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Coming back strong
Back in December I posted pics of a bunch of dead plants. Here is the update
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Re: Coming back strong
Namwah?
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Hua moa. I've got about 360 of them. One of these days, I'll get pictures of each variety. I'm just praying I can avoid any more calamities for a year or two. I have to make my lease payment.
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Re: Coming back strong
nice recover
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Re: Coming back strong
Yes, very nice recovery, Nick. How many varieties in all do you have and how many plantings of each?
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Re: Coming back strong
In order from most plants to least
Nam Wah Dwarf Puerto Rican Hua Moa Super Plantain Kandrian FHIA-17 Giant Plantain Misi Luki Grande Nain Platano Burro The 5 acre farm is split into about 15 different plantings, but about half is Nam Wah, 1/4 of the rest is assorted plantains with Dwarf Puerto Rican being the most common. 1/8 is Hua Moa and the rest is the other varieties. I try to have a little of anything that can be sold.
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Re: Coming back strong
You had some frost nights in your farm so that your plants died back! Now they are recovered very well!!!
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Re: Coming back strong
Nick, how does the FHIA-17 sell for you? To me they taste just like any other store bought Cavendish variety and they get pretty bad when overripe. Why did you choose to plant it? Just curious.
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I've never harvested it, but I have sold some of the cavendish bananas that I grow. While FHIA-17 may taste like Cavendish, mine generally taste better than the ones that have sat on a boat and in cool storage for 2 weeks. There is also a large jamaican population down here that uses green bananas. The main reason for FHIA-17 is to hedge against black sigatoka and panama disease. By having different varieties I reduce the risk of catastrophic losses due to disease. I think if I had to do it all over again, I would have just planted the whole field with Nam Wah. It really is a good variety, it handles the cold well and has decent yields.
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