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Posted: Mar/20/2009 12:01 PM PST
Davehop, Just look at the date of the posts. It takes from 60-180 days from when the flower emerges to when you harvest the fruit. Mine are now starting to plump up. |
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Posted: Jun/16/2009 4:24 AM PST
I just wanted to update on my Dwarf Cav banana plant. Unfotunately, my camera is not working properly, so I can't post pics.. but my bananas are now ripe and ready to go. I went to Vegas for one week and when I returned, I found the bunch of bananas had actually broken free from the mother plant and were lying on the ground! I picked up the bunch(weighed about 100lbs!!) and hung it for 2 days. I then cut the individual hands off the plant and washed them thoroughly. 2 days later I have several ripe bananas. Ive given away 2 dozen, frozen a dozen, and still have well over 50 bananas to eat and give away! They do indeed taste like grocery store bananas, only smaller and a little bit sweeter. I'm now looking up recipes for banana bread, banana pudding, and banana ice cream.  So, to recap... Dwarf Cavendish banana = 12-13 months to harvest. I have a 'manzano' banana plant as well, I will post pics when it flowers. |
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Posted: Jun/17/2009 10:55 AM PST
Wow, that's a lot of bananas!! I didn't know you could freeze bananas! How do you do that? |
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Posted: Jun/21/2009 5:19 AM PST
I learned to freeze bananas when I saw the bananas episode of 'Good Eats'. Alton doesn't recommend freezing them unless you want to make banana ice cream. Which I made.. Just take as many bananas as you want to freeze and toss them in. That's it. No bag, no wrap,..just toss them in as is. They will get rock hard, so be careful no to drop one on your foot! As for uses other than ice cream...I don't know because they get very mushy when thawed. I would guess you could also use them to make pudding or a milk shake. I also refridgerate bananas to prevent them from becoming overripe before I want them to. |
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Posted: Jun/21/2009 6:42 AM PST
Thnx-I could freeze the ones that are starting to get overripe, and when I have an urge to cook-I could make banana pudding. Great idea! |
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Posted: Sep/05/2009 2:52 PM PST
Assuming it is indeed a manzano banana tree.. it is now in bloom! I will post more pics as the flower opens. Attachments:    |
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Posted: Sep/05/2009 2:54 PM PST
Here is a photo of the whole plant.. Attachments:  |
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Posted: Sep/09/2009 4:35 PM PST
Here are some updated pics of the 'manzano'(hopefully!) banana tree.. Attachments:    |
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Posted: Sep/09/2009 6:06 PM PST
Wow-look at those baby bananas! My neighbor has some hanging over the fence. They are not the same as yours. I will have to take a pic-he makes some every year, but I don't think they ever mature to "eatin" size. |
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Posted: Sep/10/2009 6:43 AM PST
This is a pic of a banana tree called 'thousand fingers'. I copied the pic from a banana forum I participate in. Attachments:  |
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