Do you need to thin Babaco?

[elouicious]

I am in the fortunate position to have had a lot of Babaco set in these past couple months-

I am wondering if you ever need to thin them?

the Tree is a little over 1 year old and is already holding 2 fruit from the last flowering that are getting to be about the size of my hand

[Bush2Beach]

They can hold a pretty heavy rack of big fruits. If you top them after fruiting they can branch out pretty good too.

[elouicious]

Was hoping you would show up 

I cant seem to find much beyond "trees can produce 30-60 fruit per year" so I guess I will just let nature take its course and make some green papaya salad with the ones that fall

[Bush2Beach]

If they have any sign of yellow you can pick and counter ripen to full yellow.

[elouicious]

Cheers!

Have you ever compared counter ripened to on the tree?

[Bush2Beach]

I really don’t see, smell or taste a difference.

Cheers!

Have you ever compared counter ripened to on the tree?