Forum: Other Plants
04-11-2011, 05:41 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-10-2011, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 1,325
Views: 144,529
Re: What did you plant today (bananas)?
I planted the two surviving Thai Papaya plants I started last Summer(the rest were eaten by Possums in the greenhouse. The 3 least damaged I brought onto the f porch and dragged them in the house...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-10-2011, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,269
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-03-2010, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,897
Re: Winter's effect in Houston
Well, here on the Florida Panhandle, I've discovered that most of mine didn't make it. The Dwarf Namwa nad the local passalong Orinoco did(with heavy damage). All the FHIA and SH culivars were toast....
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Forum: Other Plants
09-18-2009, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 6,258
Re: Post your curcumas!!!
I have 3 kinds of Butterfly Ginger(White, Salmon and Orange), 3 kinds of Hidden Ginger(Big with Red center stripe leaf, Variegated Leaf and Lavender "Siamese Tulip"), 2 kinds of Dancing Ginger(Yellow...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-09-2009, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 193
Views: 43,027
Re: Dwarf Namwah!!!
Nice pups! Mine is in it's 2nd Summer here in the Florida Panhandle and HOPEFULLY will produce this yr. It's 6'+ with a sturdy trunk and leaves from ground level to top. The "racing stripe" down the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2009, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,514
Re: 'Viente Cohol' Arrived!
And Spring here in the Florida Panhandle is a bit earlier! I made the 1st of two orders to them before Last Frost so I could have been on the list as early as January-February. Since I'm not a bit...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2009, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,514
Re: 'Viente Cohol' Arrived!
Not really. They're a business, not a botanical non-profit. If you didn't pay anything, they have no responsibility to give you the product at the old price, ESP. after a yr or more! Most vendors...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2009, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,514
Re: 'Viente Cohol' Arrived!
It's true that I've ordered from them before, so at least they know I can come up with the cash;>. AS someone whose run a mailorder business, one of my biggest "Pains" were folks that demanded much...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-10-2009, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,514
Re: 'Viente Cohol' Arrived!
Have no idea. Last Spring I ordered a couple of Bananas(Dwarf Namwa, SH3240 and FHIA23?)and asked to be put on the list. I sent in an order last week for a Rajah Puri but added the extra amt in case...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
05-29-2009, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 10,947
Re: Increasing membership participation
Being an old fart botanically wise(anyone else old enough to remember Round Robins;>) I'm "agin" diffusing the mission becasue I've seen this wreck groups over the last 40 yrs. It's Quality, not...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-22-2009, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 5,643
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Forum: Other Plants
05-21-2009, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,372
Re: Help with Alocasia Macrorrhizos "Blck Stem"
Mine grows well under the conditions of other "Taroes" and is hardy here in z8b. Partial Sun(for good colour), water every 3rd day, fertilize with a slow release at manufacturerer's directions. Can't...
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Forum: Musa Dwarf Namwah
05-04-2009, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,011
So Far So Good!
This is my 2nd yr growing this cultivar and have been very Impressed. Strong growth the 1st yr, handled Dormancy in an unheated shed without difficulty and has put out 3 new leaves in the last month!...
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Forum: Musa SH-3640
05-02-2009, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,803
SH3640 Experiences
I had high hopes for this one. The 1st yr the pup grew rapidly, literally dwarfing the competition. An attractive plant as a juvenile with Maroon splashes on the leaves.
It spent the Winter in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-25-2009, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,238
Re: I think I have lost my most prized plant.
It's possible, but it's just as likely that a few hitched a ride indoors and settled down for a WInter snarf. I've never had luck Wintering Inside. This WInter I did half dry stored in a shed that...
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Forum: Wiki Discussions
04-23-2009, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,472
Re: Fhia-23
Mine is about as Vigorous as my Dwarf Namwa. The one I'm very dissapointed with is SH2340. LAst yr it grew quickly and did well(I thought) in the greenhouse over the WInter but as soon as I planted...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-07-2009, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,379
Re: Lotus?
The American Lotus(Nelumbo lutea) that grows locally is in the most Stagnant, nasty water you'd rather NOT wade through. My ASian Lotuses grow in those 20 gallon rope buckets, filled to a third with...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-02-2009, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,023
Re: 1 mo. old looking shaky
I would take it out of it's pot and inspect the roots and corm for rot. If so, cut off and allow to dry at least overnight, then repot DRY for a day then water normally. An adult can pretty much...
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Forum: Wiki Discussions
12-17-2008, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,472
Re: Fhia-23
It's about 6 ft tall not and still has Maroon splashes, though not as large. The cold weather has pretty much stopped all growth of everything except winter veggies and, of course weeds!
Cheers,
Pat
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-21-2008, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 25,032
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-21-2008, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,085
Re: Potting up for winter - problem?
I think it's pretty normal. All of mine that I'm keeping Containerized their 1st yr wilt a bit after being Potted up. I keep them in the Shade and moist(but not wet) and within a couple of days they...
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Forum: Wiki Discussions
08-17-2008, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,472
Fhia-23
This is mine's 1st yr, but I can report that it's a good edition to one's Banana collection. Fast growing but not spindly with maroon-splashed leaves(something the catalogue didn't mention and...
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Forum: Other Plants
08-13-2008, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 791
Views: 188,655
Re: Dragon Fruit
Pine Island at least points out that some need a Pollenator. Mine came from a mail-order nursery that didn't. For yrs I thought it was my fault that it wouldn't produce. 'Course, it still doesn't...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-09-2008, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 1,325
Views: 144,529
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