Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-01-2019, 03:59 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-02-2014, 06:43 AM
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Re: Finally Planted My Bananas
Congratulations,:bananas_b
Your bananas look great! I've purchased several bananas from the Bamboo garden's fall festival - their banana patch inspires me to try different varieties. Here in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-01-2014, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 4
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AeAe for sale
This is the first time I've tried anything like this, but I have a potted AeAe plant I over-wintered and I've listed it on ebay if anyone is interested.
Aeae Banana | eBay...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-15-2013, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,568
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-15-2013, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,568
Re: Banner year for Bananas!
Tony,
I have only had the veinte cohol and California Gold before. I much prefer the California gold.
I found an old threat about making banana chips and tostones with the AeAe. I want to try that...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-14-2013, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 39
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Re: Best Fruiting Banana for Small Space?
My California Gold is small and has produced 2 years in a row. I just got a flower from a Raja Puri and it is also less than 6 feet tall. Both of these are more cold tolerant.
The Veinte Cohol are...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-14-2013, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 7
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Banner year for Bananas!
Had to share and my wife is unimpressed, but after 2 mild winters in a row in Savannah, I have a bumper crop of bananas.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54544&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-15-2013, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 5
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Flower without leaves
I know this has been brought up before, but I cannot find the post. My Ice Cream/Orinoco sent up a flag leaf right before our first freeze. Now that it has warmed up, there are no green leaves on...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-24-2012, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Banana flower questions
Just to follow up, I have had 3 bunches ripen so far this year. A small bunch from a Veinte Cohol flowered 6/17 and were picked 8/11. A larger VC bunch flowered around 7/16 and were falling off...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-12-2012, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Deer, Coons, & Bananas ?
I have had problems with deer in Savannah. I think the bucks like my bananas to clean the felt from their horns and to practice their fighting skills.
Here is a picture of my Veinte Cohol from a 2...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-22-2012, 04:15 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-16-2012, 06:54 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-16-2012, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,571
Banana flower questions
After having a couple flowers late in the year, I have finally had some bananas flower in the summer! We had a mild winter in Savannah and it made a difference.
One of my Viente Cohol's flowered...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-03-2012, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 17
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Re: FYI for those looking for Veinte Cohol
I have heard Dr. Fonsah, he talks about Veinte Cohols for human consumption. By niche markets he means farmer's markets, ethnic grocery stores and people willing to try a banana without a Dole...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-30-2012, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Dwarf Cavendish Pups
I was told it is best to cut back to one (or at the most two) pups for the healthiest plants. I have some Dwarf Cavendish bananas ,and they seem to put out a lot of pups. I keep cutting them back.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-30-2012, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Veinte Cohol
I'm in coastal Georgia and have had these plants for 2 winters. The first winter I lost one of two by leaving them in the ground (it was a cold winter for Savannah). This winter I brought 2 of my...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-10-2012, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 34
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-29-2012, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,518
Re: Pisang Ceylon flower
Clare,
although we had a mild winter, the Pisang's bananas did not make it. Let me know how yours do.
srash
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-29-2011, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 33
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Re: Storing bananas for winter!!! UGH!!!
In your photos everything still looks green and healthy. How do you decide when to dig up your bananas to store them? Do you wait until a freeze warning, start when the temperature is staying below...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-16-2011, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-11-2011, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Is this a flag leaf?
My Pisang Ceylon had a very similar small leaf 2 weeks ago and now there is an obvious flower.
Congratulations!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-10-2011, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 10
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Pisang Ceylon flower
I just got this banana last fall, and after planting it in a pot and keeping it inside through the winter, I planted it in the ground around March. A couple of weeks ago, it sent up a half-sized...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-24-2011, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 66
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Re: Blue Java,Ice Cream
I am in the same boat. The Ice Creams I have are also from Going-Bananas, they have a thin red line on the edges of the leaves of the pups when they first come out. The plants labeled as Ice Cream...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-03-2011, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,472
Re: Online nursery?
I am happy with Going-Bananas in Florida. I have received healthy Misi Luki and Veinte Cohol plants from them.
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-06-2010, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,810
Re: Golden African?
Thank you for your replies. When I read about the dwarf and (super dwarf) cavandish it describes red variegation of the juvenile leaves, which these all have.
Ron Mcb- these weren't from the Nursery...
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