They are hard to grow in central Florida. They end up chalky. You have to take them off a little before they are yellow or the rats(not a joke) will eat them. It also takes 18 months between flowering and if it doesn't hit at the right time where it over 80 degrees they tend to not be very good. Good luck I have been trying for three years and only had them turn out well twice. They taste like a cross between banana and a pineapple there pretty awesome.
I noticed the chalky bananas here too. I got two good crops. The others were not very impressive. the new grove is pretty small right now. I wonder how the commercial growers get such a high yield. I'm sure they have their ways, probably not organic and environmentally friendly.
I use organic fertilizer...its probably my problem.
Evidently it has to be aged properly.