Ha! LOL, I know better than to hastle Carol!
I just have two names for the banana, and a sentence at a time interesting history .
Thanks- yes...indeed very rare..I really wanted to plant it in the front garden, but prudence suggested otherwise...Seem Happy in back..
Rj
Can I see your nanners ???
braveheartsmom
curious about poaching in coconut milk? we fry the plantains when they are ripe (black) which are soft and sweet(platano maduro), or we fry them when they are hard and green (tostones,or mofongo). do you poach it in sweet coconut milk or the water. sounds good tell me more.
is the fruit tree you are talking about some sort of sapote?
cassie
Your making me hungry : } candela beautiful banana!
Jenny....apricot???
Hi Shari ...I have come inside for a coffee and saw your name on the board ...now look at all those beautiful bananas! I love them but we only have the eating kind here ...mostly.One or two "fancy" types but they cost a fortune ...150.00 for the Abbysian the most beautiful one.Hi to all you tropical kids ...I will be able to chat a bit more after about another month ...I don't even look because I want to play and can't at the moment ...miss you all and I promise to try and pop in here and there, I hope you are all enjoying your Summer as we shiver ...signs of Spring here though and I am potting on hundreds of baby Angels that refused to stop growing through winter ...it's 39F at the moment but will climb to 65F during the day ...nice bright sunshine on a Staturday morning.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend ^_^
chrissy
I have many many bananas. And here is my latest addition, Siam Ruby.
Hi Chrissy!!!
rylaff nice contrast : )
Aloha,
Nice to see you posting Chrissy, what you been up to?
No, I don't think the tree is either peach or apricot. Here is a picture of the leaves - any id's?
Whoops, got called away for diner. Love the Siam Ruby, how very pretty and unusual.
Candela, not quite sure what type of coconut milk, but the crew is coming over tomorrow to lay some more path, I will be sure to ask them for the recipe if I can catch them when I come home for lunch.
Hey Jen, can you show flowers and/or fruit for your plant?
No, I acually have never noticed the flowers, the tree is tucked away in a corner by the ohana. It only fruits in the spring, about March, so I have neither to show you at this time...
About the bananas cooked in coconut, this is the receipe, well, as much as I could understand:
Take bananas, not the very sweet eating kind. Not overripe. Not plantains, but they can be used too.
Peel and put into a pan just covered with coconut milk (canned coconut milk is okay). Bring to a gentle boil, add enough sugar or other sweetener to taste. Simmer gently until the bananas are fork tender. Great detail about how you shake the pan rather than stiring with a spoon as you cook...
After all the instructions they are going to bring me some over when they next cook them! Sorry, I can't remember the micronesian name for the dish.
Jenny - sounds yummy! I would be curious about the name...living here in Micronesia I have never heard of the dish, but would love to try it...trying to figure out which bananas to use Ha Ha!
Hiya Chrissy! Hope you are managing to stay warm and dry this winter. You will have to show us your angels when they all start blooming! I only have one that is big enough to bloom, and it has done so 4 times...well sent out a flower pod, only to have the flowers die in the pod. One or two have actually split the pod and came out sideways, but they were wrinkled and brown...I don't think these lovely flowers like my garden. More's the pity.
rylaff, I can't believe there is really someplace called "Niceville"...I want to live there!!!!
Yokwe all,
Shari
Yes, there is a place called Niceville, and yes, it is ......Nice.
i am going to make some of that coconut bananas. yumm.
some philipino girls that i work with ask me for the flower part. i think they make some dish with it.
rylaff that is incredible the line down the middle with the two colors.like those half moon cookies
these are some more of my guineos.
these are the little finger bananas. these are real sweet. (the trunks to the right are the praying hands)
Shari, you do live in "Niceville", it's just not in Florida! LOL! I love your little island!
We have several banana trees flowering. A couple have baby bananas, but haven't gotten any pictures yet.
My papaya seeds germinated, so I have papaya seedlings. Will post pictures later.
I'm not moving too fast at the moment.
Aloha,
Here in the farmers markets they sell they banana flowers for food prep too, I have no idea how they are cooked though...
Info on the Micronesian banana dish, Shari. The banana dish is called Saibok (at least that is what it sounds like) . The banana type is a Saba banana, which is not acually plantain because it can be eaten raw. Saibok is also an Indonesian way to prepare bananas, and also is loved in Saipan. It seems as if I have Saba's in the garden, or something very like them.
Excuse me if I have mis-spelt the name of the dish, just going by what it sounded like to me when Raidar and Sackett explained...
Here's some of our banana trees. That is a six foot fence behind them.
Bananas, ginger plant, and a very bright sun!
More bananas
and a few more. Wish we would get more bananas on each tree! Anyone know how to pollenate them?
Getting close to 20ft!
that looks more like a bird of paradise...what do you fertilize with? so I can keep my exotics going?
I have a big bird,about 10ft now,still has never bloomed!!
Been using the peters 20-20-20 and grass clippings!
But I water it everyday!
okay..thanks..Grass clipping eh?
I've started using peters on them too.
Yep the nitrogen from the grass clippings seep into the soil,I was wondering about those
alfalfa pellets would be good also.
Yes, I put some alfalfa Pellets on them today...It had alot of other stuff too, but I was interested in the Potash content, which I hear banana's like.
Mine. They're actually about seven feet now. It's been a few days. :)
-Joe
Joe,what do you feed yours!
Randy,I heard the same thing,I do now and then use the nitrate of potash,red looking granular looks like red sand.
I have an outdoor firepit. First thing in the spring I have a small fire, then pour water on the ashes and pour the mixture on my nanners. I also got a bunch of processed sludge this year from my waste water treatment plant, and dropped a few pounds or processed poo on the nanners.
They are definitely happy, and I think they're pretty much here to stay. Nothing will shift 'em. :)
-Joe
Here they are today. It's been a week since the previous photo.
-Joe
WOW Don!!
Joe yours is looking very happy : )
Joe,
processed sludge,what does the treatment plant do with it,did you have to pay for it?
Tropicman,
They process the sewage until it's essentially nothing but a nitrate/phosphate clay. It has a vague odor, like chicken manure. I wouldn't put it on veggies (human sewage, even processed, contains hormones and other drugs that aren't broken down in the fermentation process), but for flowers it's incredible. It is pure fertilizer. The local water treatment facility gives it away by the truckload.
If no one wants it they mix it in with fill dirt and use it when they do things like back fill ditches for new water mains. The grass seed they plant on it always grows ten times more than the surrounding grass, and looks amazingly green.
I have some black current swirl daturas out front I planted in some of this stuff I used to fill after I had pulled two horrible barberry bushes. They're three feet tall, and getting ready to bloom. I planted them as seeds in mid June. It's great for building decent soil.
-Joe
Thanks for the info,I'll have to some checking here.
Don