I_GROWER

Wild Unknown bunch from banana-land
I thinks its namwah

I_GROWER

/\Early forager gets the bunch /\

Harvest what I think could be a rajapuri

Dwarf fruited at around 6ft, didn't drop any leaf brackets





Took forever to ripe.. 5+ months

venturabananas

It has the right look for Rajapuri.

You think 5 months is forever, ha! I have a Rajapuri bunch that has been hanging for 12 months now without ripening. It's not in a good spot, being in heavy shade and competing with other plants too close to it.

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I_GROWER

Also harvested this cavendish



She's on the far right


The 1st and 2nd hand can be seen on the grass in the middle

I gave away the 3rd hand to the Inlaws back around Xmas time

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This one will compete with PR-Giant's harvest.

Rose banana. Pathetic. But one of the biggest Rose bananas I've grown so far. They don't like me.

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A little better. Dwarf Namwah, 50 lb.

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servatusprime

What will you do with all the leftovers??

I would throw in the towel on that variety.

venturabananas

Yes, it is on the chopping block. What has saved it so far is that the plants are attractive and make a good screen between my yard and my neighbor's yard. They are very vertical ("erect"), so don't hang over into her yard, like most varieties do. Essentially, Rose is an ornamental variety for me.

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venturabananas

There are lots of AA varieties, but not many available in the hobby trade for someone in California. I've tried the few I could lay hands on, Rose, Veinte Cohol, and Pisang Mas (Kluai Khai). In my cool climate, their performance has ranged from poor to pathetic. In fact, Veinte Cohol and Pisang Mas have never produced because during winter, the main stem dies back, and it seems that my summer is too cool for them grow fast. I think the East African Highland AA varieties could be cool tolerant, but there seems to be no way for a hobby grower to obtain those in California. Yangambi KM5 sure looks like an AA variety, but apparently it is an AAA. It does better than the three AA varieties I have, but it has been painfully slow to produce for me.

If there are some AA varieties that are productive in cool climates, I'd love to hear about them.

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servatusprime

Harvested a hand of kandrian a bit prematurely and do not note a significant difference than allowing it to ripen on the stem. Maybe a little less fluffy if anything. Still love this variety. I suspected a bit more of a difference like my early harvest of Namwah. Every variety is different.

JCA433

Harvested Goldfinger bunch yesterday. Unfortunately the bananas had fungal spots and some fingers were splitting so the bunch was harvested a bit earlier than normal.

bananimal

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JCA433

Very disappointed with Goldfinger bunch. I may up root it and plant Namwah or Cavendish bananas in its place. The bananas split before filling in and ripened way too early.

They split before they complete filling in. I was forced to harvest the bunch way too early because of the splitting problem.

servatusprime

Harvested a big bunch of goldfingers. I love these bananas. Glad they made it through the cold.

By the way, since there was no last minute frost cloth to be found around here, I improvised and used 2mm foam flooring underlayment from HD to wrap bunches. Worked well, some exposed leaves got "burned" but the bunches were fine.

servatusprime

Six hands of tall Brazilian. I haven't finished the nine hands of gold finger yet or the few hands of namwah still lingering. I think I'll be making a lot of banana bread.

i think I need to start pruning back the number of hands on future bunches. There is only so many I can eat in a day.

keybrdkid09

recently I harvested the below:

Sh3640, blue java, grand nain (1st harvest,) and fhia 17 (1st harvest.)

Had some problems with what I think was cigar end rot on the grand nains, so I chopped a number of bananas off. managed to save about half give-or-take.

hopefully I'll get larger fhia 17 harvests in the future. wasn't quite I might have expected. I was thinking the plant would be bigger. maybe it will be one day.

I_GROWER

About to harvest this burro bunch

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First ever bunch of Mona Lisa (FHIA-02), Ventura-Midgets style. A whopping 6 pounds. In its defense, the plant was in a bad spot. Nice flavor and texture.

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bananimal

I like them too but later pulled the mat for something better.

crazy banana

..... which is .....

Venturabananas: was this a first time crop from a TC?