Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-02-2022, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: Planting a banana corm
I never ever water new plants unless the soil is dust. The corm has more than enough moisture and energy for it to thrive. When I figured that out I stopped murdering them.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-01-2021, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 565
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-29-2020, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,988
Re: where to buy blue java plants
Jene sells mislabeled plants. If you want everything substituted with orinoco buy from her. Isn't part of the point in being on a forum not having to buy from sketchy sellers when the forum is full...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-16-2020, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,047
Re: Edible Taro Root
Malanga and eddoes are not varieties. Malanga isn't even taro. Taro is Colocasia and is Asian and Malanga is Xanthosoma and is south American. Some taro varieties are dry soil and others need wet....
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
01-28-2020, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,073
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Forum: Banana Identification
01-10-2020, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 48,798
Re: Super SMALL bananas
Keith, I have the Nino you speak of. I was confused when I received it. Looked orinoco like from day one. HMelendez wouldn't address anything in my post. Only PM. Gabe sent me a PM as well with...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-07-2019, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 818
Re: Best Banana
My vote is SH 3640 for ornamental value, disease tolerance, cold tolerance, not toppling with heavy fruit, nice sized fruit, and I really like the flavor.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-02-2018, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,280
Re: My full size indoor dwarf Cavendish
I never ever thought I would ever say this. Hopefully I don't have to say it again. I agree with Richard. May be grown indoors, but that pot does not match the root system needed for that thick of a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-19-2018, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 870
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-17-2018, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,903
Re: Golden Rhino Horn Banana
Not sure about golden rhino horn but I have the pineapple variety. Doesn't taste like pineapple at all. Supposedly it is a variation that formed from Raja Puri tissue cultures. Maybe it tastes...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-11-2018, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 723
Re: I Need Help!
It may still grow. I get breaks at times and I just plant them to see how they do. Often they end up growing and once in a while just don't. They parent plant will probably make plenty more. Digging...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2018, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 846
Re: PATUPI, beautiful bunch & tasting.
Veinte cohol doesn't meet the requirements of 90 percent of my customers. Hardy, larger fruit, short cycle, and reliabe. Veinte cohol has good fruit but i have yet to have a person come over and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2018, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 846
Re: PATUPI, beautiful bunch & tasting.
I started telling people to forget Veinte Cohol and just go for Patupi. Only thing annoys me but is a good thing for my neighbors is that they sucker non stop.
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-03-2018, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 915
Re: Identification
Orinoco / burro has several forms. Tall, medium, and dwarf. I discovered and collected 7 different forms from all over Florida. The flowers and fruit are the main sign but also long petioles with...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-01-2018, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 13,380
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-01-2018, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 13,380
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-31-2018, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 837
Re: Tall banana tiny fruits
One thing I note is that the bell doesn't try to create the lotus look like the rest of my other pomes and is very tiny especially to the height of the plant....
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-30-2018, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 837
Re: Tall banana tiny fruits
I have 4 varieties of pome and outside of those 4 the rest are pretty rare in the states. None of them make this tiny buds and hands are normally fuller. Pome bases are often thick and these bases...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-30-2018, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 837
Tall banana tiny fruits
Exactly 8 feet tall yellowish plants with very large long leaves. Tends to bloom close to freezing but the plants are hardy otherwise. A mystery gift of unknown origin....
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-29-2018, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 13,380
Re: Tales of SH-3640's
Not at my house. First fruitings are often shorter on mine by maybe a foot or so but never that much. Every single SH 3640 sucker I planted has consistently fruited at the 8 to 10 range and the...
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Forum: Fruit
10-25-2018, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,157
Re: Where to buy banana fruit online?
You won't likely find Orinoco anywhere because they are called burro pretty much everywhere they are sold. Many hispanic markets will have them. I won't ship fruits anymore because the last 2 times I...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
10-19-2018, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,870
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-19-2018, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,201
Re: Pisang Raja?
I was told several times it is a must have and i should get one. Never got to it yet.
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-19-2018, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,239
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-19-2018, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,239
Re: Who thinks Blue Java or Namwa?
I took this photo to easily compare. Namwah on top has a wide pad where they connect and bottom doesn't. Bottom would represent blue...
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