Re: small bananas
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kat2
I was gifted what the experts here say are Orinoco pups. I saw the bananas they produced; the bunch was tiny and the fingers were also. I was hoping it was some different variety but was told that nutrients would affect the crop. Makes sense. The mothers are grown a patch that it is never watered, fertilized or tended in any way. Feeding your pups long before they flower is important to the outcome.
|
Kat - orinocos are survivors and are hard to kill - with good nutrition pstems grow 12-14 ft a fruit are not small bananas - but poor nutrition would reduce the pstem and fruit size and number of fingers. My orinoco mat hasn't been fed in two years but refuses to give up. I would need a backhoe to clear out the corm but I want the space for another variety. 
__________________
Growing: Orinoco, Rajapuri, Dwarf Cav, SDC, TT, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Namwah, Tall Namwah (aka Ice Cream), Dwarf Brazilian, Veinte Cohol, California Gold, Double Mohai, NOT-Goldfinger, Gran Nain, Velutina
|