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Originally Posted by momoese
Scott, the banana Gabe is referring to is the same banana that's commonly grown in Hawaii. It's called Hawaiian Apple or Tall Brazilian. If this is actually what you have your lucky because in my humble opinion its better tasting than Manzano.
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I have a Brazilian and a Manzano or apple banana; Hawaiian Apple may not be same, I don't know.
The Brazilian is very different, mats like crazy and takes For...ev....er to ripen.
The Manzano bloomed the first of August and in starting to plum up.
The Brazilian bloomed the first of July and has not shown any signs of getting thicker, except around the base where I am constantly thinning the pups out.
As far as harvesting the fruit, Island Cassie is right.
The only thing I do different is sometimes I will remove the upper hands as they ripen without cutting into the stalk. This spreads my harvest over several weeks instead of all at once.
Enjoy;
Scott Hof