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Name: Larry W.
Status: other
Age: 40s
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Date: 8/26/2004
Question:
I see the purple flower on a banana bush. How do i know when to pick the fruit to ripen do i clock the day it first appears then harvest? I have eaten some off the bush but some time they don't ripen a good web site or info will be appreciated.

Replies:
Usually harvested while fruit still green, and then gradually ripen.

Possibly helpful:

http://www.banana.com/

http://r0.unctad.org/infocomm/anglais/banana/crop.htm

Anthony Brach Ph.D.


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