Harvesting Bananas - How To - 1 minute movie
By Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089, Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info
(Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers)
Harvesting Bananas on Maui You might have wondered... how do bananas grow? How do you get them down off the tree? Did you know that there is no woody tissue in a banana plant? The "trunk" is more like the consistency of rolled up corrugated cardboard, and very juicy... sort of like celery. They grow in a clump with many stalks at different stages, so there's always a mature stalk or 2, and some younger ones, and also some keikis - little ones just coming up. Again think celery or rhubarb. You know there are no seeds to speak of, so they are propagated by removing the keikis and planting them. It takes about a year from planting to full growth. Very easy to grow here in Haiku, by the way. When the bunch is just starting to turn yellow, that's when you want to cut the bananas down....
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