Bananas
Harvesting
7.0 HARVESTING
- The time taken for a banana plant to mature depends on the variety and it takes about 8 to 12 months.
- They are considered fully mature if there is plumpness in the fingers on the upper arm according to
- Bananas become mature fruit 75 – 150 days from flower production.
- When it has been established that the bananas are mature enough to harvest a sharp knife should be used to cut them down from the tree. Cutting the fruit down in bunches.
- Leave a stalk not less than 15cm to be used to make carrying them easy.
- The banana bunches should never fall on to the ground because this damages the fruit.
- Store the bananas in cool dim storage area.