HMelendez

Thank you Max!.....Awesome job you are doing with your Nanas too!....I will!.....Updates will keep coming!.....

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HMelendez

*****An Update!*****




Has been raining almost every afternoon down here!....Nanas are thriving!......




SH-3640 High Noon plant keeps growing nicely after being transplanted to the new spot/location!....


Picture from 06/15/2019....














Maricongo Plantain it’s picking up the growing pace now!....


Picture from 06/15/2019....












Common Harton Plantain keeps growing nicely!.....Also, picked up the growing pace!....


Picture from 06/15/2019....













Red African Rhino Horn Plantain is getting big!.....Very beautiful colors!....


Picture from 06/15/2019....














FHIA-17 Kabana it’s growing fast now since relocated to the new spot!.....


Picture from 06/15/2019....













Musa Kluai Lep Mu Nang (Pisang Lilin, Kaveri Nana) keeps growing nicely!....A ladyfinger AA Genome Nana Variety from Thailand!....


Picture from 06/15/2019....














Musa Kluai Khai Pisang Mas......Also, a ladyfinger AA Genome Nana Variety from Thailand!....


Picture from 06/15/2019....













Monster FHIA-3 Sweetheart opened a whooping 12 hands bunch!....Yeeeeehaaaaaa!....


Picture from 06/12/2019....













Woohoooo!.......The Stellar Musa Tu’u Ghia opened a 6 hands bunch!......Very beautiful Nana fingers!....I can't wait to see the S shape on the Nana fingers!....


Picture from 06/15/2019....














*****An Update is coming soon!*****

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luisport

WOW!!! Great photos!

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Musa Rajapuri, D. Brazilian, D. Orinoco, Pisang Ceylon, Da Jiao (Himalayan Fruit), x Fruit, Himalayan Mountain, Helen's Hybrid, Patupi, Lacatan, Hajaray

Paw Paw Sunflower, Prima 1216, Potomac, KSU Atwood, Jerry's Big Girl, Al Horns, KSU Chapell

https://growingfruit.org/t/my-small-...-orchard/19936

https://growingfruit.org/t/my-pear-collection/55683

https://growingfruit.org/t/my-apple-collection/53104

mushtaq86

Hector

Bananas are looking fantastic. I bet those 12 hands of FHIA-3 sweetheart are going to weigh a ton

HMelendez

Thank you Luis!.....

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HMelendez

Thank you Mushtaq!..........Indeed!....FHIA-3 Sweetheart bunch is going to be heavy!.....

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cincinnana

Hector,
Great looking banana garden.
Do you have any critters wanting to steal your banana bounty?

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*****An Update!*****



All pictures from 06/19/2019......




Musa Paggi (GM Subgroup) it should be flowering/blooming soon!.....Approx. 9 1/2 to 10 ft. tall right now!....














Musa FHIA-18 Bonanza keeps growing nicely!.....She is getting big!....














Musa Señorita (40 Days) finished unrolling the new leaf!...She is starting to open bigger leaves now!....














Musa Red Kru keeps growing fast now!....Look at the colors!....Amazing!....















FHIA-3 Sweetheart Nana fingers got de-flowered and flower bud cut out!....

















Musa Monthan second generation/crop has opened 13 Nana hands so far!.....Amazing!....















*****Updates will keep coming!*****

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HMelendez

Thank you Mike!....


This is where I relax myself after a day of work!.....Yes!....I had freaking birds nipping on the Nana plants!....But problem got resolved quickly!......


Woohoooo!.....Pictures of the Nana Guardians!.....

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Akula

Great photos Hector!

I need to get an owl like you have in your yard or a dog. I noticed this morning that somebody was digging around in my patch for worms and insects over night. Hope he doesn't get into the nanners!

Where are the patupi photos? Don't be shy! Haha.

Do you have any photos of the FHIA-18 at a more mature height and one with fruit? Thanks!

luisport

I didn't know this bonanza banana... fabulous banana trees!!!

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Musa Rajapuri, D. Brazilian, D. Orinoco, Pisang Ceylon, Da Jiao (Himalayan Fruit), x Fruit, Himalayan Mountain, Helen's Hybrid, Patupi, Lacatan, Hajaray

Paw Paw Sunflower, Prima 1216, Potomac, KSU Atwood, Jerry's Big Girl, Al Horns, KSU Chapell

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https://growingfruit.org/t/my-pear-collection/55683

https://growingfruit.org/t/my-apple-collection/53104

HMelendez

Donald,



No more birds on the ground or around the Nanas!.....These Owls are very effective!....They have a flap on the back of the head that when the wind hits the flap, the head of the Owl moves around!....

This is my first FHIA-18 Bonanza plant, but you can check our buddy, Nick Naranjas FHIA-18 Bonanza pictures of mature plants, in which some of them are flowering, blooming!.....Check post #1585......What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)





Musa Patupi Update from 06/17/2019......Both Patupi's keep growing fast now!.....



Musa Patupi (Kokopo, Vudu Papua) Mat #1......








Musa Patupi (Kokopo, Vudu Papua) Mat #2......

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HMelendez

Luis,



Musa FHIA-18 Bonanza....Another Nana gem from the FHIA family with an awesome pome apple taste!....


FHIA-18 | The banana knowledge platform of the ProMusa network

https://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/stock/01BEL0841319

Check post #1585....What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)



Musa FHIA-18 pictures/info/data from The TARS Catalog....

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Akula

Thanks Hector for the link to Nick's FHIA-18 photo.

I'm going to get one of those owls next year to protect my blueberry bushes! It's raided by a pair of cardinals on a regular basis. I call them the "Red Raiders". They really work as a team with one of them on the "lookout" while the other grabs the goods.

Your patupis are coming along. Looking good! Did you fruit the original last year and if so what month? Thanks!

Thanks for the TARS info above!!!

HMelendez

You welcome!....Trust me!...These Owls are very effective!.....No more birds around!.....Also, it's good to move the Owls around, at least once a week!....The mother/main Patupi plant fruited around December last year!....

If you like the taste of a ripe plantain fruit, then you are going to love Patupi!.....That is what Patupi taste to me!....Straight up fruity ripe plantain taste!.....I love plantains, so I love Patupi!....It's one of my favorites!.....

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hdynad

Wow Hector, better watch out I might just sneak over to your banana patch one of these nights with my shovel and dig up a Tu’u Ghia pup, so if you see a hole Hector pay no mind, hehe
Stunning bananas Hector!

Darla

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Tytaylor77

Amazing looking awesome Hector! I’m amazed how much that Kru has jumped up!

Keep up the great work! Are the owls and scarecrow for the birds or Darla? Hahahha.

The outline of that bird on his hat looks like a black dove! The doves have been roosting in my greenhouse! I’m gonna have to get me one of those or something/someone to get rid of the doves!!

Amazing job my bro!!

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HMelendez

Thank you Darla!......Woooohoooooo!.........Yeeeeehaaaaaaa!.......Sniper sweet tough girl!.....

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HMelendez

Thank you Ty bro!.....


What!....Owls and scarecrow for Darla?.......LMAO!..............They work bro!.....I have not seen it a bird on the ground or around the Nanas since I installed these!.....They just flying around now!......

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beam2050

i'm in!

but the shovel is to slo.

here's what i'm thinking; you come from the north side I come in from the south. we go for the small ones, RRRRiPPPP THEM from the ground. in and out 40 seconds tops. before the scarecrow can tip em off. should be able to get 5-6 varieties each.

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