Dwarf Cavendish Bananas

[D. Morrowii]

My first ever fruiting banana plant and I’m kind of exited to eat some. What am I looking for as far as when to cut the bunch down? I’ve read once the edges start to round and the color starts to change but I feel like both of those things have happened and they don't look exactly ready. I don’t want to do it too early. Also where can they be hung to ripen out? In the house? 

[edbrown_III]

I wait til they start gettin yellow in em or cut a stages to have some over a longer time ---- sometimes rodents go after them so ye gotta cut em alll down at once 

 

[D. Morrowii]

10 minutes ago, edbrown_III said:

I wait til they start gettin yellow in em or cut a stages to have some over a longer time ---- sometimes rodents go after them so ye gotta cut em alll down at once 

 

Hey thanks @edbrown_III I’ll wait till I see some yellow. 
I do have squirrels around quite a bit and the occasional mouse or rat and raccoons. I heard cut the all at once and they’ll sort of ripen from the top down? 
 

 

[Johnny Palmseed]

It’s best to wait until some are yellow then cut the whole thing and tie it up in the garage. I try to cut back where the bend is so it is easier to hook in the rope “noose” that I use. It will be heavy (2 person job) and it will drip a lot of sap from the cut point so use some paper towels or napkins to wrap the end. It will keep the mess down to a minimum. The remaining green bananas will ripen over just a few days so be prepared for having way more than you can eat. I would keep a yard waste garbage can under the bunch to catch the ones that fall overnight. Generally speaking, after a couple days the bunch will be no good and will be attracting flies so you can just drop the whole thing in the can. I haven’t figured out how to split the bunch like you would buy in a store. The ones I had were tightly bunched up and I couldn’t get a blade in to cut them. 

[JLM]

@D. Morrowii How tall is your plant? Im curious, since im growing one here and havent seen much in the way of "mature" height information.

EDIT: Nevermind, forgot that mine is actually a "super" dwarf, disregard this comment lol

Edited July 18, 2022 by JLM

[Johnny Palmseed]

Those super dwarfs are neat. I saw one that was only about 4’ tall. It was like a shrub banana.

[D. Morrowii]

35 minutes ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

It’s best to wait until some are yellow then cut the whole thing and tie it up in the garage. I try to cut back where the bend is so it is easier to hook in the rope “noose” that I use. It will be heavy (2 person job) and it will drip a lot of sap from the cut point so use some paper towels or napkins to wrap the end. It will keep the mess down to a minimum. The remaining green bananas will ripen over just a few days so be prepared for having way more than you can eat. I would keep a yard waste garbage can under the bunch to catch the ones that fall overnight. Generally speaking, after a couple days the bunch will be no good and will be attracting flies so you can just drop the whole thing in the can. I haven’t figured out how to split the bunch like you would buy in a store. The ones I had were tightly bunched up and I couldn’t get a blade in to cut them. 

Boy I was hoping that they would ripen slowly downward over a couple weeks. Theres about 100 bananas there. I planned on giving ghem away to the neighbors if needed.