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For the clumping types I doubt it would be a problem, but for the running types like mine yikes! If you plant the running types make sure you have a big place to put them, the people I got the start from said that they bought theirs 5 year ago as a 2 cuttings, and now the patch is about 60 foot long, and 25 or 30 feet high. They had 3 types but I got the golden bamboo from them because I noticed this summer when it was 100 degrees and our state being in drought like conditions, it was still green and healthy looking in their yard with no watering.

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Pineapples , Never plant hot peppers they may cross and ruin the taste of your bananas

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Seriously? Peppers are basically self fertile but I know they will cross. I also know you should never plant a currant tomato near your other tomatoes and save seeds unless you want to chance growing crackers the following year.

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Cause they are.....banana peppers? lol

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Just kidding :08:

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Dredging this back up...still thinking circles...

I've been reading about Ostrich ferns which would be very iffy here but are grown by at least 1 person in the area it seems. They need wet and shade; I'm thinking bananas could provide the shade and wet is a given. (Fiddleheads are yummy!) They can become somewhat invasive in ideal circumstances which FL is not; I think I could control the spread. Any reasons why not?

Also, what about garlic? They love mulch and hate competition but need sun so on the outer edges would be my choice. SF, would it be best to plant them near plantains? BTW, garlic gives some pest control benefits to many plants. Would bananas also like them?

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Monkey Grass?????:}

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Pinto beans

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Might be a little warm for them there, I would provide lots of shade. These Northern Maidenhair ferns grow wild in my back yard in 105 degree temps in summer( In shade of course), and have a tropical look. I started a tray of spores a few months back and have lots of babies starting so I think they are pretty easy to cultivate. If they are not hardy there, there are tropical versions of the maidenhair available.










Here are some germinating spores, 7 days after being sown.

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liriope looks cool, is easy to propagate too. I got a pot at lowes this summer for 4 dollars and split it into about 25 plants, all survived.

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Of course they all survived. Talk about invasive! I put some around a red maple when I lived up north. I shipped boxes of it free (you pay shipping) to a bunch of people when I got rid of it. Haha! It was still there! Anyone who sells that along with pachysandra, myrtle and ivy without full disclosure should be shot! I'm looking for ferns that produce fiddleheads for sauteing and pickling. Some ferns you just can't eat.

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Way too much work. So are sesame seeds, lentils and a few others.

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Never tried to eat fiddleheads. There are a bunch of different types of wild ferns growing out back, but they dont look too yummy lol. We have ladyferns and they are supposed to be edible, they also tolerate more sun than most. Bracken is supposed to be edible but I would stay away from it, its full of carcinogens. I may try some of the lady fern just for the heck of it.

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Sweet Potatoes...

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Report back if you can. ;)

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Where'e the banana? I promised pictures today but got sidetracked making onion jam and canning some sweet peppers. I do have sweet potatoes, planted very late, next to my DC. Who, by the way, now has 4 pups! YEAH! (Okay, 2 you can barely see but they're there!)

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Onion jam?! lol

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I went with a slightly spicy version; I smoked jalapenos earlier in the week. Okay, I winged it--combined 2 recipes and made my own. It's really very good but I still don't understand how 1 1/2 lbs of red onions becomes 1 cup when complete.

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My grandmother used to make preserves and it would smell the whole house up, I bet the onions are reallllly strong.

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I did it over 2 days with 3 days off in between. PU!