The double mahoi has finally flowered in mid September 2022. It looks like there will be over 100 bananas, but will most likely not have time to ripen before first frost.
a banana flower is such a great experience glad you and blayne will be able to see one! hopefully true fruit gets to ripen before the freezes come and go
Thanks Blayne. I’m going to make some more videos this week. One about the flag leaf and walking through how to tell when a banana is about to fruit. The second is just some good 4k video of the flower. Up close, slow moving, all the detail, etc.. I haven’t seen any videos out there that are high quality video just showing the flower and fruit
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 keep posting the daily shorts. I like watching the progress. And look for that flower moving up the trunk. I’m excited to follow along
Hello Farmer, this is such an exciting video!! Beautiful banana trees and red flag. I hope you got a chance to taste the bananas bc I know this is a lot to hard work. I love how this tree looks!!
Congrats! REALLY beautiful plants and flower! 😃 If you cut the flower, you won’t have the fulle experience… Maybe there some way to avoid the plant getting cold or reflecting sun on the next weeks… I don’t have any clue in how to give more heat, so they can fruit rapidly. Also, if in only one week it gree so much, it will probably keep going fast. Let’s hope for the best! 😃🤞
Thanks Jorge!!! I agree, I think I will focus on enjoying the experience for this flower and let it grow in beauty. Then next year, really focus on having one fruit as early as possible to try for edible fruit
I bought a few double mahoi’s from a Florida nursery last year (tissue culture) and they have put off at least 6 pups each this past summer. Have you had the same experience with these things multiplying faster than other varieties? My lady finger and blue Java’s put off pups, but not at all like these mahoi’s
Can’t wait for yours. You will have a better chance at them ripening than me. Do you think I should cut some off? Or leave them all on there. It’s like 150+
Also it’s crazy because this was not the tree I thought even had a chance haha. It was so far behind. I think this shows that my “dwarf” namwah isn’t actually a dwarf. Probably got sold the wrong variety
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog don’t .. it won’t change anything.. 1 or 150 they all have the same time to swell up… I can’t wait to see yours do the double thingy!
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 I think its every other year that it does a double flower. So hopefully next year! Unless it puts out another. I'll keep watch for it
If they don't ripen before winter, just use them as Green Bananas for cooking. They're delicious fried in oil as chips. Use them as a Potato replacement because they're just starch at this point.
Awesome!! Man I was hoping for a surprise mid month update :) did you grow this one from tissue culture last year? About how old is the plant? Exciting stuff - can’t wait to see those bananas ripen :)
The double mahoi that just fruited is first generation tissue culture that I bought from wellspring gardens online last summer around May. I bought it at around 6" tall so I bet the plant is about 2.5-3 years old most likely. Probably will not have time to ripen by winter though. But the pups are growing so fast now that next summer it will fruit early in the summer by July
Hi could you tell me if double mahoi looks like cavendish or can you see a difference .I have read the leaves and trunk are very dark green.Just want to make sure before i buy one.Alot of mislabeling in banana plant.
oh no it flowered too late and highly likely won't have time for fruit to ripen before first frost since most banana varieties would take 3 to 6 months to ripen
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog oh ok gotcha .. that answers a question for me, I have a double fruiter and it's blooming for the first time, and it's a single inflorescence
@@whitewiz222 Yeah I am not 100% sure how it decided whether it is a double or not. But I know for a fact the first bloom is never a double. I haven't been able to find enough literature on the matter to know if you can identify each pup as a single or double fruiter
Just checked. This was filmed saturday afternoon and the 5th hand was almost finished opening. Now the 6th hand is almost completely open and it looks like there are at least 2, maybe 3 more to go. All so far have over 20 bananas. So I already count 120+. Rate seems around 1 hand per 36-48 hours. Its definitely slowing down considering it did 5 hands in 4 days including a flag leaf!
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog soon it will switch to all male flowers and those will fall off.. but that’s insane! 6 hands of bananas! I will do a short this afternoon and we will hopefully see the bulge and stuff
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 Yeah I've seen videos of people go and knock off the tips (little flowers) on the ends of each banana. But i think you wait until after they all open?
