Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2022, 12:32 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2022, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 855
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2022, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 8
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Healthy plants falling over unexpectedly
We had a severe thunderstorm last Thursday afternoon and even has some hail here in SW FL. There were high winds with gusts reportedly up to 50mph. Even before this storm I had seen a couple of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-10-2019, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 6,387
Re: 2019 Banana Patch: Pensacola, Florida
Is there a go to place to buy burlap? I figure I will need 1200 sq ft or so and I am already planning on buying the 4 mil thick black plastic ($60 or so from HD or Lowes) for this area to kill the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-09-2019, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 6,387
Re: 2019 Banana Patch: Pensacola, Florida
Akula, wow, was that really only 2 months between those 2 pictures of the stand you have on the west side of your property? I started some of my TC plants back in 11/17 and in approx 2 years mine...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-14-2018, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 304
Views: 30,218
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-13-2018, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 304
Views: 30,218
Re: An Update Of My Latest Nana Plants 2018!
HMelendez, another question about the sand. Where do you find yours and what are the best deals for quantity/price/bulk? I saw this on HomeDepot, but it doesn't seem like coarse...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
11-04-2018, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 59
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Re: DIY Biochar
Wow you did this inside your house? I'm hesitant to do this where I live for fear my neighbors will report me to the HOA when they see billows of smoke making BioChar. Hell, I use my Weber grill...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
11-04-2018, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 17,653
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-04-2018, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 304
Views: 30,218
Re: An Update Of My Latest Nana Plants 2018!
One more thing HMelendez, maybe I should have PMed you instead of posting here, but for the sake of other people wanting to make these expandable domes I figured it is relevant to the thread. Best I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-04-2018, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 304
Views: 30,218
Re: An Update Of My Latest Nana Plants 2018!
Is it completely sealed, ie. any leakage?
Clear packing tape or scotch tape?
Also what's the best way to cut it so they stack? Using a box cutter blade?
Does the second tier stack without...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-04-2018, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 304
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Re: An Update Of My Latest Nana Plants 2018!
Ok, well I must have missed or didnt read yet in that lengthy thread, that you used your own soiless mix of sphagnum peat moss, perlite and silica sand. I was under the impression you used ONLY 100%...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2018, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 304
Views: 30,218
Re: An Update Of My Latest Nana Plants 2018!
HMelendez, also how do you make those clear dome extensions? Do you just buy the dome and cut out the top to stack them? How do you seal it so water doesn't evaporate through the cracks?
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2018, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 304
Views: 30,218
Re: An Update Of My Latest Nana Plants 2018!
HMelendez, I haven't read the entire thread but the last page 5 and page 1. I'm still confused how these plants will grow in 100% pool silica sand. Are you supplying all of the nutrients via...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2018, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 14
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Dwarf Iholena bent at right angle cut or not?
I bought 2 Dwarf Iholena banana plants from SDDarkman back in March of '18. During the summer it tipped over and started growing up, so now that I repotted it, it's almost at a right angle. Should...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
06-05-2018, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,075
Re: MRFC Rare Fruit Tree Sale
I never checked back to this thread. Isn't it weird the guy from Going Bananas was selling an African Horn plantain, but when I asked him directly if he had any plantains, he said all sold out. Do...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-21-2018, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,075
Re: MRFC Rare Fruit Tree Sale
I got a nice Blue Jave from Celeste a week before the sale, I guess around 4foot tall. I was surprised I got it to fit in my car upright but it worked well. Celeste and her husband were very nice...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-11-2018, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 12
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Large containers with no drainage holes
I purchased a few large containers that were made from resin/plastic and have no holes and the pots themselves seem more like double walled plastic so if I were to drill holes in the bottom the water...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-05-2018, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,433
Re: Anyone here selling Blue Java plants or pups?
Beam, once I saw it on the map, I remembered I was at that place before but it was for the Bradenton gun show they have a few times a year. Parking lot is huge so shouldn't have a problem finding a...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-05-2018, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,433
Re: Anyone here selling Blue Java plants or pups?
Earlier in this thread I started (post #15 to be exact) I was sort of joking about a Black Friday scenario of people waiting over night in a line to get in the doors first. Well this morning I...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-04-2018, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-03-2018, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-03-2018, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-01-2018, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,433
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-01-2018, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,433
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