hey from nassau bahamas

bahamabananaman · 11-08-2009, 10:07 AM

hello, i just joined the forum. I've had sugar bananas or Bahamian sweet bananas for two years and only once got 1 to produced one had before. But yesterday i cut alkl of them back . i read somewher cutting them back allows them to grow again then flower. I dont know true it is but i'll give it a shot. What ferts do u guys use on your bannas. i;m more of an homemade fertilizer and compost tea guy but i'm thinking miracle gro. I also hope to swap if its legal suckers and seeds.thanx guys.

Abnshrek · 11-08-2009, 10:21 AM

Welcome :^) plenty of answers in the various threads/ forums.. Good Luck

LilRaverBoi · 11-08-2009, 01:43 PM

Welcome to the site! Hope you enjoy everything we have to offer here, make some great friends and learn a lot about bananas! If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask!

stumpy4700 · 11-08-2009, 07:26 PM

Welcome to the Org. My understanding is that it will not flower and fruit again, but by cutting it back you will encourage it to pup and the new pups will flower and fruit.

bahamabananaman · 11-08-2009, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stumpy4700

Welcome to the Org. My understanding is that it will not flower and fruit again, but by cutting it back you will encourage it to pup and the new pups will flower and fruit.

what about the others i cut back that have yet to fruit.
thanx again for the advice.

Abnshrek · 11-08-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by stumpy4700

Welcome to the Org. My understanding is that it will not flower and fruit again, but by cutting it back you will encourage it to pup and the new pups will flower and fruit.

Maybe they have some banana black magic we need to know about.. lol :^)

bahamabananaman · 11-08-2009, 08:11 PM

maybe we do. Mammasaymamasamammakusa.

CValentine · 11-08-2009, 08:45 PM

Welcome bahamabananaman!!

Looks like you fit in well with us already!!!

~ Cheryl

Eric · 11-08-2009, 09:14 PM

Welcome aboard, Bahamabananaman

! That's a mouthfull! Bananas will only flower & fruit once but... who knows! Miracle Gro for fruit trees is supposed to work great... but I've been hearing some bad things about Miracle Gro so ya might wanna check around here with other members. Lots of friendly members here & tons of info too! If ya have any questions about using the forum, just ask.
Have Fun!

cherokee_greg · 11-08-2009, 10:48 PM

welcome from Fresno,CA

Simply Bananas · 11-09-2009, 04:47 AM

Welcome!
I worked in Nassau for 5 months once. I had a great time.
Where do you live on New Providence?

holadebob · 11-18-2009, 05:57 PM

Hey Bahamabananaman,
I find that if a plant doesn't flower, then it's lacking something, is usually really small at the base and doesn't have many suckers, or something has chewed on and screwed up the leaf as it is trying to grow up. So far I've had two that jammed and won't grow any more leaves, so I just use the machete and lob it off until I see no more black in the heart of the stem and it will start growing again. The ones that just don't seem to get up there (after two years), I just pull out and chop them up for fertilizer. We have a large white grub looking worm that munches on their roots, and they will irreversibly damage a plant before you know what's going on, so I just chuck those, too. I use a powder called Hermitox (in Panama) that I mix with water and pour around the base to keep those ugly suckers at bay. Sometimes it works.

I fertilized mine this year with 12-12-12 granulated sprinkled around the base keeping it about 2 feet away from the plant, and also urea. This is the combination that most folks around here use, and seems to be making the plants happy.

I've been really busy while building a house and taking care of bananas, I haven't taken any pictures yet and found out what kind of bananas I have. I have to do that. We eat them anyway, even though we don't know their names.

Basically have two kinds of plantains (short and fat, and long and kinda fat), and a banana called patriotas, and a couple of apple bananas.

Good luck with your Bahamabananamanfarm
Bob (Panamabananaman)

Iunepeace · 02-09-2015, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holadebob

Hey Bahamabananaman,
I find that if a plant doesn't flower, then it's lacking something, is usually really small at the base and doesn't have many suckers, or something has chewed on and screwed up the leaf as it is trying to grow up. So far I've had two that jammed and won't grow any more leaves, so I just use the machete and lob it off until I see no more black in the heart of the stem and it will start growing again. The ones that just don't seem to get up there (after two years), I just pull out and chop them up for fertilizer. We have a large white grub looking worm that munches on their roots, and they will irreversibly damage a plant before you know what's going on, so I just chuck those, too. I use a powder called Hermitox (in Panama) that I mix with water and pour around the base to keep those ugly suckers at bay. Sometimes it works.

I fertilized mine this year with 12-12-12 granulated sprinkled around the base keeping it about 2 feet away from the plant, and also urea. This is the combination that most folks around here use, and seems to be making the plants happy.

I've been really busy while building a house and taking care of bananas, I haven't taken any pictures yet and found out what kind of bananas I have. I have to do that. We eat them anyway, even though we don't know their names.

Basically have two kinds of plantains (short and fat, and long and kinda fat), and a banana called patriotas, and a couple of apple bananas.

Good luck with your Bahamabananamanfarm
Bob (Panamabananaman)

This sounds like a good regimen, how much 12-12-12 and urea do you use per plant?

And welcome BBF, nice to see a fellow Bahamian

I live on Grand Bahama

sunfish · 02-09-2015, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Iunepeace

This sounds like a good regimen, how much 12-12-12 and urea do you use per plant?

And welcome BBF, nice to see a fellow Bahamian

I live on Grand Bahama

You might check the date on that post

Iunepeace · 02-09-2015, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

You might check the date on that post

I checked the date, doesn't mean he doesn't still get emails when threads are updated

Scuba_Dave · 02-09-2015, 06:59 PM

Total of 4 Posts, hasn't been on since Dec 2010

sunfish · 02-09-2015, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iunepeace

I checked the date, doesn't mean he doesn't still get emails when threads are updated

Oh ok

Snarkie · 02-10-2015, 06:09 PM

Welcome to the forum!

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