Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-15-2018, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,719
Re: Musa Fe’i Aiuri FOR SALE!
I hope you all are successful growing these. It would be cool to see it regain popularity. Cooking bananas are so fascinating to me!
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-22-2017, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Re: Manzano Pup
So begins year three. Of course its been real windy so that winter growth is weak. It's not till time to pull them inside for the winter around here that they really get going, so till at least...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-10-2017, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,894
Re: First Pup
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-08-2017, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,894
Re: First Pup
Depends on what you want out of your plants. Just keep them alive, in a state of rest, or growing? I grow a lot of plants from seed, and even with the brightest light I can afford, they will still...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
06-07-2017, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,415
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
06-05-2017, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,246
Rose & HuaMoa
I am looking for these two right now. There are more of course, but, budget and space dictate things I suppose.:ha:
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-23-2017, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,894
First Pup
I think I potted this dwarf Brazilian Red about two and a half months ago and have been peeling away and cutting layers off to stop the spread of black, what I thought, rot. Seeing as my Gros Michel...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-11-2017, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,420
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
01-11-2017, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,773
Variegated Basjoo
So I have read all sorts of conflicting information about this one. Some say its not stable, others think it is. Or there are just different clones. But these threads are a little older and I am just...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-25-2016, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 8,061
Re: New Corms
By coarse sand, would pool filter/silica sand work? That's the only thing I can find around here other than play sand, which is WAY too fine.
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
11-02-2016, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 400
Views: 92,401
Re: What did you pot today (Bananas)
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Forum: Banana Recipes
10-25-2016, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,578
Chili
I have recently discovered that plantains go quite well with chili. And by that I mean IN the chili. Granted, i've never had a banana much less a plantain from anywhere other than the grocery store....
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-23-2016, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,403
Procrastination
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Here's my manzano from a couple of weeks ago now. Been so busy with other gardening stuff that it's...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-25-2016, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,647
Re: Hello
No, no pictures. THere's nothing to look at right now. The roofers destroyed a bunch of plants around the house, including the manzano and half the vegetable garden. Despite being reassured they...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-22-2016, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,071
Re: Coconut
I found a coconut with it's initial fronds in a local store tucked into the tropical oddity section. I am tempted of course to swipe it up. But, I mean, I live in OHIO of all places. Where's a...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-21-2016, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,647
Re: Hello
I return, as my manzano awakens this spring! Hello Everyone!
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-01-2015, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Re: Manzano Pup
That agave wouldn't phase me at all. However I have limits. Not brushing my hands over some cacti glochids any time soon. Here's my...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-31-2015, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Re: Manzano Pup
Mark,
We have all kinds of wild rabbits around. The vegetables have to be wired off. In the spring time they eat anything unless it's protected well. Even chewed off a small expensive own root...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-26-2015, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Re: Manzano Pup
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A bit on the droopy side. A self identified under-waterer am I. Don't know why I haven't moved to a...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-26-2015, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Re: Manzano Pup
It was pot bound for a month after I bought it, and grew fine. Hmm, it's been in this roughly 16"w x 11"t pot for maybe 2.5-3 months? I can't really remember. The banana is no taller than I am (6'...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-25-2015, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Manzano Pup
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I must be doing something alright! Although now that the weather has dried up, I have to water it...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-20-2015, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,419
Re: Expensive Basjoo
Woah, that's not good at all! But I imagine it's much slower to raise them all from seed?
Well I did buy a Manzano about a month ago that wasn't from Monrovia, it was some 2 feet tall in trunk then....
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-19-2015, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,419
Re: Expensive Basjoo
You might know, Cincinnana, of the Monrovia supplier nursery? I don't know how far and wide their reach is. But their stuff is marketed around here as high end and exotic in local garden centers. But...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-17-2015, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,419
Expensive Basjoo
I spotted a basjoo for the first time around here at a nursery. And what were they asking for it? A two foot stem with all the leaves chopped off in a 1 gal trade pot at $80!
Now maybe this is just...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-01-2015, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,250
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