Re: Ae-Ae bananas on Hawaii Island
Aloha DOMinPuna, I see this is an older thread, but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. I happened to score one at the BIAN sale a couple years ago and the same seller told me then that he had sold one the previous show immediately, and I got mine within minutes of the doors opening the first night of the sale. I had mine growing in an area of the yard with a lot of red cinder and it was slow growing for several months, then shot up, fruited and fell over before the fruit matured, 18 months total. When I cut it down it had some bore holes in it. I'm new to this, so not sure what the pest was or what to do about it. I got 8 keikis, 5 all white, 3 variegated, and none green. All three of the keikis were moved and all are doing very well. I don't treat them any differently than all the apple bananas I have. They get planted with a mix of soil and cinder, with county mulch on top. They get one of the BEI bananas fertilizers every once in a while. They are all in full sun so they white spots burn. Where I am has a similar climate to you, but we have a'a so it's easy to work with. Good to learn about Troy, I'll have to see what he has.
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