Re: OK, Here is the first of 4 or 5 groups I'd like to get ID'd
Without seeing the broken one it's hard to know. But I wouldn't give up on it.
It helps to see how open or closed the leaf stem is. Totally closed they are probably an ABB type like Namwah, Ice Cream, Saba. Very open they are usually an AAA type, like dwarf or tall reds, or cavendish types like Williams. Apple bananas are in between, as are Raja Puris, and many others and are AAB types. Mysore, and Hawaiian varieties are also. Read elsewhere on here about A and B and the genetics of the hybrid bananas that produce edible fruit. I'm certainly not well versed enough in it to explain it properly to someone else.
I don't know about fish fertilizer, but I just gave mine dolomite today, which I do 3-4 times per year with some borax added. I don't recall why but you're not supposed to give dolomite and NPK fertilizer at the same time. Get to Garden Exchange or BEI in Hilo to get 50lb bags of banana fertilizer, usually 10-5-40 or 13-3-37. With the amount of plants you mentioned and your higher rainfall up there you will get through a 50lb bag sooner than you'd think.
I'm so happy to have a neighbor posting here!
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