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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-16-2013, 12:16 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 8,833
Posted By cheson74
Re: Typical height for a Dwarf Namwah banana to fruit?

They are dwarves. Everything just gets really big here in the tropics. Plus my plants get a daily watering for 180 minutes. I'll see if I can get some pictures this weekend.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-15-2013, 08:55 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 8,833
Posted By cheson74
Re: Typical height for a Dwarf Namwah banana to fruit?

Mine is a monster, 13 feet when it fruited. My dwarf brazilians are around 13-14 feet. So most dwarves here are gigantic.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-25-2013, 02:52 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,549
Posted By cheson74
Re: Yucky snow weather today

It was 88 here today and suppose to be near 90 tomorrow. Fall sucks here! :)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-18-2013, 04:44 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 40,482
Posted By cheson74
Re: Good companion plants for bananas

I plant tapioca, yucca root, taro, ginger and papaya next to my bananas. Since this is the tropics, everything grows year round. My 14 foot dwarf bananas are gigantic so I don't think there any...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-15-2013, 07:29 PM
Replies: 1,318
Views: 214,093
Posted By cheson74
Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)

Lady Finger. 16 months from tissue culture to harvest. I let it sit for 4 days in my office. When I went back to work, it got so ripe, the skin started splitting.

Fruit isn't bad. It's tart...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-14-2013, 01:35 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,444
Posted By cheson74
Re: The real 'Ice Cream'!

Sorry the other one didn't make the trip. The Matt those ice creams came from is very prolific. In in the year and half since I planted it, it's fruited 3 times.

I keep saying I'm going to dig up...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-13-2013, 03:54 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,399
Posted By cheson74
Re: Hawaiian Banana Farm

I drove by the farm yesterday when we went to Giovanni's shrimp truck. There's a papaya farm right next to it.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-10-2013, 06:18 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 15,833
Posted By cheson74
Re: My Ice Cream/Blue Java!

How are the Ice Creams I sent you?
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-10-2013, 12:23 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,121
Posted By cheson74
Re: Fruit on Ice Cream!!

Fruit wise, you'll be much happier with Namwahs. They taste way better than ice creams.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-10-2013, 12:09 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,366
Posted By cheson74
Re: By request-taste impressions of local vs. imported Williams

The Williams Hybrids I harvested were far superior to the grocery store cavendishes. Mine were much better tasting, larger in size and double the weight.

My wife hates cavendishes but ate a ton of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-26-2013, 11:10 PM
Replies: 1,318
Views: 214,093
Posted By cheson74
Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)

For a size reference, the tailgate the Namwahs are sitting on is a full size Toyota tundra.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-26-2013, 11:09 PM
Replies: 1,318
Views: 214,093
Posted By cheson74
Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)

These are fed a diet of strictly zoo compost and horse manure. They get watered automatically twice a day for 90 mins. Not sure about the weight difference between here and PR but compared to other...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-26-2013, 07:34 PM
Replies: 1,848
Views: 273,230
Posted By cheson74
Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)

4 Dwarf Brazilians are fruiting. They'll probably take 6 months to harvest because "winter" is around the corner in Hawaii. Wet season is starting...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-26-2013, 07:10 PM
Replies: 1,318
Views: 214,093
Posted By cheson74
Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)

Williams Hybrid. 4.5 months from flower to harvest. Bunch was approximately 65 lbs

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54662&size=1...
Forum: Banana Identification 07-26-2013, 01:30 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,693
Posted By cheson74
Re: ID this nana

The pstem is super skinny. It has a lot pink. I have a Williams that's also fruiting and both are night and day. This one is about double the height of the Williams.

I'll try to get some better...
Forum: Banana Identification 07-25-2013, 04:51 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,693
Posted By cheson74
ID this nana

It fruited on 26 June. I planted it 13 months ago as a tissue culture. The lable stated Lady Finger. The pstem is about 15 feet.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53871&size=1...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-23-2013, 03:23 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,584
Posted By cheson74
Re: Mysore taste report

Thanks Rob. Mine should be fruiting this summer. I can't wait to try them out.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-04-2013, 09:59 PM
Replies: 1,325
Views: 149,894
Posted By cheson74
Re: What did you plant today (bananas)?

Yea I'm hoping it'll bloom quick. Last year the main plant bloomed for the first time so I'm hoping this one has a double.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-04-2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 1,325
Views: 149,894
Posted By cheson74
Re: What did you plant today (bananas)?

Planted a Double Mahoi which I got friend a member on this forum. It's a good size "pup" with about 5 feet of pstem height and has 3-4 tiny sword pups of it's own. Pictures later.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-31-2013, 04:55 PM
Replies: 1,848
Views: 273,230
Posted By cheson74
Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)

Musa Velutina

Nice pink bud and some fuzzy pink bananas. I planted this 5 months ago. It was this small.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51695&size=1...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-31-2013, 04:39 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,125
Posted By cheson74
Re: Dispose of excess pups

I tried this method on my Blue Java and it didn't work.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-16-2013, 12:28 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,747
Posted By cheson74
Re: So I didn't check on my nanners for 3 weeks...

Williams Hybrid after roughly 3 weeks.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52930&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52930&limit=recent)

Dwarf Namwah after...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-23-2013, 02:15 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,747
Posted By cheson74
Re: So I didn't check on my nanners for 3 weeks...

Thanks Kostas. Whatever species it is, that EE is quite happy and getting large!
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-21-2013, 07:20 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,747
Posted By cheson74
So I didn't check on my nanners for 3 weeks...

I didn't do anything with my garden for about 3 weeks. So yesterday I went to do some weeding and to my surprise, there are 3 flowering. The first one, a blue java that was harvested about 2 months...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-17-2013, 05:13 PM
Replies: 1,318
Views: 214,093
Posted By cheson74
Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)

This one took 8 months.the winter here drastically slowed it down.
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