TommyMacLuckie

With the recent 65 mph winds from a storm recently several bananas broke. In fact, 9 bananas were disrupted. 3 of them had fruit. One was a Saba. All the rest are Orinoco. 2 others were pushing out.

The rest of them, however, had not pushed out yet. They are now. With the shorter distance to go, it's always hilarious to see the bloom come out so suddenly - and on such a short plant!

My experience with this kind of blooming is that the fruit never matures (gets big) because there are not enough fronds. It's very stunted and they stay tiny. In the past I've left the bloom on, sometimes it just falls off, or I've cut it off. I'm still not sure what difference it makes with the fruit.

Jack Daw

Do you overwinter outside or take the plants inside? Off topic, I know. Sorry for your loss.

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TommyMacLuckie

I do both. I'll dig some up and pot them just to make sure I'll have them the next year but generally I leave everything out. Mulch heavily and water a good bit before a freeze.

A lot of people seem to think that you have to cut them down completely. I do not do that, of course, because I want them to start over where they left off.

GIMME MY FRUIT!

alexizhere19

I hate to hear that. That is my fear that we will be hit by a wind or hail storm. Where i live we are notorius for late summer, early fall storms and the occasional cat 1 hurricanes and tropical storms left over after landfall. As to the fruiting issue, I would speculate your right on the fruit that if there is no plant to support the fruit it will struggle horribly. But remember their is still hope.

Go Tommy,

alex

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TommyMacLuckie

I'll let y'all know how the silly one turns out. Probably be, what, mid September or so. I'll be gone for most of September, 18 days in a row or so, but I should be home for 3 or 4 days towards the end of the month. I would think they'll put out whatever fruit they're gonna do by then.

Of course, as much fun as hurricanes can be, I hope we don't get anything while I'm gone.