Bearskin10

Curious, why support a business that you says sucks? I have never dealt with FHN but 90%+ what I hear is negative but people just keep giving them money JMHO don't buy from them and let them die....

wstrickland1

Please read what I wrote

wstrickland1

additionally....






I have no vendetta against these guys. It's obvious some people have been wronged but I haven't been. The owner also appears to be a piece of work but that, to me is all second hand. Also, they're cheap as hell. Typically you get what you pay for but for lucky little me it's always worked out with them.

Yug

That used to be referred to as a 'bucket shop'; the money comes in, goes into the bucket, and you never see it (or any product) again.

JaredZone9a

Those are some beauties!

Mikemooreflorida

I ordered from them a few times 2-3 years ago, I got stuff and most of the trees were correct but with bananas only time would tell and those that fruited have all been incorrect (4 out of 6). they also were very beat up from not perfect shipping. I still believe the deal with FHN is that they buy the 2nd hand, mislabeled or not labeled plants from argistarts for super cheap and resell them as whatever they want/think it may be.

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Current varieties:
Dwarf Cavendish Fruited , Apple Mansano TC unconfirmed, Rajapuri TC Fruited, Gold Finger TC unconfirmed, Dwarf Namwa TC Fruited, Dwarf Orinoco TC Fruited, Sweetheart FHIA-03 Fruited, Tall Red banana Fruited, Blue Java Fruited, Tall Namwa Fruited, Pisang Raja Fruited, Hua Moa TC Stunted, Dwarf Brazilian Fruited, High Gate unconfirmed, Tall Brazilian Fruited, Kokopo unconfirmed, FHIA-17 Fruited, Dwarf Plantain Fruited.

wstrickland1

Sounds about right. I bought those 2 plants and some gran nains and everything grew pretty good. That was before I joined this forum and read "that thread" (was a doosie) about them. I've never grown anything and what I got from them did so the products can't bee too awful. Also I always got what I ordered, at least in terms of quantity. I think my ensete is an ensete and my GNs are GNs but the Blue java will be a namwah.

Bottom line they're cheap and will ship to South Carolina in February. It's an option for a winter fix on the cheap. Definitely nothing to compare with the Praying Hands and Truly Tinys (and others) I got from Larry.

JaredZone9a

According to the tracking my order is coming. So at least I have to give him a tiny bit of credit. However, if you cannot trust what the order actually is...that pretty much stinks. It’s a shame, because all the guy would have to do is be legit and at the very least give his cell number and reply to texts or even phone calls to keep the business going. If he’d do that he could gain respect and grow his business.


I have a friend that’s a one man show in the Aquarium maintenance and corals sales business. Although he gets bogged down with work and has a hard time keeping up with everything...he will get back to you and order exactly what species of coral you ask for. He’ll also call anybody that leaves a bad review and ask for an opportunity to make it right.

Anyway, I just cut the lower leaves on my Dwarf Cavendish from Lowe’s. Hopefully it will focus more energy to grow the plant.

sddarkman619

please post a photo of what you receive so we can see the condition and quality.

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JaredZone9a

You got it. We’ll also monitor the plants so we can see what he really sent. Unless some of you guys can determine species with young plants.

cincinnana

I cannot believe Lowes is getting 42.clams for a DC..in a 2 gal container.

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JaredZone9a

After the hard freeze this winter it killed a lot of banana’s here. So nobody was getting them in.

I decided to buy that plant against my better judgement because it was convenient and I had a good idea the label was correct. I just wanted to see those pretty leaves. This was my first plant. I found some at local nurseries, but not the species I was interested in. I’m mainly looking for dwarfs because I feel like the plant will put more energy into fruiting than height. I also like the idea of easier access and easier winterization. :-)

If I had a bigger place I’d take a 20’-40’ plant no problem. :-)

Mikemooreflorida

Wellspring Gardens is an online nursery similar to FHN but with the best packaging ever (tape over soil so it cant spill, pots taped to box so they cant move and large air packets to take up the unused space) i've only gotten a few bananas from them and they are all agristarts but 100% correct so far with dwarf namwa, hua moa and dwarf orinoco. I've mainly used them for other fruit plants/trees and they are out of stock a lot. They also have real customer service and reply to emails quickly.
i'm in no way associated with them BTW.

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Current varieties:
Dwarf Cavendish Fruited , Apple Mansano TC unconfirmed, Rajapuri TC Fruited, Gold Finger TC unconfirmed, Dwarf Namwa TC Fruited, Dwarf Orinoco TC Fruited, Sweetheart FHIA-03 Fruited, Tall Red banana Fruited, Blue Java Fruited, Tall Namwa Fruited, Pisang Raja Fruited, Hua Moa TC Stunted, Dwarf Brazilian Fruited, High Gate unconfirmed, Tall Brazilian Fruited, Kokopo unconfirmed, FHIA-17 Fruited, Dwarf Plantain Fruited.

Valor_X

Yeah I've also used Wellspring Gardens and have had great experiences with them. They tend to have different varieties available at different times of the year. This year I bought Thai Black and Veinte Cohol from them.

Last year I bought a ton of different varieties from them but I want to talk about everyones favorite 'nursery' banana... Blue Java

Last year when I bought it from them it was only $16 and now they are selling them for $80..... EIGHTY DOLLARS FOR A TC
At that price you might as well get a real pup from someone here or on Ebay.
Every other banana they sell is still around $15

Of course I still have yet to know if my $16 'Blue Java' is the real deal, but that's why I also ended up buying a real Blue Java pup from another banana enthusiast.

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From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

sddarkman619

i wonder where they are getting the d. orinoco, as agristarts doesn't carry those. To my knowledge.

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sddarkman619

As for your 16$ ICE it is NOT a blue Java, I can guarantee that. The "ice cream" you got is the AGS tall namwah.

The reason why the ice creams are going for 30-80$ is because some click bait bloggers did a couple articles on "Ice Cream" bananas about 1 year ago and told everyone how they taste like VANILLA ICE CREAM, after that EVERYONE wanted one and the ice cream sales blew up and went out the roof. AGS ice creams were flying off the shelf like tickle me elmos, and so everyone raised the prices on those and they are still high and they still sell.

My real Blue Javas sell for 60$ each, includes shipping. Should you ever want one I have a waiting list.

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JaredZone9a

Update us when you fruit the Blue Java please!

JaredZone9a

It’s funny that you mention that, because I watched a video last night where the guy said the exact same thing.


Let me see if it’s in my YouTube history.

Here’s the video:

https://youtu.be/HZ8NM2SuxJo

JaredZone9a

Order is still coming. Haha. Should be here tomorrow.


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Valor_X

I bought the Thai Black towards the end of March and received the plants by the beginning of April I believe.

So going on close to 2 months since I got them. They are doing extremely well, around 3x the size since when I got them.

Thai Black on the left and Veinte Cohol on the right.
You can see the Thai Black already has a powdery film on the pseudostem compared to the Veinte

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol