a 20 ft. mother plant at Going Bananas.... It was already 3 feet tall then. Its now 16 feet tall, and the base if 45 inches. I understand they take a while to mature so I'll need to figure out some recipes by next March.

Sorry for sideways photos... no matter what I do (file type, size, etc.) they sometimes just post sideways.

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Blue Java, Raja Puri, Goldfinger FHIA-01, Mona Lisa FHIA-02, Sweetheart FHIA-03, Pitogo, Saba, Dwarf Cavendish, Super Dwarf Cav., Namwa, Brazilian, Mysore, Dwarf Red, and a mystery or two

Backyard Banana Joe

Jealous.

Cosmo

Goldfinger (atleast how it was labeled)



Mystery banana improperly labeled purchase. I've harvested this one before, large cooking bananas with rounded ends. About 12-14 ft tall at shoot.



Not sure what happened to this one. This was one I posted a page or two ago that someone replied thinking it may be Namwa. Regardless, the bananas didn't get very big and ended up skipping the ripening stage and dying off. Any ideas to what may have happened? It got plenty of water and fertilized as well.

Backyard Banana Joe

The second mystery banana looks like it might be a green Ae Ae (probably isn't, but maybe) or another type of Maoli.

They look great! Huge bunch!

Spaugh

AEAE blooming yay!

Spaugh

AEAE blooming yay!