Why Bananas No Longer Taste Like Banana: the story of the Gros Michel
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- Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2022
- Did you ever wonder why banana flavored candy tastes more like banana than a banana? The answer is found in the story of the Gros Michel. Everybody should taste the Gros Michel, they are what bananas are supposed to taste like.
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My math teacher in high school was from Trinidad/Tobago he didn't eat American bananas and was adamant that we shouldn't either. He said they tasted like wet paper.
I think a lot of it has to do with we prefer the taste of what we grew up on but yeah she's right, most of the bananas we consume are flavorless.
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I've been telling people for years many foods tasted better when I was younger. "Yeah but Dad, you're old and your taste buds change". While there may be SOME truth to that, beer still tastes like beer, vienna sausage still tastes like vienna sausage but I'll be damned if I can find fruits and vegetables that were as good as they used to be. Every now and again an orange is good and some local tomatoes and onions. There is also a farm in Cali (can't recall the name) that when I see their nectarines at the store, I buy them. Superb!
Yeah, definitely a real thing. About 3 years ago I asked the owner of the pizza place I grew up on how his food still tastes the same. With suppliers going out of business and being bought out and stuff I figured he'd have changes to his ingredients. he told me it's his biggest challenge. In fact he makes a 4 hour round trip once a week to one of the few suppliers left that stocks what his family has been buying for 60 years.
I can't agree on the Vienna Sausage thing. They definitely tasted different when I was a kid because I tried some for the first time in years and they were horrible. But I don't like chicken sausage/hotdogs and I swear they were made with pork or at least more pork when I was younger and now they're straight chicken. Only ones I could eat were the BBQ because the taste was masked by the sauce. Vienna Sausages are not the same, and its probably because of inflation they have to change the recipe to keep them cheap.
Another is corn. They kept breeding for "sweetness" and now it's just cloyingly sweet. I don't want Kandy Korn, I want Corn!
True story. I live on the coast of California and received a shipment of avocados from GuacFarm and they arrived in perfect shape. In fact, I had to wait 4 days for them to ripen. It was so worth the wait though. My neighbors still talk about the size of those avocados. haha It's true what you say about vine ripened strawberries and tomatoes. Local farmer's markets are the best if you can't grow your own.
Steve, yeah avocados are perfect for shipping. durable and a lot of time to arrive. I'm so glad you and your neighbors enjoyed them.
This guy has so much charisma, what a great story
aw shucks! thank you for the compliment
@@SleepyLizard i been busy doing stuff so sorry i hadn't been commenting as much!
@@frostylonewolf1700 I noticed you been gone. Hope you are getting a lot done!
I heard there used to be hundreds of varieties of Apples in the USA until big corporations forced the orchards to grow about 5 varieties
Yeah there’s a lot of misinformation out there about agriculture
When I listen to you, I think you're the luckiest farmer in America. God Bless SleepyLizard.😊👍👍👍💪
Ra, I think I am. I was just out walking around the grove and loving all the sights, smells, and sounds.
@@SleepyLizard 😊👍
My Dad was stationed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone. There were many gardens there. We would stop and buy fresh, ready to eat vegetables and fruit. The bananas were the best I have ever had
What a great way to grow up.
Thank you so so much for the tank top! Is so comfy and great quality! I was soooo happy it arrived in time for our Australian summer. I am so proud to wear a Sleepy Lizard shirt all the way over here! I absolutely recommend your merch to anyone considering purchasing, its great quality! 🥑💖🥑
I'm glad you got it. That might be the longest distance I've ever shipped a package. You wear it well.
Toh-om! Stoooooop! [whimpers] Ever since your video four or five years ago first mentioning the Gros Michel banana my desire to eat one has become an obsession (my offer of $20 just for one Gros Michel still stands). When I was in hiking near the upper Manatee River in Parish Florida I cam across an orange tree and it’s fruit was in season. I had never tasted such a delicious, tree ripened orange in my life. We really need to become more of an agrarian society. There is nothing that compares to FRESH! Thanks for the tease! 😂
Hopefully on your next trip to the Keys I'll have some ripe Gros Michels for you.
