Gabe15

Having seen many fields of the exact same cultivars fruiting in large plots, I have wondered this too. They can be rather consistent, I didn't count each one, but for the first cycle it looked like up to about 75% will all be pointing in the same direction. Even between cultivars, they can tend to point in the same direction in a given location. However, it really only looks like there is a trend within the first cycle. Even the first ratoon crop is much more varied. When the mats are still young, the also look to like they tend to fruit towards the outside of the mat so they are more or less hanging on the perimeter, but as the mats grow even this trend is lost. I too have read a paper on it before, but I don't recall what was important in it. I think it's time for me to look into this topic again.

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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.