Just out of curiosity, why do you harvest when they are green? I would think the benefit of having your own bananas would be harvesting at peak ripeness. Usually companies harvest when green so they can travel easily and ship easily. Also I currently am living in Thailand and wait much longer until ripe, usually when they have no green on at all for optimum sweetness.
This is usually the point where I will use them in a smoothie or freeze them for banana nice cream. 
Great post btw, I plan to homestead in the future on bought land and plan on growing all kinds of fruit!
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Though we pick them green it is nothing compared to the time companies pick them as these bananas will be on the boat for at least a few weeks. When we harvest it only takes a few days in the dark and a bag to ripen them. The benefit of getting them green from the trees is that you can spread harvest and ripening a bit. If you leave them on the trees you will have all bananas at the same time and they will usually be overripe and only usable for smoothies or ice cream. I like to munch on them too. Good luck with the homesteading and if you are ever in Cambodia let us know ;)
I see, that makes alot of sense, one thing I'd love to grow is berry trees, the thought of picking and then freezing my own berries just sounds amazing. Also berries are pretty expensive too, so I think growing the more expensive items can be more worthwhile perhaps. Thank you, I'm not sure I will be, as leaving Thailand in a few days and going to start a fresh in Spain.
Cool... Good luck with the move and new start! Where in Spain. I have so many friends living in Barcelona and Bilbao area. Think berry growing will be a lot easier there ;) No easy in Thailand or Cambodia.
Thank you! Granada. Yes for sure I think so.