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momoese
09-17-2005, 02:27 PM
Some useful info here, including Bananas.

Sorry mediahound, I guess I should have stated that when I first posted.

http://tfphotos.ifas.ufl.edu/VFLrealfiles.htm

sean
09-17-2005, 07:09 PM
fantastic find!

i feel fortunate to live where all these local experts work :)

momoese
09-17-2005, 08:26 PM
Sean, I was thinking the same thing seeing how many Florida growers we have here. I found this site looking for info on Mango growing but there is a lot of Banana info as well. It seems Mangos don't much like the humidity you have there, so they might really do well here in California without the use of fungicides. I have burnt a lot of time allready watching those videos and have only checked out the Bananas and Mangos!

sean
09-17-2005, 08:55 PM
actually, mangoes do incredibly well in south florida...I am currently growing 4 varieties...each year Fairchild Tropical Gardens hosts the International Mango Festival, they end up selling a number of rare varieties and also host afruit auction for over 150 varieties...truly astonishing!

my wish is that they would start to host a banana festival as well!

Bananavilla
09-17-2005, 09:15 PM
Yep, good stuff. I have had that link on my site for several years now.

http://www.bananavilla.com/id40.htm

Mike