This find was unexpected up to a point. In the spring of 2014 I planted two varieties of banana tree in my garden. I was at the point of digging them out this year if they did not produce. The other drawback is the sheer size of the plants. They dominate their portion of the garden.
This morning I went out to visit the garden after 10 days away. Daughter Lisa and son Ben kept things green while I was gone. I picked 4 nice cucumbers and have many more developing. The peppers are not doing well and the heat/humidity have done major harm to my tomatoes. Looks like the potatoes in the cage will be good. There is always next year!
My bees, two out of three hives look healthy. One of the top bar hives is in trouble. I will check it out later today. I have 4 gallons of honey to harvest this week! Yee Haw!
Now, the surprise! I have bananas! Yessss! Now, I need to determine when to harvest. It is interesting to see how they develop and arrange themselves! I am looking forward to sampling the fruits soon!
Now the wait!!!!!
TTFN
Bishop
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Jul 10, 2015 @ 11:52:06
Jul 11, 2015 @ 15:26:25
Thx for sharing the banana pix. I do not remember seeing pictures at this stage of growth. Why do you think it was this year that they produced fruit? How tall are they? Also enjoying reading about the”we community”.
Later Chuck in Round Rock…
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Jul 20, 2015 @ 22:05:55
How COOL!!!
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Jul 21, 2015 @ 00:29:54
I am continuing to learn more every day. The first flowers to show are female and produce fruit. Then there are many rows of male flowers that unfold and then fall of. Thought I had a problem. Nope. Just cut the stalk off above the male flowers and let the plant put energy into the fruit. Now I wait.
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