Does this mean I’m gonna have naners?
If so I’m so excited.
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Does this mean I’m gonna have naners?
If so I’m so excited.
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YES INDEED!!!!!!!!:highfive:cheers2:HandsClappingJumpi ng Jacks Icon:fingerdance How many more can I add.
Glad to hear/see.
Just checked my plantation, I do not see any signs of fruit developing.
That’s weird cause these are out of your plantation. Better weather here closer to the water perhaps.
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I hope dey ain't planted near your boat house! They might have the same results as taking dem on the boat!
Dang it, that explains why I haven't caught fish around here in the last two weeks. Now I gots to cut it down. But I love nanners. I can hold off on fishin' for a bit maybe, hope them nanners grow up fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Speckanator
Maybe you need to pollinate them???
NOT NEEDED.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yelim
As the "hoods" fall off, that is the purple covering, there will be a bunch of fruit, although undeveloped showing, they will develop over about three months.
There will be several hands developing, and be reveled as the hoods fall off. Later there will be some FALSE fruit developing, and that will be the end of viable fruit forming.
These fruit will only be about 4 inches in length, but the flavor is not like any bananas that you purchase in the grocery store.:twocents
Your going to have to keep us updated Slab.
Never grown naners before.
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Homegrown banana and peanut butter sammiches. Whew I bet that's good.
Are they Lady Fingers? Sweet sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by flycaster
No, I believe that they came from a "wild" planting some time ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yelim
Nearby there is a camping area called BANANA COVE, there are an abundant "plantings" of the bananas. It doesn't take but a small "sucker" pruned from the base of a tall plant to get a "grove" started.
They are referred to as Cavendish variety.
To me they have a somewhat citrus flavor.
Something that you have to try yourself, as everyone has some flavors that do not agree with their taste buds.
I also have a variety called DWARF CAVENDISH, which the plant does not get over 6-7 feet tall. Last year one of the plants produced a stalk of bananas, which had 126 individual bananas on it. The individual fruit were about 5 inches in length and about 2 inches in diameter.
The Banana Man can. The Banana man can sure grow some naners. Gonna have to change Johns handle! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by flycaster
This is probably the only time I'll be able to say, "don't be going all "Banana's on us Slab":Rofl
Amazing plant to me. Will only produce one time, but we have never run out of nanners no matter how much nanner puddn I can eat.
CAN'T do that nonono , Mike would not let me near his boat.:bashQuote:
Originally Posted by Slab
So “No-Nanas Man” it is. Or is that what I should change the baconators name to? DohQuote:
Originally Posted by flycaster
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He will have to speak for himself, I can't answer for him.:twocentsQuote:
Originally Posted by Slab
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We got babies.
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The fun has started. Every several days you should see this happen again and again.
Need to see this photo setup every couple of days.:ThumbsUp
You should be a proud Papa.
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Just got back from trip and checking out the naners. Not a "bunch" but some better than none. :dono
Now you can cut the stalk off just above the purple "hoods", as there are no more fruit to develop. What you see now when the "hoods" fall off are false fruit and flowers.
Removing the "bud" will allow more energy to the developing fruit.
Just don't get the "milk" from the cut area get on your clothing nonono , or else it will leave a brown stain which in not removable.
Now comes the WAITING. When you see the fruit start to turn yellow and the skin on one or more of the fruit starting to split, it is time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. :cheers2
Is this the plant next to the house, or out in the yard?????
It’s the one next to house. Originally the small one of the two.
The one I planted by the sea wall died with the one bad frost we had but it’s small shoot it had is growing so there’s still one alive there.
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So here's the update. Week before last I cut down the nanners. Today I ate the first one...
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You can see the missing one I ate. Real smooth. I likey.
Do I smell some ‘nanner bread cookin?
How do you know when to pick them?
What variety?
Super Cool!
I like the finger bananas, I get from an Asian market.
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They are the Flycaster variety cause I got them from member Flycaster. But my cook island buddy called them ladies fingers for what that’s worth. And I remember Flycaster saying to cut them green and let them turn yellow in a cool dry place. That first one was sweet and creamy. Real good. Prolly a shade green still. Coulda waited one more day. We will see as these others get ripe. Yum yumQuote:
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wait until the skin starts to split lengthwise, skin will get thinner. STILL YUM, YUMQuote:
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They are a cavandish variety banana, smaller than the "DOLE" variety in the stores.
CAN'T beat a home grown fruit.:twocents
Was out in the banana field trying to clean up some of the dead leaves.
Found this hanging, when fully developed it will probably reach the ground. I have placed a 5 foot section of pvc pipe to support it. Where the stalk comes from the main plant is only 5 feet above the ground.
Also saw signs of another bud forming. This makes a total of 6 bunches "so-far" We will need a real mild winter in order for those to mature.
SLAB----- Keep those monkeys over there in the county park and not let them come any farther south.:Rofl:Rofl
I hope that all of your bananas were as tasty as mine have been.
I wish we could grow nanners here. Winter is to cold and they die. Eat a couple nanners everyday. Yum!
If you have a "green thumb", you might want to try growing KIWI. The grow well in and around Raleigh, NC. Had a male vine, along with a companion female vine which produced over 300 hundred pounds of fruit in one year.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
it is fun to grow the unusual fruit for the region.
Which variety of kiwi was it? There are actually several types. Actually I just found a NC State agricultural writeup on it. I will do some research on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by flycaster
Gonna try hydroponic broccoli and cauliflower as an experiment this year.
HAYWARD VarietyQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
They grow to a good size fruit
Thanks I will check into them.Quote:
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