Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
10-14-2021, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,141
Re: Panama Disease on Namwa?
Iowa thanks a million for re-posting my pictures onto the thread!
Cincinnana, Gabe15, and Janelle525, your responses were what I was hoping for. Though I am an experienced gardener (and actually was...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
10-05-2019, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,074
Re: Fusarium wilt ("Panama Disease")?
Never could get the pics up, but since then, have watered and even misted the plant every few days. Trimmed off all the lower yellow leaves. It's been over 2 weeks and no more leaves have yellowed,...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
09-25-2019, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,074
Fusarium wilt ("Panama Disease")?
Has anyone growing in the U.S. experienced Panama Disease on their plants?
A yr ago we moved from Baton Rouge to the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain, Last spring, planted out a 'Namwah' which had...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-25-2016, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,161
Re: Taste review for Orinoco fruit!
This is a bit on the late side for this thread....but better late than never, right? :) Just found out, from y'all, the correct i.d. of my established clump of Orinoco, and, that they are a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-05-2016, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,625
Re: Plantain (cooking banana) for Zone 8b?
Latest on quest to i.d. mystery baby previously pictured:
Phoned nursery we got it from, and it's undergone a few management changes in the meantime.
They said send a pic, which I might do. But 2...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-05-2016, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,625
Re: Plantain (cooking banana) for Zone 8b?
Thanks for posting my pic! Yes, it does have wine spots. When we planted it, it had darker wine spots. They seem to be fading. And hubby now recalls the word "dwarf" used when we bought it.
We...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-03-2016, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,625
Re: Plantain (cooking banana) for Zone 8b?
Sputink77 I've trying to get some pics up but for the life of me, can't recall how I got that done the other day.
Can you check my gallery ? They seem to have gone up on the gallery with no...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-03-2016, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,625
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-02-2016, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,438
Re: Are these the future bananas?
Used to be a real stickler for correct botanical and cultivar names until a couple of college botany courses. Loved the courses, but found out the plant world is a lot bigger, more complex, and more...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-02-2016, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,625
Plantain (cooking banana) for Zone 8b?
Our grocery stores have been carrying a "plantain" cooking banana for years. It's a bit longer than the usual standard yellow bananas ('Cavendish'?) , usually sold fairly green, and when cooked...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-30-2016, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,496
Re: 1st ID what I have....need help!
Sputink7 and Tytaylor77
THANKS A MILLION! Yes, I googled around using key words including "Orinoco", and that looks & sounds exactly like our "edible banana"!
Interesting reading on the cv group...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-30-2016, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,496
1st ID what I have....need help!
Grown here in Baton Rouge, humid zone 8b, near sub-tropics, for 20 yrs in my garden, and grown for many yrs as a pass-around plant around town. Thats hubby in the pic, for scale. He's 6'4". Most...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-30-2016, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 962
Enjoy Global Warming; Grow More Tropicals!
Hubby and I recently retired; both have extensive horticultural experience, mostly amateur but some professional. Finally gave up trying to grow traditional North American fruits (WAAAY too many hot...
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