keeping bananas

I'm going to try that Marley Farley sounds yummy. dieting waste of time eat everything in moderation.

 

Don't think you've killed them Honey Bee, they go like that in our climate, some people leave them outside and build a sort of cloche over them with straw to protect the crowns, they normally just spring back to life. Definitely gonna try that scrummy recipe. Thanks.

 

Honey bee, do you now the name of the particular type of banana you have, it should be Musa ......(something).
Basjoo is pretty frost resistant, but not root hardy, so if the pots froze then they could be dead. Otherwise they might be OK.
Think I would leave them in the greenhouse, preferrably frost free and on the dry side.
Keep your fingers crossed.

 

If they are dead you can always console yourself with a few Banana muffins :D I know which I would prefer. By the way Bob Flowerdew grows them in his double poly tunnel and he gets mini bananas :D What a show off eh.

[ 13. January 2006, 07:46 PM: Message edited by: lisa0307 ]

 

Yes, one is definitely musa something. I have a (Japanese?)red one and a green one, and on the label, they can produce edible fruit (just right for the muffins!!!! :D ).... hope I haven't killed them, although that is what I do best in my garden!!!

Will keep them in the greenhouse and make sure they don't dry out completely. Fingers crossed they recover........

 

Well, to return to the original topic of this thread............
I finally discovered that if I put them in my 'tool room' (a small-almost-outdoor room attached to the house) which is both cold and dark, they last a lot longer. I've had one in there about eight days now and it's still very fresh and edible!

 

I'm gonna sleep better knowing that. :D

 

Just as an update on this old thread - I've been keeping bananas in my tool room, as I said, where the temp has been around 10 degrees C these last few weeks. Recently their lasting power has stretched to almost three weeks! Had a great benefit to my weekly shopping bill!

 

Good grief - a banana eating dog! Does he/she eat the skins as well! :confused:

 

My dog likes bananas mashed up with cream cheese, stuffed into a "kong" which is a sort of hollow rubber chew. I give her that to lick and slurp when I'm out - in the hope it will keep her off other stuff (toys, shoes, carpet.....)She goes crazy for it!!!! But not the skins!!

..... had to make another batch of Banana muffins yesterday..... a particularly nice batch, I may say!! goes very well with a cuppa!!

 

yes, she eats them all! She loves all fruit, and carrots too! Between her and the birds, we rarely got any loganberries! And I've seen her on her back legs, front legs in the air, stretching her head up for grapes! :D