Costa Rica Banana Plantation

Visit to a Del Monte banana pantation close to Puerto Limon in Costa Rica.
We did follow the bananas from the plants and the packaging process.
Te banana plants are about 10-15 feet tall, with large leaves drooping from the tops of the plants. Each plant has one bunch of bananas covered in a blue plastic bag.
To provide a suitable microclimate for the bananas to ripen more quickly, to protect the bananas from insects and other pests, and to prevent the bananas from being bruised when it is windy and leaves may brush against the bunch.
When the bananas are the proper size, they are ready to be harvested. The workers protect the bananas from bruising by placing skinny foam pads between the bananas. One banana harvester then stands under the bunch with a large pad on his shoulder while another cuts the bunch from the plant.
A bunch of bananas can weigh from 75-150 pounds. To save the backs of the workers, the cables are situated so that no bunch ever needs to be carried farther than 50 meters. When 25 bunches of bananas are hung the on cable that runs through the plantation, it is called a “banana train” and they move to the processing plant.
When the bananas reach the plant,the foam pads are removed, the bags are stripped off, and the “hands” of bananas are cut off the bunches. The bananas then take a bath, where any fungicides are removed.
They are furthered divided into smaller hands and fingers and packaged. They are shipped and then you can see them in your local grocer’s produce department!

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

Banana train, thanks for a look at a banana plantation and the info Cheers

[@izzydoesit8663]

Hi can you tell me where I can go to a plantation near San Isidro everywhere else is so far from where we are staying. Thx

[@mogenshallas]

Unfortunately not. I don't know much about Costa Rican banana plantations