Thread: Bananas

With you there, Mick.

But, as I found out recently, sometimes you have to drink Melbourne Bitter because they just don't sell XXXX.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Queensland's Cavendish bananas, like the one I just ate, taste disgustingly bland - like eating a crusket. Plus, I don't want Panama disease.


Give me a nice juicy Lady Finger from northern NSW every time.


Just saying...

Panama disease can not be passed to the banana, it's a soil disease that kills the plant through its root system. Cavendish bananas are not permitted to be grown in the home garden in Qld., but ladyfinger bananas can, and you are right, much better taste. I grew them for a while, but they were just too much work for the return. What is not well known is that all plantings of banana plants [ commercial or residential] require an Inspectors " Approval to move and plant bananas " available free of charge from the DPI Qld, & NSW. Applications should be submitted at least 30 days prior to the movement of planting material. No one I know has ever bothered. Bob