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Not the cuban red I thought it was!
The bud was long and very dark in colour The bracts didn't fall off readily and the fruitlets were pale green in colour Once exposed to the light - the fruits changed colour rapidly beautiful plant and flowers and doesn't look like cuban or jamaican red. I haven't been able to find any pics of tall reds - anyone have any idea what it might be - plant very tall - pstem to bud about 18ft. Thanks Cassie |
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08-13-2008, 09:09 PM
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
No idea what it is but those are beatiful pics, Thanks for posting them!!
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08-13-2008, 09:41 PM
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
It is a stunner even if I do have to take all my pics on top of a ladder!! lol
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08-13-2008, 09:56 PM
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
ya, thats a 'tall red'.
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08-13-2008, 10:44 PM
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Def. tall red....check the following link for a thread on this:
Musa "Tall Red" = Musa Jamaican Red Does this mean you do not have dw red now??? |
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08-14-2008, 06:11 AM
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Wonderful - thanks guys! I hadn't been able to bring up a picture of "tall red" but it obviously wasn't cuban red or jamaican red. I don't have any other reds, but I did see one flowering locally that I can now compare to mine. If it is different, I will get a pup - don't want any duplicates!
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08-18-2008, 11:32 PM
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Is Tall Red and African Red the same?
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
No. African Red is an ornamental type.
Tall Jamaican, Jamaican Red, Tall Red...all the same. Like: Dwarf Red, Dwarf Jamaican...same. |
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08-20-2008, 10:11 AM
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Rmplmnz - no I don't have a dwarf red and don't recall seeing any around. The colour on this fruit is very intense - more purple than red really, and the hands are very widely spaced.
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Taylor - thanks for defining the reds!
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Cassie,
Didn't you just start growing bananas last year? You would never know it with all this success you are having!!! No problem...there are more synonyms too, but those are just the common ones. |
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Congrats, Cassie!
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Sorry for the delay in replying Taylor - puter probs! Thanks for the compliments - I got my first plants in about March 2006 but in Feb 2007 weedkiller drifted over from a nearby lot and killed them all. So I started again with an apple from Jarred (thank you again) and an unknown that I found floating in the lagoon, and my oldest plants are 18 months old. Now I have had fruit off the tall orinoco, dwarf orinoco, tall red and dwarf cavendish, and am expecting great things from the ice cream and manzano. My ladyfinger and 1000 fingers are coming along well and I have 3 mystery nanas making 11 varieties. But don't forget that they grow easily here - it is a banana republic after all!! lol
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Congrats Cassie!!! Great pic's..
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Here are the latest pictures of the tall red just in case one of the next storms hit us before they ripen!!
Not many hands of fruit, and the male flowers hang on - normally I would cut the bud off - but I was waiting to see what this one did. If the weather gets bad I will get the machete out!! Cassie |
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Good luck!
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Beautiful Cassie, Be Safe,
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Now the fruits are very full and changing colour to the sunset colours of ripe fruit - but the first flowers appeared on the 13th August which makes it only 11 weeks or just under 3 months to ripen. Is this possible? Most of my others take at least 3.5 to 4 months to ripen on the plant, and I don't want to cut them down prematurely, but I don't want them to split either! Photos tomorrow! I have a big bunch of premature dc's just ripening in the garage that a windstorm blew over, and the pstem was too mashed to be able to prop up.
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
Do these look ready to cut? It is so soon at nearly 12 weeks as all my others have taken nearly 16 weeks! Any other growers with experience?
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Re: Not the cuban red I thought it was!
I seem to remember reading that some of the reds need to be nearly black before they are ripe. I would think Jarred, Gabe, Rmplmnz, or Pitandiego would be able to shed a little light on this for you.
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