The Longest Banana I Have Ever Harvested

INTRODUCTION

Banana is one of the soft plant fruit I may say, that is widely grown. Many countries around the world grow banana for domestic consumption and also for commercial reasons. It grow well in tropical or sub-tropical clumate conditions. Some of the countries which have good climate weather for growing and producing banana includes:

• Brazil

• Indonesia

• Nigeria

• Philipines

• Cameroon

• China

• Ecuador etc.

But it is good to note that bananas grow depending their various local growing requirements. These requirements imcludes the market demand for banana, the degree of rainfall, the temperature or climate, the type of soil for growing the banana.

The Longest Banana I Have Ever Harvested

Banana is one of the food plants that I grow. Although I do not produce it in mass quantity, the few that I produce are sold to the market. I have been harvesting banana of different sizes, but has never harvested this size before. Just like I desccribed the conditions that banana requires, I would really say that such conditions were met so that is it grew well and has to produce a good fruit.

Scientific Classification/Description Of Banana

Scientific Name:	Musa Acuminata

Group:	Fruits

Sub-Group:	Tropical Fruits

Kingdom:	Viridiplantae

Family:	Musaceae

Order:	Zingiberales

Genus:	Musa

Banana is identified as Musa Paradisiaca. It has many varieties that one could plant or farm for domestic consumption or commercial. Banana fruits have different colors such as the green, red and could also be purple in color. The most most popular is the green color which turns yellow when it ripes.

It has different sizes that could range between
2.5 to over 3 inches in diameter and 6 to 9 inches on average lenght. The fruit is soft and sweet.

Some Diseases Of The Banana Plant

Just like in other plants, there are diseases that attack the growth and prevents banana from having a good yield. Some of these diseases includes:

• Black Sigatoka

• Bunchy Top Virus

• Banana Leaf Disease

• Fusarium Wilt

These are some of the diseases that banana could have. They could decrease the growth and yields of banana.