Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-18-2016, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,333
Re: A nice selection
I and a few others have been looking for a source for Fei bananas. How possible would it be to get some corm to Florida?
Steve
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-18-2016, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,333
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Forum: Banana Identification
03-28-2016, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,343
Re: Unknown Variety in Port St. Lucie, FL
Orinoco for sure. But there are a number of different names used here in South Florida, these are best as a cooked banana but can also be eaten out-of-hand when very ripe.
They often produce small...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-02-2016, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 11,921
Re: Companion plantings for bananas?
Been growing pineapples for several years around bananas, with good success. Also Hibiscus sabdariffa (Jamaican sorrel). Here in south Florida I've seen a number of farmers growing papaya between...
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Forum: Other Plants
11-17-2015, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,691
Re: What type of citrus?
This looks a lot like what we used to call "rough lemon", which is a group of lemon-like citrus used for many years in Florida as a root stock for citrus grafting. We would occasionally get a sprout...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
09-26-2015, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,744
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-02-2015, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,865
Re: Grubs
Sounds like corm borers to me (aka banana weevil borer)!
Tough to eliminate.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-30-2014, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,250
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Forum: Other Plants
08-11-2014, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,110
Re: World's smallest tomato
That's really small. There is a type grown in South Florida, particularly in the Keys, that is similar. I have not had any luck with them but I know a few people who grow them. Tiny seeds, too. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-06-2014, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,563
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Forum: Other Plants
06-14-2014, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,679
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-10-2014, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,130
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-23-2014, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,611
Re: First Time Banana Grower ... need some advice
Agree--prop it up under the peduncle as shown in the previous post. You could temporarily prop the pseudostem if it seems in iminent danger of falling over but this is not a good long term solution....
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Forum: Banana Books, Book Reviews, & Other Reading Material
04-18-2014, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,267
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-29-2014, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,909
Re: City water vs well water
Our shallow well water is much much lower in iron than our deep (ostensibly drinking water) well. We don't drink it but use for everything else. If not treated it will stain the hell out of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-13-2014, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,186
Re: companian plant for bannana
Agree, pineapples will do well, even without too much sun. They are slow growing though and might take 2 years to fruit.
I've also seen papaya interspersed between bananas on some commercial...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-13-2014, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,223
Re: Banana tree down
Depends on several things. If the pseudostem isn't broken, if the corm is mostly intact, I have stood up plants after storms, braced with a standard triple brace like you see around larger trees,...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-08-2014, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,337
Re: Chocolate orchid
We're growing it here in Miami. I can't smell it, but my wife says it smells a bit like chocolate.
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Forum: Other Plants
01-24-2014, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,459
Re: first papaya flowers. male or female?
It's probably too early to tell. Sometimes the first flowers seem indeterminate, they tend to drop off anyway. If you see many small flowers clustered together it is most likely male. I try to...
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Forum: Banana Identification
01-23-2014, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,221
Re: Are Saba fruits very small?
Our Sabas are on the order of 5 inches when fully mature. Those at the end of the bunch can be smaller. Great for Turon, the roadside snack everywhere in the Philippines. Quarter the peeled fruits...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-19-2014, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,719
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Forum: Banana Recipes
12-30-2013, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,652
Re: Rhino Horn - Canoas
We make tostones, maduros, chifles, and Philippine style turon with both the Saba and Praying Hands.
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Forum: Banana Recipes
12-30-2013, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,652
Re: Rhino Horn - Canoas
Think about Saba and/or Praying Hands. Both are excellent cooking bananas.
Fairly disease resistant and wind tolerant.
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-13-2013, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,794
Re: Please identify musa!
looks like grand nain X sumatrana (aka Grand Nain Cross).
I've not seen it around although Don's catalogus has it (Going Bananas of Homestead). It looks much like Zebrina except for the green...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-14-2013, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,436
Re: Hello from the US Virgin Islands!
I'm guessing it is a Fe'i banana, based on where it is. These are cooking bananas, cannot be eaten raw. Never had one but wish there is a source on the U.S. mainland, I do wish to try growing them...
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