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MjdTexan · 11-05-2009, 05:25 PM

Hello.

I am just here to read and observe. I live between Houston & Humble Texas off of the Beltway 8 on 5 acres. I do some gardening and I raise chickens. I guess I will read a while to see if bananas are feasable to raise in my area. If I do raise bananas I want them to be close to the kind we buy at our stores. I sell vegetables and would like to offer some bananas as well. Nice to meet yall

sbl · 11-05-2009, 05:44 PM

Sure it is feasible to grow bananas in Houston. There are people here growing bananas in NY! You are about the same--maybe a little cooler--as Pensacola, and I just harvested a couple bunches.

MjdTexan · 11-05-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sbl

Sure it is feasible to grow bananas in Houston. There are people here growing bananas in NY! You are about the same--maybe a little cooler--as Pensacola, and I just harvested a couple bunches.

Nice to meet you. There is a lot of information on this forum. Me not knowing much about bananas is making it a little hard to understand all of it. I think I need to latch onto someone local as a mentor or something (if yall do that). I had no idea that there were that many different bananas. I wouldnt even begin to know which type to select. I think I can probably plant 10 or more.

browndrake · 11-05-2009, 06:24 PM

welcome to the forum.

For bananas, I would gladly trade you my zone 7 for your zone 9.

There are several bananas that you should be able to successfully grow where you are at. There are several varieties that are like those you buy at the grocer. You may want to also experiment with some of those not sold there. I am new to bananas but everybody tells me that many taste better than the grocery store varieties.

Have fun and learn lots

aaron

Eric · 11-05-2009, 06:33 PM

Welcome aboard, Mjd Texan

! There are quite a few that would do great in Zone 9! In fact, there are 2 that are reported to have been grown in Texas historically that winter over normally & produce great tasting nanners:
(click on the links to learn something about them)
1. The Texas Star banana:
http://www.bananas.org/f2/texas-star...gold-9340.html
reliable source of texas star
1. The Carolina King banana:
Carolina King banana

Ty Ty Nursery claims to carry the Texas Star banana BUT they don't have a very good reputation so it's generally "at ur own risk".

This place is packed with professional & technical info. Once ya get to know some of the members, you'll have more info than ya know what to do with!
If ya have any questions about using the forum, just ask.

Abnshrek · 11-05-2009, 09:09 PM

Welcome Mjd (or is it suppose to be MGD?) lol There's alot of banana's out there.. You want something the produces quickly. So get on a list to get a Vente Cohol.. either from going-bananas.com, or unless a member will hook you up that has a pup. I'd research the different flavors out there (yeah there's banana flavors). Select the banana's that best suit your timeline, tastes, and whether or not you wanna climb a ladder to get your banana's. Good Luck :^)

stumpy4700 · 11-05-2009, 10:20 PM

Welcome to the site. Theres a lot to read here. Just use the search feature and you can read for months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MjdTexan · 11-05-2009, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abnshrek

Welcome Mjd (or is it suppose to be MGD?) lol There's alot of banana's out there.. You want something the produces quickly. So get on a list to get a Vente Cohol.. either from going-bananas.com, or unless a member will hook you up that has a pup. I'd research the different flavors out there (yeah there's banana flavors). Select the banana's that best suit your timeline, tastes, and whether or not you wanna climb a ladder to get your banana's. Good Luck :^)

I am sure this is going to sound like a crazy question but here goes. How do you sample the different banana taste when you only primaraly (sp?) get one type of banana at the store?

conejov · 11-05-2009, 11:18 PM

Hey MJD!

There's alot of Bananas that can be grown here in Houston, One of the very common ones that you'll find In LOWES is the Dwarf Cavendish, I'm growing Ice cream, Orinoco & Praying Hands they all are doing great.

momoese · 11-06-2009, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MjdTexan

I am sure this is going to sound like a crazy question but here goes. How do you sample the different banana taste when you only primaraly (sp?) get one type of banana at the store?

You drive to Jon's place in San Diego Ca and taste test from his front yard banana jungle.

Or travel, or buy online, or sometimes you might find something slightly unusual at some of the Asian markets.

CValentine · 11-06-2009, 01:08 AM

Welcome from Killeen!!

~Cheryl

MjdTexan · 11-06-2009, 08:45 AM

Thank All of yall for the welcome

Quote:

Originally Posted by CValentine

Welcome from Killeen!!

~Cheryl

You guys had a bit of bad business over your way yesterday, huh?

Youngbb · 11-06-2009, 09:06 AM

Welcome Texan!