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog nah.. they are not on the fruit those are the female flowers .. the banana makes female flowers(the bananas) and made flowers after… what I mean is after the bananas form (the female flowers)it won’t put any more bananas ..and will put on male flowers that fall off the stem.. that’s that makes the gap between the bud and the bunch
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 That makes sense! I think the last one (number 7) just opened and the petals covering the first 3 hands already fell off. Ill grab an update video tomorrow
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog my bananas are in bone dry soil i depend on the rain cus i’m too lazy but they still grow really fast… our clay keeps water in well
a banana flower is such a great experience glad you and blayne will be able to see one! hopefully true fruit gets to ripen before the freezes come and go
Either way, just like you said, I am glad I just get to experience it. I don't think there is any chance in ripening though
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog try protecting it and if you can’t do that protect that pup as much as possible so you get a bunch next year
@@gasubtropics Exactly, protecting that big pup over winter is my top priority
What’s so great about this video is it’s the best double mahoi flowering video I have ever came across!
Thanks Blayne. I’m going to make some more videos this week. One about the flag leaf and walking through how to tell when a banana is about to fruit. The second is just some good 4k video of the flower. Up close, slow moving, all the detail, etc.. I haven’t seen any videos out there that are high quality video just showing the flower and fruit
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog great!! Can’t wait! Btw my pre flag is completely out! Next is the flag and flower! I hope I get a good amount of bananas!
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 keep posting the daily shorts. I like watching the progress. And look for that flower moving up the trunk. I’m excited to follow along
When’s your first first?
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog on average late November
I'm in the metro Atlanta area as well. I have a few dwarf orinoco and just purchased 1 veinte cohol. I like the content.
Hello Farmer, this is such an exciting video!! Beautiful banana trees and red flag. I hope you got a chance to taste the bananas bc I know this is a lot to hard work. I love how this tree looks!!
Congrats! REALLY beautiful plants and flower! 😃
If you cut the flower, you won’t have the fulle experience…
Maybe there some way to avoid the plant getting cold or reflecting sun on the next weeks… I don’t have any clue in how to give more heat, so they can fruit rapidly. Also, if in only one week it gree so much, it will probably keep going fast.
Let’s hope for the best! 😃🤞
Thanks Jorge!!! I agree, I think I will focus on enjoying the experience for this flower and let it grow in beauty. Then next year, really focus on having one fruit as early as possible to try for edible fruit
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog sound awesome! 😄
This is amazing i am planing on getting one myself i live in cassadaga New York
Awesome, best of luck in your growing experience
Love the progress
Nice banana flower
I bought a few double mahoi’s from a Florida nursery last year (tissue culture) and they have put off at least 6 pups each this past summer. Have you had the same experience with these things multiplying faster than other varieties? My lady finger and blue Java’s put off pups, but not at all like these mahoi’s
HOLY COW WHAT A SURPRISE!!!! THIS IS AWESOME… my banana is also putting out a flag/ pre flag.. so excited!!
Can’t wait for yours. You will have a better chance at them ripening than me. Do you think I should cut some off? Or leave them all on there. It’s like 150+
Also it’s crazy because this was not the tree I thought even had a chance haha. It was so far behind. I think this shows that my “dwarf” namwah isn’t actually a dwarf. Probably got sold the wrong variety
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog don’t .. it won’t change anything.. 1 or 150 they all have the same time to swell up… I can’t wait to see yours do the double thingy!
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 I think its every other year that it does a double flower. So hopefully next year! Unless it puts out another. I'll keep watch for it
Makes sense. I will hold off and let them all stay
I like your channel! I really wanna try growing bananas now!
You should do it. It’s a lot of fun
If I grow double mahoi in a pot, how big does the pot need to be at minimal?
If they don't ripen before winter, just use them as Green Bananas for cooking. They're delicious fried in oil as chips. Use them as a Potato replacement because they're just starch at this point.
Great idea, I will try that this year if they do not ripen again.
Awesome!! Man I was hoping for a surprise mid month update :) did you grow this one from tissue culture last year? About how old is the plant?
