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Old 09-28-2014, 10:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Joy Ye Olde Musa Conquista - a stunning 20 hand bunch

Presently at 20 hands and 350+ fingers.
I'll take some new photos later.

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Conquista, a highly productive and disease resistant Mysore cultivar from Embrapa.
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:02 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Can you sell those down there? Or are they mulch too? :v)
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I have trouble eating 11 hands in a week!
That is the most productive banana I have ever seen. Where can you buy this banana plant?
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All I can say is "impressive".
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I have trouble eating 11 hands in a week!
That is the most productive banana I have ever seen. Where can you buy this banana plant?
Try growing the Mona Lisa, they'll stay ripe for 2 weeks at ambient temps and in your zone maybe you'll get 80+ lb. bunches.
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Is that a plantain ?
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Beauty bunch!!

Ed: its a mysore cultivar, see the bottom of the first page
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Ya wanna platano with a 150+ fruit?

Grow the Congo.

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