Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-10-2014, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,313
Re: What is it?
Just guessing since there is no description or other information. It looks like it might be a puffball mushroom.
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Forum: Other Plants
03-30-2014, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,045
Re: Mutant white flower
Save the seeds. Maybe a new strain.
This is what you normally expect in a passaflora
http://ozarkedgewildflowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Passaflora-incarnata6-400x300.jpg
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-30-2014, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,050
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
03-29-2014, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 11,196
Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
I have the opposite problem. I live in Costa Rica on a built up hillside and the buildup was done with subsoil clay. No nutrient, no nada.
We have to dig out 1m x 1m x 30 cm holes and fill them with...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
03-25-2014, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 11,196
Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
I am assuming, then, that you live in the desert.
If you can find a shady place or provide shade for the corms they can be planted at any time of year.
Pay attention that you have provided good...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
03-24-2014, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 11,196
Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
We move a lot of banana and platano plants around here in trying to tidy up an overgrown area of our property.
We normally cut the plant down to about 18" or 1/2 meter in height.
I have had corms...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
03-10-2014, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,217
Re: Millicompost
You just answered the question that I had regarding the comparison between Vermi-compost and Milli-compost.
Now I'll have all the kids out collecting all the millipedes they can find.
:nanadrink:
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Forum: Other Plants
12-22-2013, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,152
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-18-2013, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,285
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
The report is dramatic enough but neonicitinoids are only one chemical out of the hundreds being used.
I live in Costa Rica but confined to my home on oxygen so don't have much opportunity to watch...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-17-2013, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,285
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
Bacillus thuringiensis strains exist worldwide and have been in development since the 1950's. Strains have been developed which are effective against specific types of insects, ie, leaf eating...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-16-2013, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,285
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
That last statement says it all. No matter what problem exists in growing crops there is a natural solution. Every insect has natural predators that are not being encouraged.
Two problems exist. Far...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-15-2013, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,285
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
Researchers seem to be zeroing in on neonicotinoids as a possible major cause of CCD in bee colonies.
Known neonicotinoids...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
11-22-2013, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,099
Re: Overrun by ads.
I use Internet Explorer and I don't see any ads.
I'm not entirely sure that this is the problem but if you have signed up for Google+ or any Google apps that might be the issue.
Google seems to...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
11-22-2013, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,978
Re: A real beginner question
I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. I keep many irons in the fire and had to attend to other items.
In Costa Rica:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55256...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-17-2013, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,719
Re: where are you
Actually the information on location for most of us is found to the left of the post. In this discussion the only member whose location cannot be found is amantedelenguaje (Language Lover).
As far...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
11-16-2013, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,978
Re: A real beginner question
[QUOTE=mand;234075] ps. It did open. That's the level of detail I'll get into as the bananabug infects me more deeply - assuming this new passion doesn't flicker n fade (dare I think it? (fickle...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-16-2013, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,234
Re: Blue banana bags
Considering the environmental issues with the blue bags as noted here: Study finds insecticide in Costa Rican children near banana and plantain plantations. — Environmental Health News...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
10-24-2013, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,595
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Forum: Tiki Hut
08-26-2013, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,192
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-27-2013, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,131
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Forum: Other Plants
04-26-2013, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,185
Re: What Is This ?
It does look like it might be a pink variety of asparagus.
You can wait to see if it puts up more shoots and check them out when they are about 4 or 5 inches tall to see if it looks like asparagus...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-06-2013, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,476
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-03-2013, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 12,192
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-01-2013, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,100
Re: Greece
[QUOTE=lowinaki;216820]Hello my name is Olga
I am Dutch, but i live in Greece, since Greece is in a lot of problems right now, and i see people not having money to buy food i decided to look at what...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-26-2013, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,449
Re: Winter sucks
Where are you located and what zone?
If your bananas are well mulched the corms will survive the winter even if the upper part of the plant dies back completely.
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