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08-17-2018, 11:16 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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I'm still alive and still around
I'm not dead, I'm not in jail, and I haven't quit growing bananas and plantains. I am just on the road all the time now.
2018-07-08 19.42.25 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr 2018-07-05 16.51.12 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr Platanos by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr Platanos by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr The new planting is starting to grow finally July plantains by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr African Rhino Horn July plantains by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr |
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Nice to hear from you again!.....Welcome back buddy!.....
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Glad to see your back.... Are you back home ... in South Fla? I though you were going to give me a call when you came to South Georgia????
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Nice!
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I got close to you in Donalsonville in May, but I was in and out for work in 8 hours. I was in Moultrie for a few days at the beginning of the year, but I had a bad reaction to some Medicine I was on and ended up with Chemical induced Lupus. I was in the hospital for a bit.
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Gee ... I hope the lupus was corrected/cured, and not an on going problem now.
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No, I have epilepsy and had recently switched medications, the medication I had switched to basically caused my body to attack itself. Once I quit, it didn't get any worse, but it took a few months to feel better. Strangest thing I've ever experienced, every joint and tendon in my body was in pain, and I was covered in mysterious bruises, all from a pharmaceutical.
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How are the Plantains doing? Any fruit yet? Love to see pics of those.
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I planted these in July and they are starting to thrive. Unfortunately, the grass is thriving as well.
2018-08-20 16.41.45 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr The very dwarf Cavendish "Baloy" 2018-08-20 16.32.27 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr Dwarf Brazillian...it has always disappointed me 2018-08-20 16.31.57 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr FHIA-17 2018-08-20 16.31.51 HDR by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr FHIA-18, maybe someone knows better than me, but it came to me with that label 2018-08-20 16.26.29 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr The weed and banana patch...I'll eventually get control of the weeds...someday July plantains by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr |
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Is that the same FHIA-18 group as the ones I got? I lost all of those this past winter. I have rescued a small pup growing from a rotten corm. It about 18" tall now and growing well.
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Yes, it would be from the same group.
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August 22, 2018 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr Giant Plantain August 22, 2018 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr Dwarf Nam Wah August 22, 2018 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr Hua Moa August 22, 2018 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr This is where I had standing water for over a month after Irma. It's been a tough recovery. August 22, 2018 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr To look at it, you might think I never spray. My bill at Winfield says otherwise August 22, 2018 by Nicholas Larsen, on Flickr |
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Me and 'Williams'
'Dwarf PR Plantain' 'Mysore' 'Hua Moa' 1 'Hua Moa' 2 'Pisang Raja' 'Williams' 'Williams' deflowered |
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I finally hit reset on the part of my farm that was a total loss.
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About 30" of rain. I had a nice pond after Irma.
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This will take care of some of the empty space
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Thought that was the one that flooded. ... Did any of the plant survive or come back?
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Some did, some did not. This is the only time I've ever lost plants from flooding. I had a pretty bad flood in 2013 or 2014 and the water was half-way up my truck wheels on one side of the farm for about 2 weeks. I think the flooding caused a lot of split fruit, but the corms didn't die. This was one month of flooding on plants that were maybe 1'-1.5' tall.
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Woohooo!......Awesome Nick!.....Nice to see that you are coming back strong!......
The FHIA-18 Bonanza corm/pup that I acquired from you is doing excellent!.....It's opening the second leaf now!.....Hopefully it will be transplant it to the ground soon!......
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