Hey Brian! Gross Michael is nothing in comparison to apple bananas and mysore and improved mysore bananas! They are absolutely incredible!
I live on the Portuguese island of Madeira, east atlantic, off the coast of Morocco. Our main Banana is the Dwarf Cavendish, Followed by Robusta and Grand Nain (Chiquita). Thankfully both Manzano and Prata readily available here. The Prata or Silver usually commands a higher price due to the tall plants that quite often get damaged by strong winds. I also love that Monstera Delisiosa grows semi wild all over the island, taking over abandoned gardens and wasteground. I have several plants which produce fruit within a short walk from me and a neighbour who regularly gives us its fruit.
I'll be doubling my Monstera Deleciosa output in the coming years.
Makes perfect sense…I miss childhood green grape flavor as well…thank you for the education ❤️💕
yeah my mom kept grapes in the fridge but I loved them at room temperature.
Excellent sharing of info, direct, clear, common-sensical. 5 Stars.
wow, I've achieved a 5 star J J rating! thank you.
Now I need me a Gros Michel Pup..
Heck yeah!
Hi Tom: Just saw the Banana video! That is absolutely a true statement. I know that as a fact. Coming from Jamaica, I do vividly recall eating the Gros Michel bananas. The best tasting banana in my opinion. We had other varieties also such as he locally named "Honey Banana". It is smaller and more rotund, but you can guess from the name, it is really sweet! My wife says you cannot eat only one of those, 3 to 4 is the obligatory minimum! As usual, a well crafted and presented video! BTW, I just finished eating my Hall Avocados I got at the Farm. They were superb!! Also saw Fruitful Trees eating his Hall, Monroe and Choquette on his video!
Doug, Yeah your wife is right. Tell her I'm sitting here with a plateful of the namwas I showed in the vid, can't eat just one.
I've got a nice fat Hall with a tiny little squirrel mark on it ready for tonight's dinner then I'm going out to fill orders and I'll be picked clean of Hall and Choquette. It's Monrone only from here out. Luckily I LOVE the Monroe!
P.S. all the sugar cane got gobbled up quick by me and my son!
@@SleepyLizard I will let her know that you agreed with her! Sad that the Hall variety is finished for this season! Enjoy your dinner with your Hall! Glad you and Tommy enjoyed the Sugar Cane!
Try a Mysore banana. Finest bananas I've ever tasted.
Another great educational and entertaining video!👍🏻
thanks Chuck
Cavendish just aren't worth eating. They hurt my stomach. Lady finger hurt less, but still. I hate what mass production has done to flavour. I've relied on your expertise to make sure I'll get avocado one day. I dread to think if they start messing with our avocados!! Great info, thanks for sharing. 🤯💖🥑
Kerri, so far avocados are 100% Mother Nature and like you said I hope it stays that way.
Thanks guy always learning from you.
Hey Charles, you're welcome.
Thanks Brother i am always learning something on your channel
you are welcome
Starfruit statement is 100% fact
Star fruit fully ripe is literally delicious candy
a fellow aficionado I see.
All im getting from this is that small scale farming globally would be more beneficial, you could then produce better tasting good healthy food and still ship it without as much issue
but we wouldn't produce nearly enough food for the planet's 8 billion hungry mouths. our system has tradeoffs but to feed 8 billion people require requires efficiency and economies of scale
Good content. Good delivery
thank you and thank you 🤣
Very Cool!
Thank you Richard.
Thank You🦎
SleepyLizard
you're welcome
Gross Michel are my favorite ripe bananas to eat. I grow a few trees in my backyard. They are still plentiful in my community. Love your inspirational video. God bless.
so delicious aren't they?
Where do you purchase a tree?
Oh yeah! Starfruit from your tree was delicious! Do you know what's the variety?
Monroe Avocado from your farm is the best avocado I've eaten, hands down!
Victor, I don't know the variety because the tree was here when I moved here. I've tasted the Lara variety at Lara Farms and it is absolutely delicious. Soooo good.
