Hi!!!

phantom17 · 12-16-2007, 12:34 AM

Hi Ya'll! This seems to be a nice little site on bananas. I just recently started to grow them down here in McAllen, TX (the Rio Grande Valley), along with my 2 orange trees & tangelo tree!

D_&_T · 12-16-2007, 12:49 AM

hello

mskitty38583 · 12-16-2007, 01:34 AM

welcome! welcome!! welcome!!!

in this forum, not all fruits and nuts grow on trees!

the flying dutchman · 12-16-2007, 08:24 AM

Welcome Hector

Ron

dablo93 · 12-16-2007, 09:57 AM

welcome!
i see you're in the perfect zone & place to grow bananas

magicgreen · 12-16-2007, 12:38 PM

Welcome

Magicgreen

formontcalamus · 12-16-2007, 06:56 PM

Hector . . . Bienvenidos amigo, para Puerto Rico ! Quidado Sra. Kitty, ella muy loca y agresiva y simpatico.

This group offers a lot to learn about plants and is fun too. Tell us a little about yourself. Do you have acres or just a garden. What are your plant interest ? Logos

mskitty38583 · 12-16-2007, 07:11 PM

Sí, sra. kitty es muy loca y antipatica!

no,no antipatica, soy muy loca!

mi via loca! mi familia es muy loca.

formontcalamus · 12-17-2007, 12:33 AM

I find it very hard to say anything nice about wemen (wife is standing behind me reading . . says: tis true !). I said in previous post that you are crazy, but nice person. " simpatico " (friendly). As for the crazy part, just look at the Banana to the left on your I D.

We are all getting too far off the subject of Bananas here. Think the monitors might get on my case ?

I am taking fotos of three varieties I grow but do not know. Soon I will need help identifying. I have a friend up in the mountains who has a huge Musa ensete. I would estimate 30 ft. tall !! I wonder if that may be a record specimen ?
Logos

mskitty38583 · 12-17-2007, 01:20 AM

i know what you said in your last post, i do read spanish you know..( that was my elective for school, and i have an 'a' or 'b' in that class.spanish 2 next semester)i have trouble with english and ive spoken that all my life! i thought it was funny. i am antipatica on most days, and soy muy loca everyday. whats life without being crazy? and as to my little nana on the side, i found it on the website were all of the dancing nanas to the right came from. lol. please tell your wife i said hello, and she needs to chat with us on the forum. after all she has to be bananas to live with you. lol! and i dont think the modorators mind too much as long as the conversations stay rated 'pg'. i dont mind as long as conversations stay rated pg. mi via loca over and over...

phantom17 · 12-27-2007, 08:28 PM

THANKS YA'LL!!! I have been living here in the Rio Grande Valley for almost 12 yrs. & I really like it. The pace is not as fast as the other major cities down here in Texas! I came from Houston (lived there for 17 yrs year- pretty much I grew up there, but the traffic is really BAD! But I still root for the Texans, Rockets, & Astros even though they can frustrate the hec outta me!

I have a small back yard, in which, I have a Cara-cara, moro, Jaffa orange (still small), & an Orlando tangelo tree, a coconut, & 2 banana trees- ice cream & mysore (also small). In my front yard, also small- I have a Spanish dagger, 2 small cycads, a chinese fan palm tree, a small mediteranean(sp?) palm tree, a rosemary bush. To be honest I just started growing all these plants & trees 4 months ago (a new hobby for me to help me lose wt (lost 55lbs in 5 mos.) & to lower my blood sugar & blood pressure)! My doctor told me to lose wt or have a heart attack in a couple of yrs! I'm just 39 yrs. old with a wife & 2 small kid- ages 5 yo & 22 months old!

mskitty38583 · 12-27-2007, 09:47 PM

congrats on the weight loss!!!

and wow all of that in 4 months of planting. you go!!!

. we are glad to have you here.

magicgreen · 12-28-2007, 12:39 AM

Welcome Phantom.

