Ooo I've got winter bananas!
And not only winter bananas, but winter gold... at my local IGA bananas are selling for $16.99/kilo at present, and with 11kg of ripening bananas I believe I am sitting on exactly $186 and 89 cents.
Yellow Gold.
A little while back when I cut down an earlier banana plant, a few of you asked why. And I am really quite chuffed that by going through the process of growing them, I have really learned something concrete. Not something that someone more knowledgeable told me, but knowledge of my own because I have gone through the process.
And I adore that about gardening.
Anyway, the reason that I cut down the mature banana plant, is because once it has fruited, a banana plant won't produce again. What does happen though, is that under the ground the plants are growing from a corm and from the eyes of the corm up come little banana plants called suckers. You can see two lovely sword suckers, along with the mother plant, in the picture above. Along with mulch. Told you I went mad with it.
Now these sword suckers are sucking the life out of the mother plant (the big one), and it seems to be standard recommendation to have one big mother plant, a half grown plant and then a baby sucker. And as much as you lean towards calling them banana trees, you can't. They are in truth a giant herb.
Check out my herb garden :)
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They look like magic herbs...If you climb to the top there may be a whole other kingdom, complete with a giant, a goose that lays a golden egg and a golden harp that plays magic music.
Nothing beats the flavour of homegrown bananas! The most amazing flavour growing up in Florida was the local home grown pineapple and 'finger' bananas (very small bananas packed with flavour). Congrats on your crop.
Still green with envy Ali! ;-) Lovely Bananas ... $17 a kilo! What robbers! Woolies, IGA and Aldi are all in the $12-14 range. A smaller IG at DBay has local (as in Narangba) Bananas for $10 which is more or less acceptable. At least they are tree-ripened.
The two suckers look very healthy but one will have to go or you'll have both trying to fruit at once. Once one has grown on some more, let another grow on. The plant will produce way more suckers than you can reasonably handle.
If ever there was a 'learning curve' gardening is 'it'! Isn't it wonderful? :-)
How wonderful! I support what you say about learning through practical experience. You can read all sorts of gardening advice in books and on blogs, but until you have done something with your own hands you can't really claim to understand it.
Your "herb garden" certainly puts mine to shame.
You've gone bananas, Ali! lol They look great!
Gold mine indeed - oh I would kill for a banana right now, but even here where they are grown commercially (and have never stopped producing) they are still 12.00 a kilo. Go figure.
Wow, I'm Jealous. I don't remember the last time I had a banana, it was so long ago!
You're a clever thing Ali!
Elaine I must admit that I have seen them a little cheaper - but basing the value on the higher price was way more exciting!
Hazel - I'm there!
AA, that seems quite bizarre - do you think that the price is so high up your way because that's what they can get for them pretty much everywhere? Do you not have roadside sellers?
Soooo envious that you can grow naaanaaaaas! Am eating them lots on holiday. Our Malaysian naturalist told us that growing lots of bananas attracts snakes but no one knows why. Banana flowers are so beautiful.
Oh Ali - they look wonderful!
It's recently dawned on my that I'm always growing seasonal produce, which is cheap in the shops anyway. You have managed quite a feat!
That must feel so good - they look great too.
I thought we were whinging at bananas being $14/kg this week!
You must've been in a very athletic position to take that last photo. It looks good :D)
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