They say that in 10-15 years, the current bananas we have now will face the same issues as the Gros Michel
maybe maybe not. People love to predict the doomsday outcome
Definitely going to grown my own once I get to Florida. :)
You’re going to love it
Great video!
I wish I could try some of those bananas
Psway, I've seen some specialty online stores sell them but they are insanely expensive. Hit me up if you're ever in south Florida.
A homegrown cavendish banana, picked when it's actually ripe, tastes a lot better than the ones picked green for the stores, but it doesn't compare to just about any other variety picked at peak ripeness.
Mysore bananas are the best, though. So good that I go through the trouble of growing a couple mysore plants up here in northern Illinois, zone 5b. I grow those 'Truly Tiny' bananas, too, but those 4 footers are the only variety that people will buy up here with winter and all. I get it, though. 4ft is a lot easier to manage indoors, than say the 16ft Mysores eventually reach... lucky for me, mine are only 8ft at the moment. lol
I've heard a lot about the Mysore. I'll have to try that. And yes I agree with you a properly ripened cavendish tastes way better when picked at the right time.
Learned a lot in this video. When will your avocado grafted trees be back in stock? Thanks
Thank you Kay. I don't think I'll be going back to selling the trees. I've learned I'm too small to jump through each states importation requirement hoops regarding sale of live plants. I can only sell them in person.
1:35 guy forgot how to eat food for a second.
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Manzana Bananas are really tasty. I first saw them in Cuba. Now you can pick up the mini version at Publix once in awhile.
yep and the trick is to let them ripen till the skin is almost peeling off...that's heaven.
Cool,now I'm hungry.
What did you eat?
Blessings from Arizona sweetheart…
thanks Earthling!
This explains why I love the Cavandish(?) banana and absolutely HATE artificial banana flavors. They are two different bananas
yep, if you prefer the Cavendish then something resembling the Gros Michel can definitely be overpowering.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that prefers the Cavendish. Everyone likes to speak ill of it.
Amazing. Thank you for the video. Do you know if I can get some Gros Michel banana seeds? Could they grow in NYC, in the warmer seasons I suppose?
Max, too cold in NYC you'd have to keep it indoors in the cold weather and I don't know if a banana will give fruit indoors. We don't grow them from seeds we use "pups". Pups are little shoots that develop at the base of mature trees. You might look up a farm called "going bananas" and see if they will ship you one. good luck!
So true what you are saying
We have Coca Cola imported from Mexico made with sugar instead of corn syrup...even that brings me back to being a kid. 🤣
Well ripened browned skin banana that you are eating.... I can feel the sweetness and flavours just by your words. I prefer to eat them the same way....what the normal people call over ripe!!!!😂
I am from a tropical place in India. I have six varieties of bananas grown in our backyard...... Long ones, short ones, fragrant ones, red coloured ones...and such....each have their own names as well. Back in 2016 I was in the UK for a few months and I had a colleague from Finland when I said we have many variety of bananas and each tasted different she couldn't believe that........ she was asking how one banana tastes different from another one....all are bananas!!!
People know only a limited number of commercial breeds such as the Cavendish or Grand Naine.
your colleague is missing out.
That’s why candy banana tastes like it does. My dad told me that’s what banana use to taste like. So if you ever have banana Laffy Taffy or hard candy that it. You just covered it
yep and when you eat the banana you'd swear it was candy
Gros Michel ey 🤔 interesting ☺️
yep, you gotta try it.
what you explained sounds like a banana variety we have here in Zambia 😅
@@mwikakalima24 I bet it's delicious.
@@SleepyLizard It is! they're so sweet! tastes like a banana should hehe..and many varieties of them. and yes the grocery store ones don't even come close in comparison
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I have never heard about this, omg not the banana nooooo
I really dislike that tart "apple-ish" flavor that most banana varieties have. What I like about Cavendish is that it doesn't have that tartness. Are there any other varieties that aren't tart?
The Gros Michel I describe in this vid lacks the tartness. It's pure banana flavor.
