Thousand fingers question

flaflowerfloozie · 05-24-2013, 03:35 PM

A few months ago I was in search of a thousand fingers and a praying hands, found the thousand fingers at a plant show at our local botanical garden this past March. So it's in the ground and it's very happy, a leaf every week and now just a few days ago I noticed 2 pups (Hooray) so I go out this morning to yank the relentless weeds from around it and find that one of the pups has a blush or a definite red blotch on one side of the leaf, it's pigment... not a burn. Is this normal in this type banana, the Mother plant has all dark green leaves without any red/blushed streaking...I wanted a thousand fingers I hope this is what the guy said it was and not a mystery nana.
Any ideas??

robguz24 · 05-24-2013, 08:33 PM

I have 3 with many pups on them. Have never seen any red blotches.

flaflowerfloozie · 05-24-2013, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by robguz24

I have 3 with many pups on them. Have never seen any red blotches.

I have to figure out how to post pics on this website...that would help.

I can't imagine he sold me something else all he does is sell bananas from Miami/homestead...I suppose it happens though.

Thanks

BTW...how old do your 1000 fingers get before they bloom?

robguz24 · 05-24-2013, 11:23 PM

2 of mine that were TCs took under a year. One I bought as a sword sucker is at 18 months and months from blooming. It could just be mine didn't have red, so don't give up hope. I just tasted these for the first time. Better than I expected.

flaflowerfloozie · 05-25-2013, 08:56 AM

I managed to get photos loaded to my gallery

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53054

robguz24 · 05-25-2013, 11:30 AM

Let see some of where the petioles attach to the pseudo-stem of the main plant. They have an outward fold on mine. Those spots are pretty faint. It's possible I had them and didn't notice. They aren't like on a cavendish.

flaflowerfloozie · 05-25-2013, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robguz24

Let see some of where the petioles attach to the pseudo-stem of the main plant. They have an outward fold on mine. Those spots are pretty faint. It's possible I had them and didn't notice. They aren't like on a cavendish.

Today I have more red in the leaf a little darker and now some on the other side as well, I uploaded more pics. The other pup has remained all green so far.

robguz24 · 05-25-2013, 07:03 PM

Looks similar to mine. Pretty much all green with some black and the edge of the petiole curls near the p-stem.

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robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 275,283 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: Thousand fingers question 2 of mine that were TCs took under a year. One I bought as a sword sucker is at 18 months and months from blooming. It could just be mine didn't have red, so don't give up hope. I just tasted these for the first time. Better than I expected. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

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robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 275,283 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: Thousand fingers question Looks similar to mine. Pretty much all green with some black and the edge of the petiole curls near the p-stem. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

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