permaculture

["Kevin Topek" <ktopek@houston.rr.com>]

Scott,

Bananas usually fruit in 18 months of growth and the fruit takes 6 months
more to develop and ripen. Bananas are corms. Everything that is in the
future growth begins as a tiny stalk. If that stalk is damaged or pruned,
the fruiting body is lost and only vegetation will grow. Make sure there is
no violation of the young stalk. If the bananas do freeze, only prune the
damaged upper portion and the fruiting body is likely to emerge from below
intact. Hope that helps. Please drop me  line, I need to chat with you.

Kevin Topek

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Pittman" <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1


> re: Banana
>
> While I have you musa freaks attention could any of you tell me what
> triggers bloom in banana?  I have bananas that are three years old and
> they have yet to bloom.
> I grow them inside in an atrium but they are subject to short days in
> winter and long days in summer does that affect fruiting?  I thought
> maybe moonsoon, or light intensity but I haven't found anything in the
> literature.
>
> Fruitless,\
> Scott Pittman
>
> permaculture-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
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> >
> > Subject:
> > Re: [permaculture] hardy banannas
> > From:
> > hannah brumerskyj <han_ysic@yahoo.com.au>
> > Date:
> > Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:42:22 +1000 (EST)
> > To:
> > permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >
> > To:
> > permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> >
> >I think the sugar banana or lady's finger is a mit more towards the hardy
end. I know it grows well in Sydney Australia, but not sure how it would go
in frost. It usually fruits the second year I think, so if it kep dying off
that wouldn't be much good.
> >  Hannah
> >
> >
> >
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