I had not heard that about the flowers, I'm not sure they'd taste all that good. I was under the impression that you could use the leaves to bake food in like they do in other places.
The bottom flowers are the male flowers and the actual bananas are the female ones. If they are successfully pollinated they gonna get bigger and produce huge seeds from what I have read. Mostly you need 2 plants which flower at different stages, because on one plant the female start first and at the end the makes flowers start to open when the female flowers are already almost gone.
I had three flowering all near one another in two different spots. This is the size of bananas that show up for me, lots of little black flecks inside but no big seeds so far. I find the wasps really like the flowers.
@@texastropics I also noticed when my Basjoo fruited that wasps some other non common flying insects came to pollinate. They seemed very happy. Peace N Love
How long does it take for the fruits to develop since the flower starts emerging from the stem? I noticed a flower forming on my musa basjoo about two weeks ago. Greetings from Gdansk, Poland!
I don't doubt it. They definitely have that green banana smell when you're around them or cut the leaves off. Next year I might try to cook some fish or something like that in them.
@@texastropics I've used them as plates a few times, just like they do in Asia. Served rice and vegetable dish on it. It felt more natural while eating, ...nice.
@tropicalpdx1341 I see. I eaten this kind of banana in the Philippines before, it's sweet and it has alot of seeds. I ordered basjoo banana from Amazon and I planted it 2 days ago in our front yard.
The flowers you use in cooking. I tried Musa basjoo fruit a few decades ago and wasn't impressed lol. You could make mini Banana splits lol
I had not heard that about the flowers, I'm not sure they'd taste all that good. I was under the impression that you could use the leaves to bake food in like they do in other places.
@@texastropics Yes, we have used the leaves for wrapping food and I have cooked the flowers
The bottom flowers are the male flowers and the actual bananas are the female ones. If they are successfully pollinated they gonna get bigger and produce huge seeds from what I have read. Mostly you need 2 plants which flower at different stages, because on one plant the female start first and at the end the makes flowers start to open when the female flowers are already almost gone.
I had three flowering all near one another in two different spots. This is the size of bananas that show up for me, lots of little black flecks inside but no big seeds so far. I find the wasps really like the flowers.
@@texastropics Oh cool. Same here. Mostly wasps around the flower. Weird haha
@@texastropics I also noticed when my Basjoo fruited that wasps some other non common flying insects came to pollinate. They seemed very happy.
Peace N Love
@@gardenoftwitty mine attract the wasps as well, more than any other insect.
I didn’t realize you could eat these.
I might have to try mine this year.
I haven’t taken my flower stocks down yet.
Might as well try them once in your life.
Nice video; I never knew you can eat them. How is the yuzu citrus tree?
Yuzu is doing well, but seems to be a slow grower for me.
How do they taste if you wait until they ripen a bit more…like with do with the Cavendish bananas sold in American grocery store.
They're still gonna taste bad. Survival food at best.
I wonder if they could be pickled like okra or if that would just be nasty.
Worth a try!
How long does it take for the fruits to develop since the flower starts emerging from the stem? I noticed a flower forming on my musa basjoo about two weeks ago. Greetings from Gdansk, Poland!
Pretty much all summer, the flower takes a long time for it to reach the end. I've picked them in November and December most years.
Cool, I've never seen anyone harvest the fruit from a basjoo. What kind of camera did you get?
Same phone. I don't understand why some videos look crisp and others don't.
I want to plant one Musa basjoo, but afraid it will grow over my neighbor's fence, will it do that?
Well the leaves will, these bananas get big and spread out quite a bit. I have not had any pups show up on the other side of the fence yet.
Lol survival food! Yeah I agree I have a local Chinese grocery store that sells them and they definitely don't taste as good as the Cavendish.
@@SouthernCatfishKing Lol...yeah!
@@SouthernCatfishKing Exactly... cheers!
Some of my Asian friends use the leaves in their culinary dishes!
I don't doubt it. They definitely have that green banana smell when you're around them or cut the leaves off. Next year I might try to cook some fish or something like that in them.
@@texastropics I've used them as plates a few times, just like they do in Asia. Served rice and vegetable dish on it. It felt more natural while eating, ...nice.
@@Deyan_B_Travels I usually have a lot of extra leaves so may try it this summer. Sound like it was good.
@@texastropics I regularly use my Basjoo leaves when I grill or smoke meats. The flavor is mild and keeps everything juicy and tender.
You Were supposed to wait for them to turn yellow and eat them
Trust me it wouldn't have mattered. These really are ornamental only but next year I will pick them and see if they turn yellow before the taste test.
Survival food 😁
Its not ripe
It's about as ripe as its going to get for me. Not enough heat in fall.
@tropicalpdx1341 I see. I eaten this kind of banana in the Philippines before, it's sweet and it has alot of seeds. I ordered basjoo banana from Amazon and I planted it 2 days ago in our front yard.
Ya eat the inner stems, the actual stalk, tastes like celery 😚
I hadn't heard that one before!