I've never harvested it, but I have sold some of the cavendish bananas that I grow. While FHIA-17 may taste like Cavendish, mine generally taste better than the ones that have sat on a boat and in cool storage for 2 weeks. There is also a large jamaican population down here that uses green bananas. The main reason for FHIA-17 is to hedge against black sigatoka and panama disease. By having different varieties I reduce the risk of catastrophic losses due to disease. I think if I had to do it all over again, I would have just planted the whole field with Nam Wah. It really is a good variety, it handles the cold well and has decent yields.
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Originally Posted by venturabananas
Nick, how does the FHIA-17 sell for you? To me they taste just like any other store bought Cavendish variety and they get pretty bad when overripe. Why did you choose to plant it? Just curious.
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