African Member greeting all

billola · 07-30-2007, 04:29 AM

HI FELLOW BANANA LOVERS,
I am a lover of bananas, & own quite a few farms of common & esqusite species. Banans have made my fortune & i love sharing them & about them with anybody interested. I am located in Cameroon, equatorial Africa, at the foot of the mount Cameroon. I have three different climatic zones within 10kms, from hot at the base of the mountain to chilly about 2000m up the mountain to accomdate my various species, & i exploit it to a maximum, thus species that can only thrive in very cold places still do well in my hands.
Hope my introduction have not been too long, Hope to learn & share a lot in this forum.

the flying dutchman · 07-30-2007, 09:49 AM

Hi and a very welcome, you are probably the first african member, can you
tell us wich species you grow.

Ron

Floridagardner · 07-30-2007, 06:54 PM

Welcome. I'm also new in the forum, also new a banana growing. Hopefully we will all learn from each other. What kind of bananas do you have? Africa should have a great climiate for growing bananas. You seem to be in a good area. How is your soil. The soil here, I live in Florida, is very sandy. Dorothy

D_&_T · 07-30-2007, 10:26 PM

Hello Billola,

be interesting to hear what you grow in 3 diffrent climates!

Dan & Tara

MediaHound · 07-31-2007, 09:25 AM

Welcome!
Welcome!

Very glad to have you as a new member!

(you too, FG)

billola · 07-31-2007, 11:28 AM

Thanks a bunch friends.
I feel most welcomed to this forum. As for the banana species i grow, they include lady finger, orinoco,up on the cold mountain,ice cream,gros michel for commercial purposes, and cavendish. The soil around here is volcanic ash, phonolites & basalts, And they have proved real good to my bananas.

the flying dutchman · 07-31-2007, 12:05 PM

That is very interesting, do you have any problems with deseases and do
you know what the Ph is of that volcanic soil.

Ron

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billola Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 BananaBucks : 2,684 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	African Member greeting all HI FELLOW BANANA LOVERS, I am a lover of bananas, & own quite a few farms of common & esqusite species. Banans have made my fortune & i love sharing them & about them with anybody interested. I am located in Cameroon, equatorial Africa, at the foot of the mount Cameroon. I have three different climatic zones within 10kms, from hot at the base of the mountain to chilly about 2000m up the mountain to accomdate my various species, & i exploit it to a maximum, thus species that can only thrive in very cold places still do well in my hands. Hope my introduction have not been too long, Hope to learn & share a lot in this forum.

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billola Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 BananaBucks : 2,684 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: African Member greeting all Thanks a bunch friends. I feel most welcomed to this forum. As for the banana species i grow, they include lady finger, orinoco,up on the cold mountain,ice cream,gros michel for commercial purposes, and cavendish. The soil around here is volcanic ash, phonolites & basalts, And they have proved real good to my bananas.

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the flying dutchman the flying dutchman's Photo Gallery Location: HOLLAND Find me on the map! Zone: 8 Name: Ron Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,031 BananaBucks : 123,892 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 48 Times Was Thanked 244 Times in 148 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 11 Times	Re: African Member greeting all That is very interesting, do you have any problems with deseases and do you know what the Ph is of that volcanic soil. Ron

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