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barrie 11-20-2015 03:03 PM

English home-grown bananas!
 
Finally I've got to eat my first crop of home-grown bananas...Musa rajapuri...which are about half the size of M. cavendish, but are sweeter and have a slightly stronger flavour.

luisport 11-20-2015 03:10 PM

Re: English home-grown bananas!
 
Congratulations! I saw your photo gallery... do you take any photos of matured banana hands? :bananas_b

barrie 11-20-2015 03:21 PM

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Hi Luisport...

Have one image...am just about to upload it.

barrie 11-20-2015 03:34 PM

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Can't find the original image I uploaded...apparantly it was received OK but God knows where its gone!

Kat2 11-20-2015 06:02 PM

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Finding your picture was easy.


Someone else can explain how you can find your pics; I'm lousy at that stuff.

Congrats on your bounty.

barrie 11-21-2015 03:57 AM

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Thanks for your comments.

That was image number two...I can't find image No 1 anywhere, so I'll try again!

jmoore 11-21-2015 08:28 AM

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Good skills that man! I have a Raja Puri, but it didn't do anything this year, oh well we'll see what next year brings.

I notice it's growing next to a wall; is it south facing?

barrie 11-21-2015 11:37 AM

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Yes, all winter it was supported at 45 degrees in my greenhouse because it was too tall, with an additional tubular heater under the stalk plus a UV light above when it was cloudy! It came out in spring against that south-facing wall. Those fruits were on the stalk for 12 months...but they wouldn't ripen until I cut them off and put them in brown paper bags in warmth for a few weeks.
A lot of bloody effort and expense for about 30 bananas!

barrie 11-21-2015 01:33 PM

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Kat2 11-21-2015 01:34 PM

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By Jove I think he's got it! They look yummy and I don't even like bananas--well not the store bought ones.

luisport 11-21-2015 01:36 PM

Re: English home-grown bananas!
 
Hi Barrie! So, this is raja puri bananas? They look great, congratulations! :08:

barrie 11-21-2015 01:41 PM

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Seems I was sending too big a file...and yet was informed each time that the file uploaded successfully. Who knows?

robguz24 11-21-2015 06:04 PM

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They look like Orinoco, not Raja Puri.

barrie 11-22-2015 07:45 AM

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Thanks, Rob, but I can only go by the label!

What do your rajapuri look like, then?

robguz24 11-22-2015 12:46 PM

Re: English home-grown bananas!
 
Well my first Raja Puri was a Gros Michel. My 2nd was a Namwah. My 3rd is the real thing, but hasn't fruited yet, lol. Mislabeling seems to be the curse of home banana growing.

They are more rounded and look very much like a Dwarf Brazilian banana. They don't have that triangular shape with those sharp ridges.

Congratulations on getting your own edible fruit in England, whatever it is they are!

barrie 11-22-2015 01:57 PM

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Hi Rob,

Thanks for your comments...having looked at your 'garden' you are obviously an expert as you certainly have a fine collection of bananas and other tropical fruits.

I envy your location and weather...last night was our first cold one of winter...it went down to -4C (25F). Everything is squeezed into my greenhouse, apart from a couple of basjoos which are now looking a bit sad. Haven't got round to covering them with insulation, not that you would know about that, presumably!

Also enjoyed your comments on the BBC website. Will look at YouTube eventually!

I have now renamed the pups from original Raja Puri as rajapuri-maybe-orinoco.

Take care!

Dalmatiansoap 11-22-2015 02:58 PM

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Not so maybe. Orinoco for sure ;)

luisport 11-22-2015 03:32 PM

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This is my "not so big" Rajapuri...

robguz24 11-22-2015 05:01 PM

Re: English home-grown bananas!
 
Thanks Barrie! Well I wouldn't call myself an expert, just a banana enthusiast with a bit of OCD about collecting. I'm actually not all that great about identifying types though Bluggo group types tend to have those hard angles to them, so they stand out. It's rarely dipped below 70F in the past 6 months and after several years here, anything below 65F feels almost painful!

mushtaq86 11-22-2015 05:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by barrie (Post 266538)
Finally I've got to eat my first crop of home-grown bananas...Musa rajapuri...which are about half the size of M. cavendish, but are sweeter and have a slightly stronger flavour. (Have tried to upload image to this post but it seems to have gone to members galleries!)

Congrats Barrie

How long have you had it,agree with Rob its not a Rajapuri, it definitely looks like a Orinoco


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