Forum: Member Introductions
10-18-2020, 09:48 PM
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Re: Hello
Nice to meet you. Love hearing about more people growing bananas close by.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-16-2019, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 12
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Re: California Gold Banana in Portland Oregon
I’ve been growing a lot of tropical plants here in Portland. Coffee, dragon fruit, chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla and others. My coffee tree has produced beans but I’m still waiting on the dragon...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-16-2019, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,571
Re: California Gold Banana in Portland Oregon
I have heard of Oregon’s banana belt. It’s pretty cool that there is a microclimate in Oregon where some tropical and subtropical plants can grow in the ground. I think when I try California Gold...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-01-2019, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 12
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California Gold Banana in Portland Oregon
It's almost spring here in Portland and I just checked my California Gold banana under the frost cloth wrap I made. After cutting away a little of the rotted portion I saw the green center, which...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-05-2018, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 3
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Cutting back rot
I am growing a Cali gold and basjoo outside right now. They are underneath frost cloth and have been covered with mulch. Throughout the winter I will periodically check underneath the frost cloth to...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-03-2017, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,258
Re: Ice Cream or Namwa?
Ice cream and blue java seem to be used interchangeably to label both true blue java and namwa. My plant name spikes I got said ice cream. We need some way to distinguish between the two since they...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-02-2017, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,258
Re: Ice Cream or Namwa?
Thanks for the info. I figured it was too young to tell but thought I would try. I am for sure going to wrap the stem over the winter. I figured because it was in the garden bed it might stay warmer...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-01-2017, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,258
Ice Cream or Namwa?
I got these a little while ago and have them in my garden. They are still just babies so they may be hard to identify at this point. They were sold to me as ice cream but people here told me they...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-12-2017, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 30
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Re: California Gold
Here is the amazon page for the company in case anyone can verify from it if they are legit or not. It may be hard to tell until they get...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-11-2016, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,300
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-09-2016, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,300
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Forum: Member Introductions
01-14-2016, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,730
Hello
Hi. My name is Nick and I currently have 2 Cavendish bananas growing in my home in Portland Oregon. I think one is a dwarf and one is a super dwarf. Right now it is cloudy and rainy and I am using a...
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