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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: SoCal2warm on August 26, 2019, 06:30:14 PM
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Pisang Ceylon banana growing in Southern California
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y4YD38S1/20190826-143059-1566855091019.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Y4YD38S1)
It's huge, about 8 to 12 feet tall (depending on how you measure it).
still has not fruited yet
Won't give the exact location but will tell you it's a little south of Irvine, about 12 to 15 miles away from the coast. The climate zone is solid zone 10, between 10a/10b.
It was sold as 'Pisang Ceylon', and while I am always skeptical, the exact leaf appearance seems fully consistent with other pictures of Pisang Ceylon I have seen. (i.e. It doesn't look like the average Icecream banana)
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14 feet tall now, pseudostems are 7 inches thick
(https://i.postimg.cc/2Vk89VPY/20191016-115919.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2Vk89VPY)
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It finally began producing a fruit stalk, tree is 16 feet tall now
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZCS2YjqF/20200830-111003-1598811036403.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ZCS2YjqF)
(https://i.postimg.cc/SJdTSh3k/20200831-131501-1598904927847.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SJdTSh3k)
The fruits have been developing very fast
(https://i.postimg.cc/Tp28qCX2/20200906-144357-1599428660322-1599428690095.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Tp28qCX2)
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I just fruited Pisang Ceylon bananas for the first time last month. They're delicious!
(https://i.postimg.cc/kDFpbTWZ/20200816-105324.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kDFpbTWZ)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/SYqw9KPT/20200909-093223-1599669164842.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SYqw9KPT)
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Have you tasted them? How are they?