Re: My Sweetheart has a flower
It sure is going to flower, but I hate to break it to you that should not expect any harvest-able fruit. That plant is extremely small and stunted, a plant that size simply cannot support fruit and is likely flowering as a response to stress. This is likely a mechanism left over from the wild plants where in the worst case scenario if the plant is severely stressed and cannot support fruit, it can at least make some male flowers to produce pollen.
You may get a few small fruits to partially fill, but I doubt anything will come of it. Bananas are heavy feeders and need a steady, large supply of water, fertilizer, sun and warmth in order to perform well. Fertilizing now will not help the fruit being produced, but it will help the plant regain overall health and maybe next time (if you keep feeding it and it can stay in the ground) it will be able to produce a bunch of fruit.
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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.
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