Eric · 11-06-2009, 09:10 AM

They had Very bad business. Cheryl & hers are okay, thank God, but 21 were killed & 31 others were injured. She'll be helping out, today, & she has all my prayers.

cherokee_greg · 11-06-2009, 09:17 AM

Howdy from Fresno,California zone 9 here too. Im growing them . This will be my first winter with bananas but im ready hope they do fine. I have some bigger ones I received free from a lady close to me im going to leave those out all winter I have some young ones im taking in but im trying to get some that will do good here and there is allot to choose from. Good luck give them a try I know you will like them after you get started.
Welcome

jeffreyp · 11-06-2009, 10:22 AM

I would suggest Raja Puri as an ideal variety for your area.

LilRaverBoi · 11-06-2009, 01:00 PM

Welcome to the site! Gran Nain are the 'chiquita' type bananas you buy in the store. Honestly, though, I would recommend growing OTHER types than this. First off, you can buy as many GN bananas at the store you'll ever want. Secondly, they are kinda bland in the scheme of banana flavors. As far as 'researching' flavors, there are some great threads concerning that topic on the site. It's sometimes very difficult to obtain such bananas to try in real life, but you can always take people's testimony on the quality and flavor to decide what to grow.

Abnshrek · 11-06-2009, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffreyp

I would suggest Raja Puri as an ideal variety for your area.

MJD if your in the shreveport area gamblin' or what not.. I have a couple pups I can dispence with; 4 Raja Puri's, a Ice cream, a Pineapple, a gran nain, and a couple Dwarf cavendishes, 2 Namwah's.. food for thought.. lol

Ueberwinden · 11-06-2009, 05:53 PM

Welcome to the group.

Michael

MjdTexan · 09-09-2010, 07:06 PM

Thank You. I have not been here in a while. I got sidetracked with super hot peppers. Has the forum changed? It looks different. Took me a while to remember my password.

11-05-2009, 05:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
MjdTexan BBQ Master Location: Houston(ish) Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Not Quagmire Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 21 BananaBucks : 18,963 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Howdy Hello. I am just here to read and observe. I live between Houston & Humble Texas off of the Beltway 8 on 5 acres. I do some gardening and I raise chickens. I guess I will read a while to see if bananas are feasable to raise in my area. If I do raise bananas I want them to be close to the kind we buy at our stores. I sell vegetables and would like to offer some bananas as well. Nice to meet yall __________________ <--------Knows nothing about bananas, wants to know everything about bananas

11-05-2009, 05:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
sbl sbl's Photo Gallery Location: Pensacola, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 8/9 Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,013 BananaBucks : 82,575 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 177 Times Was Thanked 733 Times in 395 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 154 Times	Re: Howdy Sure it is feasible to grow bananas in Houston. There are people here growing bananas in NY! You are about the same--maybe a little cooler--as Pensacola, and I just harvested a couple bunches.

11-05-2009, 06:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
browndrake browndrake's Photo Gallery Location: Northern Arizona Find me on the map! Zone: 7 Name: browndrake Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 236 BananaBucks : 56,093 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 195 Times Was Thanked 160 Times in 72 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 140 Times	Re: Howdy welcome to the forum. For bananas, I would gladly trade you my zone 7 for your zone 9. There are several bananas that you should be able to successfully grow where you are at. There are several varieties that are like those you buy at the grocer. You may want to also experiment with some of those not sold there. I am new to bananas but everybody tells me that many taste better than the grocery store varieties. Have fun and learn lots aaron __________________

11-05-2009, 06:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
Eric Banned Eric's Photo Gallery Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,759 BananaBucks : 168,484 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,364 Times Was Thanked 855 Times in 421 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 163 Times	Re: Howdy Welcome aboard, Mjd Texan ! There are quite a few that would do great in Zone 9! In fact, there are 2 that are reported to have been grown in Texas historically that winter over normally & produce great tasting nanners: (click on the links to learn something about them) 1. The Texas Star banana: http://www.bananas.org/f2/texas-star...gold-9340.html reliable source of texas star 1. The Carolina King banana: Carolina King banana Ty Ty Nursery claims to carry the Texas Star banana BUT they don't have a very good reputation so it's generally "at ur own risk". This place is packed with professional & technical info. Once ya get to know some of the members, you'll have more info than ya know what to do with! If ya have any questions about using the forum, just ask.

