Tropical Fruits: Plantains?, 1 by digital_dave

digital_dave wrote:
Racing against the inevitable killing frost (and surely to lose badly) is this plant. My source, who came by yesterday, grew up in Belize - his family grew sugar cane and produced rum. Though he's not a banana expert he thinks it is a plantain. He has bloomed them here in 6a too and seen immature fruit but never had any ripen. He says that the fruits come in (several) smaller bunches than the "regular" banana. (?) I don't suppose there is any way to tell other than actually harvesting the fruit. I love fried plantains for breakfast, sliced thinly. Um good!
I will update this post as the blooming/fruiting progresses. If these prove to be plaintains one will just have to stay in the greenhouse until I get some!
Dave.