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07-10-2010, 09:18 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Jarred, Gabe and the rest of the moderator team and members have done such an amazing job expanding the board that thread volume can be overwhelming....so what do I do...add another thread..lol..
Anyway, I thought it was interesting that Tony and some other members started threads titled as specific edible banana species..so I am jumping in the deep end of the pool: Dwarf Brazilian: I have two mattes of Dwarf Brazilians. I have never fertilized them (not even with horse poop or fish meal), they are never watered except by rain (they are not in the main garden area), they are mulched. I measured one yesterday, the top of the highest leaf was 15 feet 10 inches, the top of the pseudostem was right at nine feet, the circumference was 37 inches and this one is a ways from throwing out a flag leaf. The pics with the eight foot ladder (for scale) I took this week, the others are from 2008. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] This post is a duplicate posting of: Best Tasting Dwarf...... Main Banana Patch in better days...August 2008 These are heavily mulched with horse poop and tree mulch and occasionally are watered. After Picture [IMG][/IMG] Before Picture [IMG][/IMG] Last edited by LilRaverBoi : 07-12-2010 at 12:55 AM. Reason: Consecutive Posts Merged |
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Re: Dwarf Brazilian
Really a beautiful banana!
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07-10-2010, 11:34 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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07-10-2010, 11:23 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Re: Dwarf Brazilian
wow what a big banana corm !!!!!! Is that a Dwarf Brazilian ?
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07-10-2010, 11:27 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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If it is Greg my lil DB is only half that size.. In the hopes of someday being a monster like that one.. :^)
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07-11-2010, 12:00 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Re: Dwarf Brazilian
I did not think a dwarf would get that big !!!!!!!
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This corm may have been a little bigger because it was not a sucker per se.....it was growing as a "single"....with no pups...about 5 feet of pseudostem. See the post: Best Tasting Dwarf...... Dwarf Brazilian is a great tasting banana...but is not a true dwarf (7 -14 feet depending on conditions)...just a smaller version of the Brazilian (20 plus feet). Quote:
I have a picture I need to scan in of a 20 foot Red Iholena...I added several hundred pounds of Shrimp Shells (nematodes love Iholenas) and several hundred pounds of Horse Poop....allowed it to compost and put in a Sword sucker..the first generation hit over 20 feet!! I gave a picture (in 1994) to Don Chafin (Going Bananas) and he carried it with him in a little book of pictures he took to plant shows for over ten years. Don did not believe a Red Iholena would get that big....the distinctive bloom corroborated that it was indeed a RI. Many Board members have seen these DB's in person: Caloosamusa Lagniape K4YD Chumley Robert Hey Now Sailfish Scott hydrojeff and too many others (dozens) to list right now.... And of of course you and Abnshrek have an open invite to stop by any time and pick out your own DB corm...... [IMG][/IMG] Last edited by Rmplmnz : 07-17-2010 at 10:30 AM. Reason: Consecutive Posts Merged |
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Re: Dwarf Brazilian
cool!
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07-17-2010, 01:03 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Excellent Video Banana Diary :^)
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07-17-2010, 04:25 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Thanks for the You Tube clips.
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07-17-2010, 08:47 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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excellent is right ! thanks for doing this i find it much better /helpful then pictures especially on here
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Re: Dwarf Brazilian
Try and picture his place before multiple consecutive 'thinning' partyz!
Then try to picture his place before our record freeze of 2010! Quite the collection....his video only shows about 1/6th of growth there. Looks great Rmplmnz!
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So what your saying Scott is; Chris built the "Jungle Floor" and then it came.. :^)
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This past winter was the worst on record in Tampa... We lost all of our Coconut Palms, Mamey Sapote, Sugar Apples, Jack Fruit, Macadamia Nut, etc....... Dwarf Brazilian January 31, 2010 [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG] Dwarf Reds [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG] February 14, 2010 [IMG][/IMG] June 17, 2010 Dwarf Reds [IMG][IMG][/IMG][/IMG] Dwarf Brazilian [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] Last edited by Rmplmnz : 07-18-2010 at 10:15 AM. |
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Unfortunately thats the view many of us have every winter. Last edited by LilRaverBoi : 07-18-2010 at 03:30 PM. Reason: Quotation fixed |
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Wow that's straight up depressing.. , but a lot of compost, not that it helps.
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I am totally empathetic to what the majority of the members go through...and that is one of the many reasons that I have shared 100's of corms for free or close to free with so many members.... But in any case...thanks for sharing my pain.... [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG] Dave, San Antonio is a nice City...another member posted some nice banana pics from the River-walk area some time back...can't recall where they are on the board. A large group of us from Tampa and St Augustine ran the Inaugural San Antonio Rock N' Roll marathon in 2008, very nice time had by all! If you are ever in Tampa stop by. Last edited by LilRaverBoi : 07-18-2010 at 03:32 PM. Reason: Consecutive Posts Merged |
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We all have a vision on what we are trying to achieve with our plantings and one of the many things we have in common is that emptiness felt when you see it destroyed. Best wishes Dave Quote:
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Amen.. Dave.. couldn't have said it better :^)
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