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Bananaman88 · 10-04-2007, 01:10 PM

Kerrpe,

Hey! Welcome to the group! Where are you located in TX? You have lucked upon a great group here. I'm sure that come next spring you'll have more bananas than you can shake a stick at! We're a very generous bunch, if I do say so myself. I know I'd be happy to share some banana pups with you.

I do think that your pic is of a canna. I too have a heck of a time with the leafrollers on my cannas, but love them so much that I don't want to give them up. A good control for them if you want to try to stay organic is to use something with Bt (Bacillus thurengensis) in it. It is a biological control and can be found under the trade names of Dipel (sold in either liquid or dust form) and Thuricide. Be aware, however, that it acts on members of the Lepidoptera family (many butterflys) so if that bothers you, you may not want to use it after all. I grew up in KY where we didn't have many problems with leaf rollers so cannas were a breeze in the summer, but if you want to grow them down here you'll need to do something to combat them.

10-04-2007, 01:10 PM	#12 (permalink)
Bananaman88 Bananaculturist Bananaman88's Photo Gallery Location: Pearland, TX Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Brent Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,107 BananaBucks : 8,881 Feedback: 15 / 100% Thanks: 114 Thanked 313 Times in 216 Posts Welcomes: 8	Re: Banana? or Fakenana? Kerrpe, Hey! Welcome to the group! Where are you located in TX? You have lucked upon a great group here. I'm sure that come next spring you'll have more bananas than you can shake a stick at! We're a very generous bunch, if I do say so myself. I know I'd be happy to share some banana pups with you. I do think that your pic is of a canna. I too have a heck of a time with the leafrollers on my cannas, but love them so much that I don't want to give them up. A good control for them if you want to try to stay organic is to use something with Bt (Bacillus thurengensis) in it. It is a biological control and can be found under the trade names of Dipel (sold in either liquid or dust form) and Thuricide. Be aware, however, that it acts on members of the Lepidoptera family (many butterflys) so if that bothers you, you may not want to use it after all. I grew up in KY where we didn't have many problems with leaf rollers so cannas were a breeze in the summer, but if you want to grow them down here you'll need to do something to combat them.