Great video Tom.. I won't be having tomatoes again till spring.. and is it wrong that I'm just a bit envious of all the fresh fruit plants you have? lol
Nena, It's not wrong...but I don't want you to feel jealous 😜. And yeah, I totally get you, we'll be planting our tomatoes in about 3 weeks.
@@SleepyLizard I'm not jealous, just wish I were able to get tasty, fresh fruits and veggies year round. The temps are supposed to be below freezing tonight. LOL, listen to me complain. I love having seasons but want fresh fruit year round. Just try to make me happy, I dare ya.. lmbo
@@nenaelliott8058 my dad sent me a pic of his snow covered front yard. My son wants to be there soooo bad. Maybe you'll get some snow too.
@@SleepyLizard the weatherman isn't predicting snow but they're never right any way. If like to see some snow for Christmas. Have a great weekend. 🦃🦃
I was born in Guam. We had a starfruit tree and it was my most favorite thing to eat. Fast forward 30+ years on the mainland, imagine my glee when I started to see starfruit in local groceries. I was apprehensive about them for a while. I knew they didn't look the right color and certainly didn't have the proper fragrance. But dangit if I didn't miss them. Finally tried one and haven't bought another since.
I really, really miss fresh and ripe starfruit.
So true. Fresh off the tree is delicious
My husband was born in Guam as well and his main complaint is the availability of good fruit.
He said he used to get mango for free and now he has to pay for worse quality 😂 I never liked mango and he said it’s because the mango we get here is trash. It’s fibrous and tough. One time out of state I had a smaller yellow one and it was great.
we live in the Appalachian mountains, so not a great selection even as far as the mainland goes.
@@Marynicole830 yeah there are so many varieties of mango that are nothing short of amazing. those don't make it to the supermarket.
I just thought to ask you for a little advice...i live in central europe,and because of that we get tropical fruit only that has been picked off the tree/plant when it is unripe. And i wanted to ask you for a small tip,that how should i choose a mango that will be somewhat close to a ripe one? I love mangoes,but almost every piece that i had was not soo good tasting. Almost all tasted like turpentine for some reason.
Emma, I know that chemical flavor you're talking about, so frustrating. It's tough with mangos because for you they'll all be imports so you'll need to get lucky. There's not really a trick to picking a good one, they'll all have been picked at the same time and gone through the identical procedure to get to your kitchen. Those of us who live here in mango territory are so grateful we get to pick our own and enjoy them.
those hard banana marshmallow candies are based on the flavor of the original non gmo gro machels
yes. just so you know, no bananas are GMO
@@SleepyLizard modern bananas from grocery stores aren't genetically modified in any way?
@@jonschmidt9845 Bananas are not GMO. In fact if you want to surprise yourself google the list of foods that are GMO. It's a lot shorter than you think.
Yes, I have avocadoo too
One important fact most poorer people don't buy food from logistics they buy at local communities for dirt cheap or stick to basic refine grains etc. So why food is distributed the way it is, is mostly due to profit.
Where do poorer people get their food in the winter?
@@SleepyLizard there's no cold winter in a lot of countries. Like mine food is all year round.
@@mmmh2533 gotcha
my avocadoes grown from seed would take up to 8 years to produce fruit but my grafted one will produce fruit in 4 years
yep
I have 5 bunches of bananas just about ready to eat. I will never buy a store banana again. I think papaya is the greatest taste difference of all fruits.
I got about 5 going now too. can't wait for harvest time!
Well explained and true!
Though I've never got to try a Gros Michel. The fact that bananas don't taste like bananas anymore and I never knew it. Also its been said the song "Yes, we have no Bananas!" dates back to the time between the two varieties, when none of the stores had them.
And so says The History Guy, apparently there are hundreds of banana varieties in the tropics but only one that gets exported to the continental U.S.
Including a blue banana I discovered later called a Blue Java that allegedly tastes like ice cream. Haven't tried that either!
I grow Blue Java and they are beautiful and delicious.
@@SleepyLizard yeah they look cool. I heard that they are surprisingly cold hardy I'm in Zone 6 which made me almost think about giving it a go. So what did they taste like?
