Re: Not ripening yet?
Every Ice Cream banana I've had has gone from blue to yellow, and then they're ripe. It's possible, that like most people you have something other than Ice Cream.
You shouldn't have to cut pups out to get them to flower. They tend to send pups out when they're about to flower, so if you removed them, it would seem like removing them caused flowering, when it would have happened anyway.
6 months is normal in Hawaii so 8 months in LA over winter sounds normal. If they have really filled out, you could always cut off a few or that top hand and see if you can get the to ripen in a bag with an apple.
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