Urban Banana Farms

This must be the Banana Belt of San Jose. Everybody else is freezing their ass off and I'm harvesting the January banana crop. I don't think bananas are supposed to grow this far north, but they do.
http://www.geocities.com/robvelour/pictures.htm
I'll admit they are little, but they probably haven't been cultivated in years.

I cut down two bunches, and pruned the red banana flower from the end of four more bunches. I've been told this will make the developing fruit behind the flower grow bigger. I'm also planning on fertilizing the banana grove.

The banana stalks I've cut are indoors, in plastic bags, and I'm hoping they ripen

More for Trish

I think you're the only one interested in this sort of thing. Here is the peeled banana flower, and some of the little unfertilized proto-bananas. The guys tell me to soak them in cold water and salt before eating, at first taste they are sort of starchy.

http://www.geocities.com/robvelour/more.htm

The second picture is the banana grove in the background. In the foreground is my favorite business expense/tax deduction.