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My VC first bunch were quite tangy. Wife spit them out. Me and the dogs loved them. We eat anything! WOOF! BTW --- Ericksons are in full swing right? Website said they have Pickering this year. Terrific! |
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First harvest of Mai'a 'Upehupehu, which might possibly be Iholena Lele. Difficult to tell because this was a bizarre bunch which started developing inside the trunk and had to be c-sectioned out (no it is not a Hapai). So the bunch was especially puny. The fruit are more squat like 'Upehupehu should be, but I won't know for sure until the next proper bunch. 13 months to flower, 2 months for ripe fruit. Iholenas are known for being one of the fastest flower to harvest.
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Is it wise to just harvest the entire bunch when only a few are ripe? I am trying to decide what to do. I just noticed this morning a few getting ripe on my Dwarf Namwah bunch and I'm wondering if I should just harvest the hands individually or cut the bunch off the P-stem. What are your opinions please? I live in Sarasota, FL and it is in the low 90's every day this time of year.
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Those do look a little skinny. I would harvest the hands or even fingers individually if you can manage it.
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My experience with Namwah is that the skins of the fruits start to split if harvested too late. If I see some color change to yellow, I harvest the entire bunch and let it continue to ripen in the garage.
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For my climate, Namwa should be harvested about 4 months after the first hand appears. If you wait much longer than 4 months the skin will split.
After the bunch ripens I eat about 15 to 20 bananas a day. |
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That said, if I can avoid it, I harvest bananas directly from the bunch, rather than harvesting the entire bunch at once. At least in my mild climate, they ripen over a much longer period when left on the plant. In some cases, I've harvested bananas from a single bunch over nearly 2 months, instead of having to consume or give away 50 pounds of bananas in one week if I harvest the entire bunch. Harvesting fingers or hands off the bunch is only practical if you can reach the bunch, so it doesn't work for me with tall varieties. And then with Namwah varieties you have to get them before they split, and I often wait a day too long, and then I have a bunch of split bananas. |
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