Exciting stuff - can’t wait to see those bananas ripen :)
The double mahoi that just fruited is first generation tissue culture that I bought from wellspring gardens online last summer around May. I bought it at around 6" tall so I bet the plant is about 2.5-3 years old most likely. Probably will not have time to ripen by winter though. But the pups are growing so fast now that next summer it will fruit early in the summer by July
Hi could you tell me if double mahoi looks like cavendish or can you see a difference .I have read the leaves and trunk are very dark green.Just want to make sure before i buy one.Alot of mislabeling in banana plant.
It looks exactly the same as a dwarf cavendish. It technically is a cavendish variety
oh no it flowered too late and highly likely won't have time for fruit to ripen before first frost since most banana varieties would take 3 to 6 months to ripen
Yeah that is the unfortunate part. Would have been better to flower first thing next year. But I am also glad that I got to experience the flower
5:53 I will do research on dishes to use unripe bananas in.. Surely there’s something we can find to use them in instead of letting them go to waste
That would be great, let me know what you find
I just went outside and saw a surprise double mahoi 😅 like dude where did this come from? The tree is so small
I know… it totally caught me off guard because I never expected it to fruit so short
Wrap them in Christmas lights.
That’s exactly my though. Also going to look into some pipe warming tape like they use in the north
Did it produce its second flower bud?
Not this year. But it does every 2-3 years. So maybe next year it will
a double variety, but only one banana rack on its bloom?
It’s only a double flower every 2-3 years
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog oh ok gotcha .. that answers a question for me, I have a double fruiter and it's blooming for the first time, and it's a single inflorescence
@@whitewiz222 Yeah I am not 100% sure how it decided whether it is a double or not. But I know for a fact the first bloom is never a double. I haven't been able to find enough literature on the matter to know if you can identify each pup as a single or double fruiter
How many more hands of bananas have shown up since this update?
Just checked. This was filmed saturday afternoon and the 5th hand was almost finished opening. Now the 6th hand is almost completely open and it looks like there are at least 2, maybe 3 more to go. All so far have over 20 bananas. So I already count 120+. Rate seems around 1 hand per 36-48 hours. Its definitely slowing down considering it did 5 hands in 4 days including a flag leaf!
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog soon it will switch to all male flowers and those will fall off.. but that’s insane! 6 hands of bananas! I will do a short this afternoon and we will hopefully see the bulge and stuff
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 Yeah I've seen videos of people go and knock off the tips (little flowers) on the ends of each banana. But i think you wait until after they all open?
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog nah.. they are not on the fruit those are the female flowers .. the banana makes female flowers(the bananas) and made flowers after…
what I mean is after the bananas form (the female flowers)it won’t put any more bananas ..and will put on male flowers that fall off the stem.. that’s that makes the gap between the bud and the bunch
@@blaynesplantvlog7117 That makes sense! I think the last one (number 7) just opened and the petals covering the first 3 hands already fell off. Ill grab an update video tomorrow
Save the pup: dig it up and overwinter it.. then that one will fruit earlier next season. Enjoy this one for looks and enjoyment.
Yep, I think I am going to leave the big pup in the ground over winter and try to keep it alive, then pup the next pup in a pot
oh my gosh yours has so many bananas i just realized how small orinoco banana bunches are 😭
Hahaha, different varieties + I have been religious in fertilizing and watering
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog my bananas are in bone dry soil i depend on the rain cus i’m too lazy but they still grow really fast… our clay keeps water in well
@@gasubtropics Love that GA clay! Works pretty well for bananas
5:23 … don’t.. I watched videos of bananas ripening and even ones with just 5 take the same amount of time to ripen as a giant bunch..
Interesting, I did not know that. I guess that makes sense. Will just enjoy the beauty then. It should open up all the way soon to look really nice
Isn’t it supposed to have two blooms? 😂
Every 2-3 years it will produce a double flower. Not every year though
When is your first average freeze?
Average is first week of November. But it can come as early as mid october. So really only 1 more month for sure. Definitely not long enough
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