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   "Bill Sloman"  wrote in message news:10jtf   
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   > On 10/01/2026 6:45 pm, E.Laureti wrote:   
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   >> "Edward Rawde"  posted:   
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   >>> "E.Laureti"  wrote in message   
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   >>>> "Edward Rawde"  posted:   
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   >>>>> "Bill Sloman"  wrote in message news   
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   >>>>>> On 7/01/2026 3:23 am, E.Laureti wrote:   
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   >> It is possible to grow bananas that are not curved by letting them   
   >> grow in a suitable glass cylinder open at both ends.   
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   > Bananas are bent by gravity. If you look at the bunches growing on tree, the   
   better supported bananas in the bunch are less bent.   
   > A glass tube could provide even more support.   
      
   Looks like they curl up towards the light to me.   
   Which is the same as saying they grow against gravity.   
   https://www.google.com/search?q=bananas+growing&udm=2   
   Maybe arranging for light to come from below rather than above would be   
   an uneconomical way to get straight ones.   
      
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   > Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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