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In a greenhouse, of course! 60'x20' heated/cooled/irrigated greenhouse with 220 growing banana plants: Williams, Namwah, Cavendish all dwarf. I'll post pictures in the future.
I would like to say "Thanks" to everyone who contributes to this forum. All the info on this site is greatly appreciated and well received.
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09-18-2007, 08:35 AM
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Hi and welcome aboard.
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09-18-2007, 09:00 AM
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Hi and welcome a board.
looking forwarded to pictures of greenhouse, as we are planning on building one to winter plants in next winter  Dan & Tara
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09-18-2007, 08:21 PM
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Many thanks,
It's been a 2 year project with to many lessons learned. I will post pics when my kids show me how, or do it for me.
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09-18-2007, 08:29 PM
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Welcome aboard!!!
Sounds like an awesome setup you have!
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09-18-2007, 08:38 PM
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Welcome to The Forum for Bananas, A vast sea of knowledge and experience is now at your Finger Tips, Enjoy, And I need my wife or kids to help me with this coundfound new fangled device (computer) as well
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I've finally posted some pictures of the greenhouse project in my photo gallery. Sorry it took so long. Feel free to take a look.
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Re: Idaho banana grower
Nice looking plants! Looks like you have it attached to your house, great idea. When I was a kid we had one attached to our house in Thompson River Montana (zone 4 just east of Libby), and we got tomatoes year round.
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Thanks, It's attached to the west side of my shop/barn. I've been working on the idea for a couple of years.
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11-10-2007, 08:36 PM
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Are you growing for fun, fruit, or to sell the plants? Hopefully I'll be able to get something like that going over here in Montana. I went to a local nursery a couple days ago, and he said he shells out around $3,200 per winter in natural gas for his one giant greenhouse. I think I'd probally be cutting firewood to heat one if I get that far.
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11-10-2007, 09:33 PM
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Re: Idaho banana grower
I sell the plants at local markets, more or less a hobby for me. I grow a winter garden in it also.
Free heat would be nice. A tomato grower I know uses free waste oil for heat. He has a 1/2 acre greenhouse. He burns around 12,000 gallons of waste oil a year.
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