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sputinc7

07-28-2017 01:35 PM

WOW!! ... What a nice bunch!

Now that's what I am talkin' about!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QuifJnSYKU

beam2050

07-28-2017 04:05 PM

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I want on of those. I live on a road with no traffic and I would cause accidents I planted one by the fence. which fhia is this. one guy talks about getting seeds from ari-maruku I assume he means tc's. well tended fields don't see hardly a pup no were.

Tytaylor77

07-29-2017 02:50 AM

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I think it's FHIA-17. Monster!

beam2050

07-29-2017 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Tytaylor77 (Post 307809)

I think it's FHIA-17. Monster!

thanks, what zone? :drum:

sputinc7

07-29-2017 11:53 AM

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It's a FHIA banana, that seems to be the gist of the dialogue, how much better the FHIA varieties are than the originals. That's obviously in the tropics, somewhere in Africa I would guess.
I just thought it was something to see, a bunch it takes 2-3 men to carry. What do you- suppose they weigh in at? 120 lbs?

beam2050

07-29-2017 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sputinc7 (Post 307825)

What do you- suppose they weigh in at? 120 lbs?

don't know what it ways. but they had a contest on how many fingers on a certain stalk. it was 238 fingers.

beam2050

07-29-2017 01:15 PM

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so far what I have read, it can grow in zone 8a. considered to be in the large Cavendish type. also came from gran nain and gros Michel. taste is similar to a goldfinger.

Juicy Bananas

07-29-2017 02:14 PM

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They do not practice sustainable farming. These are most likely doused in chemicals everyday to create a rack like that. I wouldn't eat those bananas.

beam2050

07-29-2017 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Juicy Bananas (Post 307833)

They do not practice sustainable farming. These are most likely doused in chemicals everyday to create a rack like that. I wouldn't eat those bananas.

don't believe these people have the money to do fertilizers or insecticides. they are bringing these things in on bicycles. all that would be aw natural.

Botanical_Bryce

07-29-2017 06:20 PM

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The plantations spray insecticides not the guys on bikes.

Juicy Bananas

07-29-2017 07:28 PM

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Sorry... But they use a lot of insecticide, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers on their mono-culture bananas. Just look up feeding regiment for Brazil.

robguz24

07-29-2017 09:11 PM

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It's Tanzania. It says so in the first few seconds.

beam2050

07-30-2017 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sputinc7 (Post 307825)

129 kilos- 284 lbs. that's one I found.

beam2050

07-30-2017 11:16 AM

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Explants of two elite cooking banana cultivars, FHIA17 and INJAGI were collected from healthy source of stock plants growing in the field. Sterilization was evaluated using different concentrations (20, 30, 40, 50 and 60%) of a commercial bleach (JIK) for 25 min. Effects of cytokinins benzyl amino purine (BAP), 2-isopentenyl adenine (2iP) and kinetin each evaluated at 5, 10, 20, 24 and 40 µM and thidiazuron (TDZ) at 0.1, 0.5, 1 and 1.5 µM, on microshoot induction were investigated. Effects of auxins viz. napthaleneacetic acid (NAA), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA each evaluated at 5, 10, 20 and 40 µM) on rooting were tested as well. The highest (91%) numbers of clean explants were obtained when the explants were subjected to sterilization in 40% Jik for 25 min. The FHIA 17 explants cultured on MS media supplemented with 40 µM kinetin produced the highest (3.00±0.35) mean number of microshoots. On the other hand, INJAGI explants cultured on MS media supplemented with 0.1 µM TDZ yielded the highest mean number (1.84±0.24) of microshoots and the highest mean length (0.99±0.13). Rooting was achieved in all media supplemented with the auxins evaluated except on 2,4-D. These results have an important significance on the application of tissue culture in propagation of cooking bananas in Rwanda, which is highly desired to support the government policy of replacing old unproductive bananas with elite high yielding varieties.

In vitro propagation of two elite cooking banana cultivars- FHIA 17 and INJAGI (PDF Download Available). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290625614_In_vitro_propagation_of_two_elite_cooking_banana_culti vars-_FHIA_17_and_INJAGI [accessed Jul 30, 2017].

venturabananas

08-04-2017 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by beam2050 (Post 307830)

so far what I have read, it can grow in zone 8a. considered to be in the large Cavendish type. also came from gran nain and gros Michel. taste is similar to a goldfinger.

I would not say the taste of FHIA-17 is similar to Goldfinger. Doesn't have any of the nice tartness of Goldfinger. Much more similar to Cavendish.

beam2050

08-04-2017 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by venturabananas (Post 308151)

I would not say the taste of FHIA-17 is similar to Goldfinger. Doesn't have any of the nice tartness of Goldfinger. Much more similar to Cavendish.

thanks. haven't been able to find one except for tc's. guess I will buy a couple of tc's this fall. the post I talked about taste is something I read online. but thanks for the taste report.

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