Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
Yesterday, 01:42 PM
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Re: Container TC Pups, slow growth/ Care Tips
Yes they can be very slow (for a banana) and not very forgiving as they have no reserves like a larger banana would have in its corm. I gave my NoNo tissue culture no direct sun just artificial light...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
Yesterday, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
Yesterday, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 1
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Variegated Dwarf
This nicely Variegated Dwarf from the Pisang Awak subgroup will be for sale once it completes it's vertical macropropagation process. Best offer, PM if interested....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2024, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 123
Re: "Triple" Flower dilemma??
Here is a picture of the first plant with triple blooms:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=69091&cat=3340
Plant...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2024, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 799
Re: New way to grow Bananas in colder climates??
Many members kill their A'ea'e over the winter because of the combination of slower growth rate and poor soil aeration.
By raising the soil level (only 3" in the photo below) the plant will raise...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2024, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 799
Re: New way to grow Bananas in colder climates??
I was working with a bunch of A'ea'e pots today that were setup for macropropagation and decided to take a photo specifically because of your post.
Many of my propagation posts are meant to give...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2024, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,797
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2024, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 127
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2024, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 127
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2024, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 127
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2024, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,797
Re: Uganda - a few pics
To amend my late night post above, I want to post some observations. I am thinking the larger range of temps (50sF -90sF/ maybe even 100F) and uneven and variable ranges of temp contributed to the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2024, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 123
Re: "Triple" Flower dilemma??
Sounds like you have the Triple Mah-Floy! Very cool!
Just joking around, sounds cool though, we gotta see some pictures.
Bumping this post for the experts.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2024, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 127
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,797
Re: Uganda - a few pics
In the 1st week of April I removed the unsprouted Ensete seeds from their heat mat inside my house to my greenhouse and cut the small greenhouse heater off. Days were getting plenty warm and the...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
04-28-2024, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,670
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 127
Growing Bananas at 8000 feet/searching for A'ea'e
Hi folks, I have been a lurker here for years, thought I would jump in with some details on how I recently killed my gorgeous 18 month old A'ea'e - and to ask if anyone knows of any available now,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 123
"Triple" Flower dilemma??
Hello! First time posting, I have a rather unique problem I would like advice on. 7 years ago in Orlando, started with a single dwarf Cavendish plant I bought at Home Depot. That single plant has...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 799
Re: New way to grow Bananas in colder climates??
Oh cool, I'll check the photos out, Thanks. All this info is greatly helpful! So what I'm assessing thus far is that anytime one interferes with the natural way a plant wants to grow, it causes it...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 799
Re: New way to grow Bananas in colder climates??
Good points.
When the 'Growing Point' emerges from the top of a mature pseudostem it's often referred to as the flower and after the fruit are formed it's referred to as the male bud.
If it's a...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
04-28-2024, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,670
Re: Variegated Banana Seeds
I didn't have any information from clients in North Carolina so I used information from a client growing in the banana region of South Carolina that said the fallen seeds grow like weeds.
You bring...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 799
Re: New way to grow Bananas in colder climates??
Wow, this is awesome info, Thanks! So it looks like the horizontal growth won't work, but I'm thinking this could still be an extremely usefully method when the plant is in dormancy to not disturb...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
04-28-2024, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,670
Re: Variegated Banana Seeds
Agree on all you say here. I also try to take natures way into account. But which nature? Here is my thought process. There are many regions, of the world, that grow bananas, naturally, from seed. I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 799
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
04-28-2024, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,670
Re: Variegated Banana Seeds
I look to Nature for information before looking online. Fossil records have shown that bananas were growing in the Americas over 165 millions years ago and it's doubtful someone was soaking the seeds...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-28-2024, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 799
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