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Old 09-22-2015, 05:10 PM   #935 (permalink)
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Default Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)

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Originally Posted by PR-Giants View Post
Congrats on the banana glut and it's nice to see a decent sized Red.

I've had a few bunches similar to yours that developed in the shade and also in the sun and I had attributed the fruit color to a partial reversion, but I think it's more complicated than that.
It's actually a pretty neat science experiment. A lot of plants known for having red leaves will have green leaves in shady conditions. The reason has to do with the primary wavelengths of light in sunny vs shaded conditions
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