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aroideana
01-19-2009, 03:24 AM
Gidday from the banana growing capital of Australia . I have grown many different types before I shifted to the wet tropics , but having to source disease free stock has slowed down my aquiring types I want to grow .
I have 3 acres in Tully , we have very good rainfall approx 4m a year . So a very high % of the area is covered in bananas . A monoculture of either Goldfinger or dwarf cavandish . A local supplier is now doing mail order of some xclnt types .. see Blue Sky Backyard Bananas | Banana Plants for backyards | Australian Bananas (http://www.backyardbananas.com.au/) I collect Aroids , Bromeliads , Gingers & Heliconias , Palms & Cycads , flowering and exotic tropical fruit trees .
Michael

Chironex
01-19-2009, 03:40 AM
G'day Michael! Good to have you with us. We are all interested in expanding our banana collections, so you cam to the right place.
Good luck! Hope to hear more about your bananas and see some photos, too!

Tog Tan
01-19-2009, 04:42 AM
Hi Michael and welcome to the .org! :ha: Looks like we have similar interests in plants except for the flowering types. I am basically a foliage guy. Keep in touch!

lorax
01-19-2009, 07:48 AM
Welcome aboard! It's nice to see another aroid and ginger nut here on the board.

It's too bad Oz has such tight import restrictions - you'd love the big Anthuriums I've got down here.

frog7994
01-19-2009, 07:58 AM
welcome to the Org.

frog7994
01-19-2009, 08:05 AM
nice web sight but the same laws do not apply here in the USA very interesting I thought. I did not know that your country regulated Banana growing so much?