my aeae bananas with fruit

jeffreyp · 10-15-2006, 08:53 AM

BGreen · 10-15-2006, 09:25 AM

All I can say is WOW!!
Very nice!

Thanks for sharing,
Bgreen

momoese · 10-15-2006, 10:16 AM

Very cool! How much sun are they getting?

jeffreyp · 10-15-2006, 10:42 AM

I would say partial sun. I was pretty amazed how in less than a week the hands quickly appeared. I can send you some fruit if you want once its ripe (just pay for the shipping).

Mark Hall · 10-15-2006, 12:41 PM

Jeff how old is your plant and how tall is it ? If the banana's had seeds you would make a fortune. This plant is very rare in the uk and much sought after you don't know how lucky you are.

Mark

mrbungalow · 10-15-2006, 01:53 PM

Looks very nice. What percentage of new pups show variagation? What is the pH of your soil? I have heard somewhere that pH plays an important role in variagation...

What do those bananas taste like? Dessert or plantain?

jeffreyp · 10-15-2006, 03:08 PM

Mark it's one year old. I didnt get to try the fruit last year because the stalk was blown down by a hurricane.

The plant is about 14 feet tall and all the pups show variegation.

I believe ae ae fruit is a desert banana.

MediaHound · 10-15-2006, 03:57 PM

WOW
Congrats, Jeff!
Pictures don't do that plant justice, though.
It's even more beautiful in person

I'm almost ready to drive back over there to see it again, now with fruit

halo · 10-15-2006, 04:01 PM

Killer pictures!!

jeffreyp · 10-15-2006, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MediaHound

WOW
Congrats, Jeff!
Pictures don't do that plant justice, though.
It's even more beautiful in person

I'm almost ready to drive back over there to see it again, now with fruit

Come by anytime..I have some more saba in fruit now, I don't know what I am going to do with all the fruit.

jnstropic · 10-15-2006, 09:33 PM

Jeff, thank you for posting those great pictures. Yes they do make a good dessert banana. But you can use them as a plantain. The tostitos are great and if you can slice them thin they will make chips that will be the best that you have ever had. We even made something that looked and tasted like a potato pancake. Using the Ae Ae as a plantain puts it above any other plantain for taste that I have ever tasted. Using it as a dessert banana it is good but there are better tasting bananas.

I noticed that you plants have more green then mine. Sometimes I use potassium nitrate to increase the percentage of green.

Taylor · 10-15-2006, 09:44 PM

WOW! It seems almost impossible for a youngin' like me to get that banana! Oh well.....

I almost want a banana from that just so I can fake having an AeAe!!!

Zac in NC · 10-15-2006, 10:05 PM

Jeff- Those are nice looking nanners. It is ornamental as well as edible, which is a major plus.

Zac

jeffreyp · 10-15-2006, 10:23 PM

JNS, so you would say they are more like an orinoco, best used as a plantain rather than a desert banana?

jnstropic · 10-15-2006, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffreyp

JNS, so you would say they are more like an orinoco, best used as a plantain rather than a desert banana?

The Ae Ae is both plantain and desert banana. There other bananas that fall into the category. The Hua Moa is in that group. It works both ways but not as good as the Ae Ae. I wouldn't consider eating an orinoco, because I am spoiled by the Ae Ae. I know of no plantain that is as good as the Ae Ae but I know some desert bananas that are a little better. When ripe, the fruit is rather fat. Wait until the green parts of the skin start to turn yellow. At that point I harvest the top most hand. To get the best out of it as a desert banana it should be dead ripe. I makes super Bananas Foster. Believe me we eat it in all sorts of ways.

momoese · 10-15-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffreyp

I would say partial sun. I was pretty amazed how in less than a week the hands quickly appeared. I can send you some fruit if you want once its ripe (just pay for the shipping).

I'm in California. Can you ship fruit here?

jeffreyp · 10-16-2006, 06:42 AM

It might be ok to ship the fruit. I'll check with the dpa, if there's a problem I can probably get certified to ship fruit.

Steve L · 10-16-2006, 12:14 PM

Jeffreyp,

Did your Ae Ae bloom at 14' of pseudostem or 14' total height. I had 2 mats of Ae Ae until Rita disposed of the oldest one which had been in the ground 2 years and had 4 pups. It was probably going to reach maturity this summer. My other Ae ae is much smaller but does have 3 pups. It should bloom next summer.

Steve

Mark Hall · 10-16-2006, 12:47 PM

I noticed that you plants have more green then mine. Sometimes I use potassium nitrate to increase the percentage of green.[/quote].

do you not worry that it would take all of the white out and turn it plain green.
Here in the uk we are advised to give it acidic compost and a acid feed to help bring out the white variagation also to keep it out of full sun to aviod scorch a bit like canna Stuttgart.

AnnaJW · 10-16-2006, 12:55 PM

Absolutely beautiful!

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