Currently my SH-3640 banana is flowering for the first time!...She is almost 9 feet tall!....With 15 banana leafs in total, a monster!....A very strong, robust and stout banana plant!.....For me this one is a keeper!....
My personal opinion, The SH-3640 is one of the best banana "hybrids" coming from the FHIA line!....period!....
The SH-3640 is considered a cold tolerant banana variety and she will recover quickly from any cold spell than some other banana varieties like the Cavendish types....Has been mentioned before, that she is also, considered a short cycle banana (grows rapidly, fruits early)...Not in the same league as the Veinte Cohol banana or Patupi banana but it will grow fast as some of the Cavendish varieties!.....
I also grow Cavendish banana varieties (Williams and Grand Nain) side by side with the SH-3640 and I can tell you from my personal experience, this past winter, the SH-3640 didn't loose any banana leaf contrary to the Cavendish varieties (Williams and Grand Nain) they starting losing banana leafs because of the cold winter spell!......
Thank you Keith (PR-Giants) for let me acquired my SH-3640 banana on April, 2015!......
Pictures taken on June 24, 2016...
Pictures taken on June 26, 2016...flag leaf coming out!....
More updates coming soon!....
