Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?

[Cornish Cream]

What beautiful tomatoes Courton.

[cookie1]

Love the tomatoes. Our mini yellow tomato is going mad at the moment.

We have snake beans growing and they love the heat. They have really gone mad after Friday and Saturday.

[Kimmyh]

Lovely tomatoes.

[goldfish]

Walked outside very early this morning to feed the chooks and discovered our banana tree had given birth to around 30 babies!! (Almost ready to hand out the cigars )  Two or three years ago I bought the plant and popped the pot down while I decided where to put it. Time galloped on - as it does - and plant said, " to heck with that.. " and roots went  through the drainage holes and stuck fast. Been there ever since!

[Cornish Cream]

Amazing GF I have only ever seen them growing in the hot houses of Kew Gardens.

[judydawn]

It will be very special picking you own bunch of bananas GF.

[*suzanne*]

amazing gf, I wish I had a green thumb )

[mcmich]

A lovely bunch you've got there GF 

[cookie1]

Lovely bunch of bananas GF. Will they ripen without any help?

[goldfish]

Cookie, I'm not too sure. I've never had this happen before We were only planning to use the large leaves to wrap fish etc for the barbecue.  I'll have to ask at the nursery if there 's any special care they need.  The main problem we have with any fruit - or anything edible for that matter - is the marauding possum population!! Very cheeky and very hungry!

[Katiej]

Wow GF, that's pretty cool. 
I hope you manage to save them from the possums.

[judydawn]

Why not try to protect your bananas this way GF.

Tip: commercial banana growers use bunch covers (plastic bags open at both ends that they slip over the bunch and tie at the top) to protect bananas from diseases, insects, sunburn and marauders. You can try to buy those bags at a rural supplies store, or beg some off a grower.

[Kimmyh]

Lovely bananas GF. Know you can make the banana candle from the other thread 😉
We have lost one banana plant to frost and one to the puppy. Fingers crossed the third lasts long enough to grow, let alone bear fruit.

[goldfish]

Thanks very much Judy... I'll look into that first thing in the morning.

Kimmyh... Ahh yes, banana candles !!! . Hope your banana plant survives and gives you loads of fruit eventually. Aren't pups just great little gardeners!!

[cookie1]

They do that in Carnarvon where they grow bananas over here.