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Originally Posted by harveyc
I've heard from someone in south Florida that this takes 6 months to mature there, slow enough to make him not want to waste time growing it. I'm sure it would be slower in Santa Barbara.
I harvested a bunch of bananas off of a supposed Dwarf Brazilian in late December as well as an even younger bunch from an unknown variety. The unknown variety was only about 3 months old but ripened up in about 25 days to become nice-tasting fruit. The supposed DB took 2 months to ripen and did not taste very good and I think it's at least partially because they were not mature when harvested.
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Thanks Harvey. Nice to hear from you. I hope all is well. My trip to Hawaii did not bring me to the fountian of AeAe. I did run into a guy selling bananas on the big Island who siad he knew you. I bought a Big Island bananas poster from him. Small world. The plants came from Stokes many yeras ago. The mat was large. The bananas did not get any bigger. This is the second time that happened. My new problem is that something is no killing the mat. The leaves turn yellow and then the plant falls over.
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Originally Posted by Gabe15
The bunch looks very small, which could mean its not getting fed enough, which in turn can lead to fruit that can't develop properly. Brazilian in the most common banana variety here, and often you seem them along roadsides and in vacant fields where they do not get irrigated or fertilized and they will fruit, but the plants are stunted and the fruit takes a long time to develop and never really becomes much of anything.
On another note, its kinda hard to tell since the bunch is so underdeveloped, but it actually looks more like Ice Cream than Brazilian. Im not saying it is for sure, but maybe if you post some more detailed photos we can know for sure.
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Thanks for your input Gabe. This picture is of the base of one of the mature plants.
This is a picture of what is left. Again, this is a two part question; fruit did not ripen and something is killing the plants. Any suggestions?? I do have gophers but do not see any activity in that area and the entire space is lined with wire.
