Thread: Raja Puri!!
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Old 05-04-2020, 11:50 AM   #3 (permalink)
Akula
 
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Default Re: Raja Puri!!

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Originally Posted by twotallgirls View Post
Your RP’s look great. I’m in Zone 10a in FL. I planted my first Raja Puri late last February… pup was about 24” in a 2 gallon pot. It took off immediately. It flowered late September (7 months) when p-stem was about 6 feet; harvest was 5 months later in February. It threw off about 6 pups over this time period; 2 of 3 remaining pups are already about at 5’ p-stem. It’s a great little banana; first bunch was smaller than expected at about 5-6 hands but I didn’t fertilize as much as I should have. I really liked the sweet/tangy flavor. The hard part is the waiting for fruit!
Excellent Two Tall Girls! Just the kind of information I need. So RP is about seven to nine months to flower and five months to fruit maturity. So I should probably target a July pup in my Zone to get a flower by the following July taking into account three months of winter dormancy for the winter carryover.

Got some pups to prune!

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