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Originally Posted by Abnshrek
I like to get and have some Manzano's to have on hand once in a while.. Now Different hands are like the weather.. Some are Great and some are not so great.. Some have a hard center on the top center of maybe the top 1/4 of a Manzano. It tends to be the same for all fingers in a hand. In previous hands it was smaller on certain hands, so..
Does this have to with them picking the fruit to early?
Does this happen for people who grow them @ home?
Is this only associated w/ Manzano's purchased from a grocery store?
If a finger doesn't has this issue I'm all for that, my current hand I have is just fine, but the previous one had the issue stated above.. Thanks :^)
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Originally Posted by Abnshrek
It is Hawaii specific or places have acidity soil, but said lime or dolomite applied annually should make the fruit edible. When one of the authors were doing research in PR they thought the Manzano was better than Brazilian till they got to Hawaii. It also stated that if you see a weak sucker knock it off. That goes w/o saying.. People get older & wiser.. I'd grow it just since once it flowers the fruit is ready much faster than Braz..
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You started this thread asking a specific question about Manzano and then you answered your own question with a book that you have read, I'm guessing you have read this book after your first post.
It's understandable that banana fruit can be affected by soil PH, my high alkaline soil is different than Hawaii and I don't have the same issue.
The fact that bananas need the correct PH to be able to absorb nutrients in the soil and that some cultivars are more sensitive to variations in soil conditions is true.
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Originally Posted by Abnshrek
Well I hope no one has had this problem w/ Raja Puri & Cold Weather.. My 3 hands look to be in pretty good shape, just had to clean up the ends.. :^)
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I hope you're RP fruit fill out and it doesn't disappoint you.