@@c.rutherford they've got a fruity flavor and for me a little bit like citrus. It's the kind of fruit where you take a bite and you want to keep eating more and more.
Another one people are experiencing the true flavor of is dragon fruit.
the first time I had one was from my friends backyard, and it was great!
yep, same idea
Hi, I’m in need of a cutting from an avocado for a tree I started from seed. Do you sell cuttings and what season is best for that? I’m in Oregon.
Hi Skipadd, I don't sell cuttings but I've seen them online from time to time. Depends on the time of year.
I live in zone 9b in Texas. Would the banana tree survive here if i planted in ground? If so, it would have to be in full sun correct? Thanks for the great video.
I think they live in 9b but I'm not sure
So if you have them and others have them why aren’t you selling any or allowed to right now????? THEIRS A LONG WAITING LIST TALKING YEARS WAITING FOR THEM GROS MICHEL BANANAS!!!! WHY ARE YOU NOT ALLOWED TO SELL THEM AND IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO THEN SELL US SOME ALREADY!!!! WHERE DO I BUY IT SINCE YOUR HERE SELLIN IT
you didn't watch the whole video did you?
U mean this bananas Tom ? The best bananas
yes! this is the one and it's soooo delicious.
I miss the taste of bananas... I've given up eating them as they literally have no taste.
Matt, I agree. If you live where you can grow your own you can get yourself some different and tasty varieties.
man i thought i was just stoned when i said to myself that store food is bland.
tomatoes are such a let down.
The tiny seedless watermelons of today don't equal the taste of the refrigerator filling 20-30 pound seeded watermelon of my youth in the 70s that were a summertime treat.
What kind of climate do you need to grow Gros Michel bananas? I live in southwest Pennsylvania, would it be possible? I have a green house but it’s not big enough for a whole banana tree…
Ry, Banana requires a pretty warm climate, USDA Hardiness zone 9a and above. definitely a tad too cold in PA but I don't know much about greenhouses so I suppose if you manage the climate in there you might get a banana. the Gros Michel gets about 9 ft high
What a healthy looking guy ✨
thank you! I've got a few pounds of mango weight on me right now...heading to gym later 🤣
also i'm not sure if i like bananas cause the ones at grocery store i thought didn't taste that good
try letting your store bought ones sit at room temperature until they start to turn almost totally brown.
Here in the Philippines, our supermarkets offer different varieties of bananas commercially. We have the Lakatan, Latundan, Señorita, Saba, and the Cavendish. The Cavendish is the most grown cultivar in the Philippines for commercial purposes but are not preferred by the taste of Filipinos and are only grown for export. The best tasting and widely bought cultivar here is the Lakatan. You should try it too.
it must be delicious.
no wonder the apples and strawberries taste different than they used to
it also has to do with logistics. we used to eat food grown locally now it's shipped from far away which means they had to pick it early, chill it, and gas it. all of which damage the flavor.
Uncle, are loquat an invasive species on your ranch? Here in San Francisco, in the tiny back yard of my little house, with year round fog, overcast days, & 55 degree temps - the loquat tree drops seed - and every year, I have to weed out dozens of seedlings. I just pulled out 6 more today. If I left them, they would take over the yard, and their roots would ruin my foundation and plumbing. I've tried potting the seedlings to give away. Nobody wants them.
They are not invasive but as you said they are prolific. I get hundreds of seedlings sprouting up that I have to mow every year.
You can still find gros Michel on madeira Island...
lucky for them...it's delicious.
6:57 Here in Brazil we call it "banana nanica".
oh yeah?
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Manga, Hello from sunny Florida!
I grow banana in my back yard..it's hard here in the panhandle of Florida.
oh yeah, what do you do to protect them from the cold? You must do some creative stuff for sure.
@@SleepyLizard can't they are about 15 to 20 feet in the air. I have had 6 bunches of bananas this year.. Sorry to say I'll lose about 10 bunches to the cold, going to be 30° tomorrow night. I'll keep growing them for sure
@@Ms.PrissAnn1234 keep it up and good luck tomorrow night.
