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Name:  Robert
Status:   other
Age:   50s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: Around 1999
Question:
I would like to know how long it should take for the fruit to turn yellow and one can eat them. The bananas became so heavy they broke the tree. I cut off the stalk and now would like to know if they will ripen.


Replies:
Green bananas will ripen (turn yellow) even when off the stalk.

http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/crops/i_banana.htm

Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.

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