What an achievement to lose all that weight! Be proud of yourself!!! You'll enjoy this site. Tons of FUN,intelligent, and knowledgeable banana folks!

Magicgreen

Ahava · 12-28-2007, 03:40 AM

Hi Phantom, I'm new to bananas too, congrats on all the planting. You seem to be in an excellent zone just for that! I'm a little jealous and Formont my husband is Puerto Rican, his mom is from there as well, I think that's so cool. And I understood what you wrote as well. (And really I can't find a whole lot of nice things to say about people in general sometimes, but I work retail too so maybe that's a given lol)

STEELVIPER · 12-29-2007, 04:27 PM

MediaHound · 01-14-2008, 01:56 AM

Welcome Phantom!

12-16-2007, 12:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
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formontcalamus Wholistic Naturalist Location: South Central Puerto Rico Zone: 11 Name: Logos (French/Greek) Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 58 BananaBucks : 57,787 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 26 Times in 13 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Hi!!! I find it very hard to say anything nice about wemen (wife is standing behind me reading . . says: tis true !). I said in previous post that you are crazy, but nice person. " simpatico " (friendly). As for the crazy part, just look at the Banana to the left on your I D. We are all getting too far off the subject of Bananas here. Think the monitors might get on my case ? I am taking fotos of three varieties I grow but do not know. Soon I will need help identifying. I have a friend up in the mountains who has a huge Musa ensete. I would estimate 30 ft. tall !! I wonder if that may be a record specimen ? Logos __________________ Love the Earth, Logos / Wholistic Naturalist / Married / Father of ten Cats / Sexual preference: Anything that moves / French-Greek ancestry / Special interests: Codiaeum (Crotons), Evolutionary behavior / Look to the examples of Nature to understand Humanity.

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mskitty38583 banana junkie mskitty38583 's Photo Gallery Location: north carolina Find me on the map! Zone: 7b Name: mskitty Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,071 BananaBucks : 189,336 Feedback: 26 / 100% Said "Thanks" 82 Times Was Thanked 890 Times in 617 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 136 Times	Re: Hi!!! i know what you said in your last post, i do read spanish you know..( that was my elective for school, and i have an 'a' or 'b' in that class.spanish 2 next semester)i have trouble with english and ive spoken that all my life! i thought it was funny. i am antipatica on most days, and soy muy loca everyday. whats life without being crazy? and as to my little nana on the side, i found it on the website were all of the dancing nanas to the right came from. lol. please tell your wife i said hello, and she needs to chat with us on the forum. after all she has to be bananas to live with you. lol! and i dont think the modorators mind too much as long as the conversations stay rated 'pg'. i dont mind as long as conversations stay rated pg. mi via loca over and over... __________________ WELCOME TO THE GATOR NATION

12-27-2007, 08:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
phantom17 Location: McAllen, TX (Rio Grande Valley) Zone: 10 Name: Hector Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 7 BananaBucks : 5,100 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Hi!!! THANKS YA'LL!!! I have been living here in the Rio Grande Valley for almost 12 yrs. & I really like it. The pace is not as fast as the other major cities down here in Texas! I came from Houston (lived there for 17 yrs year- pretty much I grew up there, but the traffic is really BAD! But I still root for the Texans, Rockets, & Astros even though they can frustrate the hec outta me! I have a small back yard, in which, I have a Cara-cara, moro, Jaffa orange (still small), & an Orlando tangelo tree, a coconut, & 2 banana trees- ice cream & mysore (also small). In my front yard, also small- I have a Spanish dagger, 2 small cycads, a chinese fan palm tree, a small mediteranean(sp?) palm tree, a rosemary bush. To be honest I just started growing all these plants & trees 4 months ago (a new hobby for me to help me lose wt (lost 55lbs in 5 mos.) & to lower my blood sugar & blood pressure)! My doctor told me to lose wt or have a heart attack in a couple of yrs! I'm just 39 yrs. old with a wife & 2 small kid- ages 5 yo & 22 months old! __________________

12-27-2007, 09:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
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