@@SleepyLizard thank you
Awkward call out when starfruit is your favorite fruit
I'm beginning to think my favorite fruit is whatever is in season!
@@SleepyLizard smart. That's why they're in season lol
Cavendish banana has been the commercial variety since the 1950s. So your memory of 1970s bananas was almost certainly a Cavendish and not a Gros Michel. 🤷♂️ You are old, but not so old that you were buying Gros Michel bananas as a kid.
Did you watch the whole vid? I address this issue about midway through.
What hardiness zone do you grow all of these in?
10b
My HOMIE @TommyBoy cheers love and greatter banana times for ever !! much love to ya and family Tommy and happy ate Banana ahahaha !!!!
Yo Rimm!
@@SleepyLizard My loved broda
I had 2 gros michel, transplanted 1 that had 2 pups and separated them. Now i have 4... My Plinia Sanford, joboticaba is blooming for the first time.
two delicious fruit. you're going to love them!
@SleepyLizard I've only tried the gros michel banana, via Miami fruit! Do you ship to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷? I'm interested in a grafted avocado!! 🥑
Hi Finca, I only ship the fruit and if USPS delivers to your address then yes I deliver there. I don't sell the trees anymore.
@@SleepyLizard thank you for taking the time to let me know!
I'll take a store banana any day
have you tried the gros Michele?
@SleepyLizard nah, I'm sure it's good but I don't like the cluster of black seeds.stuff like that gross me out. I think it's called trypophobia
So is gros michel banana natural do they have seeds
Yes Gros Michel is natural. I don't know if they produce seeds. I'll take a close look in my next batch but we don't grow them from seed. The plant itself puts out little shoots we call pups and a new stalk grows from there.
Please help me. 🙏 I bought 2 Gros Michel banana trees..they are small plants right now but I live in the high desert near Mojave can you tell me what I need to make these banana tree thrive here? A greenhouse? Vaporizer? We get 105-110 degrees in the summer sometimes
April, I'm so sorry but I don't know what they'd need to grow out where you are. it looks like you are in the right USDA hardiness zone so give them a lot of water and fertilizer and you should be good.
why do you harvest the bananas before they turn yellow?
once I see one or two turn yellow on the bunch I just cut the whole bunch off. I'd rather they turn yellow in my kitchen than outside where critters can get to them. but is usually wait until I see at least 1 yellow banana on there.
I have bought the Gros michel Bananas online. I‘m very exited how they taste 🤤 if it’s good i will buy a banana tree 😅these bananas are very expensive if you buy them online
yes, Gros Michel is not grown commercially so I imagine it can be expensive. I LOVE them though. so delicious
@@SleepyLizard Yes I ordered them just like that and didnt know that they are so rare 😅 were actually completely sold out after a few days! I'm not the best gardener but a banana tree I'll probably get there 😂
Artificial banana flavor doesn't taste like banana, not because it's Gros Michel flavor but because artificial flavors suck. Artificial grape and apple don't taste anything like the actual fruit either. Fake cherry and strawberry are absolutely disgusting. Citrus flavors come closest because citric acid contributes a lot to the flavor of citrus.
The bananas your grandmother bought in the 70s were Cavendish. Gros Michel had already been gone for twenty years.
It is a shame that commercial bananas are such a monoculture. There are so many varieties and the flavors are all over the place and yet, I have never found any banana to taste anything like artificial banana flavor.
do a quick google search on what banana was used as the basis for artificial banana flavoring.
Do you have a gros michel pup for sale?
Sorry turtle, I only sell fruit not trees.
So true! Local is always best.
yep
The same thing is happening to the banana farmers right now.
what is?
Can you sell me a box of gros michel? I live in illinois so I’m not able to grow any..
Hi Kyle, I don't have any bunches of that variety sprouting right now so it will be a long time before I have any
So the Gros Michel tastes like the artificial banana flavor or banana flavored candy?
I never have really liked bananas but I started thinking maybe it was because of what you said so I bought a Rajapuri pup and tried growing it in a pot but it got stem rot and didn't make it so I still don't know. Thanks
keep trying and good luck with your next one
Does the Gros Michel taste like banana flavored candy? I always thought that was artificially flavored.
