Tall Banana with late flowering..
By Stan510
- 19 Sep, 2016
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I'm no expert on banana growing,but this is a large banana plant that must have full sized sweet fruit. Only,flowering this late in the year must be a wait until spring until the ripen. My guess.
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Yep,I worry about anything that ripens in winter. I had Babaco that would reach peak ripe..in December. Every single year,a big storm would knock off large fruit.
Its not a good tasting fruit any ways and I took it out eventually.
Because HD had the Malaysian guava so low priced,I took a chance. Right now they are large grape sized-2.
25 Sep, 2016
Yes, it's always a concern for winter storms.
I had a Babaco papaya when I lived in Hayward. I gave it away to a member of the RFGS (rare fruit growers society). I didn't like the fruit. I like Mountain papaya better, as an ornamental.
25 Sep, 2016
I had a local tell me that his Guava's came out pretty sweet- planted against a wall,and not so sweet planted in the open.
So,I know well the bay area needs that help with Tropical fruits. Its a good thing my Ice Cream is not tall..it benefits too.
I have seen tall Raja Pura posted from Fremont that looked beautiful- large stalks of full sized banana's..but even he said its hit and miss. His were in the open in a big yard.
All must be better then Supermarket quality.
26 Sep, 2016
That's strange because tropical guava doesn't like a lot of heat. It prefers cooler, warm weather. I used to give my tropical guava fruit away in Hayward (because I don't eat it) my neighbor used to say it was very sweet! It was close to a wall, though.
Ice Cream bananas are a medium-sized stalk plant. It usually grows to 10 - 13' tall. They're pretty good about not blowing over. The trunks are very thick.
27 Sep, 2016
The smaller banana leafs dont shred as much..so a bit more attractive to the eye even if it doesn't mean a thing as far as taste.
27 Sep, 2016
I've had really good ice cream bananas here in January. They are a very good-producing banana. My Ice Cream bananas are facing north in the front yard, also.
28 Sep, 2016
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This photo is of species Musa.
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Those tall varieties are so vulnerable to being blown over in winter. I've had many with bananas blown over in winter here.
24 Sep, 2016