Wednesday, 20th April
Down it comes, its life cycle ended.
Each banana plant only produces one
bunch of fruit and is replaced by a
new sucker.
What an adventure!
Wednesday, April 20th
This is the last of them...
Tuesday April 12th
Now they're ripening!
Tuesday 29th March
Yum - well worth the wait.
The others on the tree still aren't
ripening though.
Tuesday 29th March
And we have ripening! A little
over a week and this baby
is ripe and ready to go. A little
blackish though - too early
to have picked?
Sunday 20th March
I thought I might try a new method
and cut them down
one at a time and see if they ripen.
Friday 18th of March 2011
Well the hand I cut down didn't
make it, the bananas went from green to
slightly yellowing to black pretty
quickly. So here we are, still waiting
for something to turn yellow.
The same cut down bunch that are starting
to yellow are also
starting to wither
:(
Thursday 17 February 2011
This is the bunch I cut down, starting to
yellow.
Thursday 17th February 2011
Bananas still looking good on the
tree, not really yellowing yet though.
Sunday 6th February 2011
Got impatient and cut down
the bottom hand of the bunch.
Will see how they ripen!
Thursday 3rd February 2011
Waiting for just one to start yellowing.
Saturday 8th January 2011
Almost there?
Wednesday 17th November 2010
Picture of the flower for Donna!
Sunday 14th November 2010
They are trying to go next door.
My neighbour is telling me if they
fall on his side, they're his. Cheeky man.
I could so take him.
Friday 12 November 2010
They are in the pod. The pod peels back
and under each one there's a hand.
Who would have thunk it?
It really is like pass the parcel.
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| Thursday 11th November 2010 Cheeky little bananas, they come out from above the pod... I thought it was going to split open. D'oh! |
Sunday 7th November 2010
Much darker in colour, I
think it's almost ready to pop!
Friday 5th November 2010
All plump and pointing down.
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| Thursday 4th November 2010 Seems to have grown a lot overnight. It's plump! |
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| Tuesday 2nd November 2010 Okay, now it's a bit like pass the parcel, when is a lolly going to get unwrapped? |
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| Saturday 30th October 2010 Okay, still less unfurled (how is that even possible?), but straighter! |
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| Friday, 29th October 2010 Hmm... why is it less unfurled than yesterday? |
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| Thursday 28 October 2010 Flag leaf showing, bananas are on their way! |
16 comments:
It's working :)
congratulations you are the proud "um" grower of bananas
maybe I should have said you are now a banana bender.
Thank you my anonymous friend, I am indeed a very proud banana grower bender. To the point where I'd like a rocking chair and a shotgun to defend them.
Awesome, great idea to have a special banana cam blog with dates as well as photos to show how long each stage takes - amazing I had no idea how banana's fruited!
Thanks Donna, I had no idea either, and I still don't until it actually happens. Great Queenslanders we are :)
Don't swear at me - I'm a cockroach I am, just have cane toads for sons lol.
Can you put up a photo of the whole flower... the first one of my petals opened but there's nothing there!
Well then you have an excuse!
The first petal on mine opened up with nothing under it too, I think that's why I thought the whole pod would open up. When the second one opened up there were the bananas. Unfortunately there's a gap in the banana cam photos between the first petal and the banana under the petal petal.
I'll put up a photo of the whole flower asap.
Looking great Ali, hope the bats have left it alone now! Had my first glimpse of bananas, looks like the full size ducasse has two hands per petal. Will update BLF with some photos soon :)
Hmm that sounded a bit 'nar nar na narna' (and made a pun by actually tying it lol narna/ banana get it!) but I didn't mean it that way lol.
Oh wow Donna, that is very exciting!
When I first posted the banana photo on BLF I wanted to call it "In Your Face Donna", but I wasn't sure how people would take it... So don't worry, we all deserve all the bananas we can get.
I've been looking around and have seen bunches much more impressive than mine, which to be honest looks a little scrawny. I think I left too many suckers on for too long. I have since chopped them out, but I would say they sucked a little life out of the bunches.
And yes, your pun is noted :p
That is an amazing process! I had no idea how bananas grew. Your post was very educational. Now, what is considered to be a "hand"?
You are SO fortunate to have bananas growing in your yard! That's just incredible to me!
Hey Veggie PAK, it is exciting, isn't it? So as for the hand, one banana is called a finger, then the group of fingers that all grow from the same stalky part is called a hand, and then the group of hands, ie the whole lot is called a bunch.
I think!
I am lucky to have them growing, and I cannot wait to taste them :)
Great pictorial story with the narnies! Only five months from the flag (have neve heard that term before) to eating one.
I look at mine each day for changes but they seem to be in a bit of a stasis - cooler weather perhaps.
Thanks Lissa, coming from you that's a lovely compliment - I am in love with your beautifully organised garden.
It was someone on BLF who told me the flag leaf term - although I cannot remember who now - perhaps Leanne?? I don't know if it's a proper term, but it certainly looks and acts like a flag should!
I thought they slowed down in the cooler weather too, but I just noticed a flag leaf on another one of mine yesterday. Terrible position (too shaded) and way too many suckers on it, so it will be very interesting to see what kind of banana it comes up with.
Excellent blog Ali,
The very first half size leaf just emerge from my 13 months old Pisang Ceylon.. can't wait for the Flag leaf and the rest to appear..
What type of banana are you growing, the fruit seems huge..
pandanparadise, how exciting for you :) I am sure you will love watching your bananas grow - I think they are by far the most exciting thing in my garden. Mine are ladyfingers - aren't they fat! I think it was because of all the rain we had here last year, they were the fattest bananas I had ever seen, and you can imagine I was bursting with pride :) Good luck with yours!
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