Burro bananas are also very delicious
And Cuban red banana
Ubiquitous varieties in Cuba
I've tried the red but never heard of burro
@@SleepyLizard maybe it has a different name here in the US
@@user-hl6ls8sv4t possible
Can I buy pups of gros michel from you?
if you are local to south Florida yes but I don't ship trees.
Guavas in India are so good and we grow them fresh in our garden but the ones in Canada taste like nothing.
Kat, we lost our guava tree in hurricane Irma in 2017. Those fruit were so delicious and made our yard smell so nice.
Aquí en mi casa tenemos 3 variedades de bananas y mi favorita sin duda es el manzano tiene un sabor increíble, mucho más delicioso que los bananos del supermercado
es verdad. Mi papa provo una manzano hace años y ahora cuando me visita las busco en mi finca. Es su favorito.
I have a Gros Michel. It is about 3 years old and only tried to fruit once and that was damaged in a storm. It has not tried to produce fruit since. What am I doing wrong? Thanks
hit it with fruit fertilizer every 60 days and water every other day.
@@SleepyLizard I have been fertilizing monthly and watering every day. Should I cut down all the pups too? Thanks for your reply🙂
@@boblab not all the pups but limit it to 4 or 5 active stalks per clump
Thank you again
Great video! Gros is pronounced Grow though. You don't need the S.
I also pronounce all the "s"s in Brussels sprouts.
It's called Banana Flavoring.
yes, banana flavoring is based on the Gros Michel
Yes, and I adore those circus peanut candies!
Are those seeded bananas and not genetically modified like the cavendish banana?
it's hard to directly answer your question because the premise is incorrect. The Cavendish is not genetically modified. Also seeded vs non seeded has nothing to do with whether a fruit is genetically modified. I'm linking a vid that talks about how bananas naturally propagate so you understand: ruclips.net/video/U6uPNGW0xh4/видео.htmlsi=lUA6QZ_7JMg-GOpy
In summary none of the bananas I talk about in this vid are genetically modified.
Also, you might be surprised if you googled the list of foods that are genetically modified. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
Thanks for your question.
Thank you I know how they propagate a banana plant from the sucker aka the pup of the mother tree the reason I said the cavendish is genetically modified because the seeds are sterile you can't grow a banana plant from the cavendish using a banana or maybe that only applies to store bought bananas which are all cavendish
If it's not genetically modified it's a hybrid sounds the same to me
@@servofyah4392 did you do the google search I recommended?
I haven't looked at what you suggested but I have been doing a lot of research on bananas since I found out the cavendish banana we eat is sterile it's claimed to be a natural hybrid a cross between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana
The matrix is dissolving. I'd want to off myself if I ever had a real banana. There's no going back after that
it's really like you're eating a banana flavored banana
Does the Gros Michel have seeds because real banana have seeds
sterile seeds. what do you mean by real banana?
Do gross machel bananas have seed
I'm not sure. I'll take a closer look next time I eat one. we don't plant them from seed we use the shoots the plant produces prior to fruiting
whenever I get a chance to visit South East Asia, I eat banana almost everyday like I have never eaten banana before. Banana(and other fruits) in SEA tasted so much better than fruit in the US. While in the US, Chiquita Banana is better than Dole however, not sure why but Doles Banana taste bland.
yeah there sure are some delicious bananas out there
I just bought some super large grapes at the grocery store they have no sweetness to them, kinda gross, and it cost more than the sweeter cheaper grapes
Do you have a favorite grape?
I guess the green ones like when I 1st buy them they taste the best, but a day later cant stand them haha@@SleepyLizard
Yeah bananas suck watermelon suck tomatoes suck they all suck if you want good things you have to grow it yourself anymore
yes and just today my wife came home with store bought banana and avocados
yes this days bananas don't taste as they used to never in Africa
going by the comments it sounds like African produces some really delicious bananas.
@@SleepyLizard yes but news ones have also started to come
@@abelmuhangi7696 dont' lose the old ones please