Re: Post pictures of banana-sellers here
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Originally Posted by bigdog
Gabe, thanks for the interesting photos! Real eye-catchers, despite how good or bad they taste, and would be worth growing just for curiosity's sake and for conservation efforts. Is anybody doing work with conservation of Fe'i?
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There are some programs and initiatives to conserve Fe'i bananas and then reintroduce them and promote them in areas (mostly in the Pacific for as far as I know) with vitamin A deficiency since they provide so many nutrients. There is also a program here in HI I am getting involved with in getting Fe'i and Hawaiian traditional bananas to the ITC in Belgium.
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Originally Posted by Caloosamusa
 Good afternoon everyone, Gabe, the Fe'i seeds from the pictures the other day, are they soaking or planted yet? |
I only have a very small number of them, and of the ones that came from the cooked fruit all were nonviable (no embryos or endosperm). I don't know if I will try planting them or try embryo rescue. I don't think any of them have embryos, and I want to hold onto a few intact seeds for reference anyways.
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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.
Last edited by Gabe15 : 03-29-2009 at 12:53 PM.
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