11-05-2009, 09:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
Abnshrek Happy Growing Abnshrek 's Photo Gallery Location: Beaumont Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b, but 9b weather.. Name: Migael / Michael Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,493 BananaBucks : 296,462 Feedback: 45 / 100% Said "Thanks" 10,447 Times Was Thanked 16,443 Times in 5,238 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,318 Times	Re: Howdy Welcome Mjd (or is it suppose to be MGD?) lol There's alot of banana's out there.. You want something the produces quickly. So get on a list to get a Vente Cohol.. either from going-bananas.com, or unless a member will hook you up that has a pup. I'd research the different flavors out there (yeah there's banana flavors). Select the banana's that best suit your timeline, tastes, and whether or not you wanna climb a ladder to get your banana's. Good Luck :^) __________________ I'm a Nannerhead :^)

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11-05-2009, 10:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
stumpy4700 Going Ape for Bananas stumpy4700 's Photo Gallery Location: Satellite Beach, Fla Find me on the map! Zone: Zone 10 Name: Stumpy-----a.k.a Jeff Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,194 BananaBucks : 55,048 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,353 Times Was Thanked 678 Times in 349 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,300 Times	Re: Howdy Welcome to the site. Theres a lot to read here. Just use the search feature and you can read for months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11-05-2009, 11:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
conejov Rabid Nanner Location: Houston, Tx Zone: 9 Name: Alex Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 559 BananaBucks : 105,969 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 40 Times Was Thanked 374 Times in 218 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 107 Times	Re: Howdy Hey MJD! There's alot of Bananas that can be grown here in Houston, One of the very common ones that you'll find In LOWES is the Dwarf Cavendish, I'm growing Ice cream, Orinoco & Praying Hands they all are doing great. __________________

11-06-2009, 01:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
CValentine Prolific Epistemologist CValentine 's Photo Gallery Location: Bell County, Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Name: Che Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,846 BananaBucks : 198,153 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 7,127 Times Was Thanked 1,782 Times in 625 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 362 Times	Re: Howdy Welcome from Killeen!! ~Cheryl __________________ When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

11-06-2009, 09:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
Youngbb Location: Florida's Emerald Coast Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Name: Beverly Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 69 BananaBucks : 9,751 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Howdy Welcome Texan! __________________ Youngbb Miramar Beach, FL

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Eric Banned Eric's Photo Gallery Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,759 BananaBucks : 168,484 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,364 Times Was Thanked 855 Times in 421 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 163 Times	Re: Howdy They had Very bad business. Cheryl & hers are okay, thank God, but 21 were killed & 31 others were injured. She'll be helping out, today, & she has all my prayers.

11-06-2009, 09:17 AM	#15 (permalink)
cherokee_greg Love those bananas cherokee_greg's Photo Gallery Location: Fresno,CA Find me on the map! Zone: zone 9 Name: Greg Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,357 BananaBucks : 351,643 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 8,066 Times Was Thanked 3,946 Times in 1,665 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 335 Times	Re: Howdy Howdy from Fresno,California zone 9 here too. Im growing them . This will be my first winter with bananas but im ready hope they do fine. I have some bigger ones I received free from a lady close to me im going to leave those out all winter I have some young ones im taking in but im trying to get some that will do good here and there is allot to choose from. Good luck give them a try I know you will like them after you get started. Welcome __________________ Greg zone 9 Fresno,CA http://gardenjot.com/garden/view/1980/Gregs-Banana-Farm

11-06-2009, 10:22 AM	#16 (permalink)
jeffreyp Zone 10, South Florida jeffreyp's Photo Gallery Location: Royal Palm Beach Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 870 BananaBucks : 167,666 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 30 Times Was Thanked 590 Times in 298 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 4 Times	Re: Howdy I would suggest Raja Puri as an ideal variety for your area.

11-06-2009, 01:00 PM	#17 (permalink)
LilRaverBoi Nanner Time! LilRaverBoi's Photo Gallery Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Find me on the map! Zone: 5 Name: Bryan Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,937 BananaBucks : 145,283 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 534 Times Was Thanked 2,243 Times in 1,245 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 855 Times	Re: Howdy Welcome to the site! Gran Nain are the 'chiquita' type bananas you buy in the store. Honestly, though, I would recommend growing OTHER types than this. First off, you can buy as many GN bananas at the store you'll ever want. Secondly, they are kinda bland in the scheme of banana flavors. As far as 'researching' flavors, there are some great threads concerning that topic on the site. It's sometimes very difficult to obtain such bananas to try in real life, but you can always take people's testimony on the quality and flavor to decide what to grow. __________________ BANANA RAVE! Feel the beat from start to stop, dancin' and movin' from bottom to top! lilraverboi@genxglow.com RIP Tog Tan. We love you and will always remember you! I'm Bryan with a Y! There is no 'I' in BRYAN!

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