We got bananas

[conscious evolution]

I was working in the garden this morning when I noticed one of our banana trees has a bunch growing.
I just hope the critters don't get to them before they are ready to eat.

I so need to get a camara.

[Lisa0825]

1. Is it your first bunch?

How old is the tree?

[conscious evolution]

4. First bunch this year

Not sure how old the tree is.It is one of the bigger ones so I think it has a few years on it.
My housemates say it is a crapshoot whether we get bananas from any given tree from year to year.

[murray hill farm]

6. i have had bananas every year here in Georgia.

But not a one this year! Go figure.

[Gold Metal Flake]

2. Can you bag them with some mesh to prevent pilfering?

Is that possible? If so, it might be worth the trouble.

Bananas. Exiting! What area are you in? What type of plant? Hard to grow?

[conscious evolution]

3. Thanks for the tip.

I am in downtown Atlanta.
I have no idea what kind.
Growing was easy.We just dragged them out of the basement back in the spring,stuck em in a hole and pretty much ignored them after that.And now we got bananas.

[Lisa0825]

7. I have seen a pic of commercial growers using some type of plastic bag.

I'll try to find it again.

I can't find the place that described it, but you can see the blue bags in the pics on this site: http://www.uga.edu/fruit/banana.html

[hippywife]

5. I want!!

Really, trying to eat more local, having a banana tree would be a dream for us. Pineapple, too, but that's kinda stretching it. LOL

[Gato Moteado]

9. in OK you could do it with a green house

there are some great dwarf varieties of bananas and even coconut palms. and many grafted tropical fruit trees don't get tall but they produce a lot of fruit. i bet you could grow a whole bunch of stuff including pineapples if you built a green house.

[hippywife]

10. A green house is definitely

on our ever growing list of things to get accomplished. Not sure when it will be done or how big it will be but I'll definitely keep banana and citrus trees in mind when we are designing it. :hi:

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

8. We have bananas here in Oregon

Yup, no kidding. Not sure if they produce good fruit though.

[asdjrocky]

11. Why yes, I have no bananas.