Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
01-18-2022, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,057
Re: Looking for Ensete glaucum ‘Snow Banana’
Would be nice if people acknowledged where they got material, especially if given for free. And keep donor informed of progress and experience in growing. Idea is we all share and learn from what...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-02-2021, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,195
Re: Elephant Ears
Be patient - the alocasia and colocasia take a while to start - first month they sleep, next they creep, then they leap! And yes, re my Mrch note, re hardiness - they demand relatively DRY soil -...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-10-2021, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 627
Re: Musa basjoo bloomed! Is it edible?
Some people I am told eat the actual big thingy that comes out and eventually becomes sort of a "tail"with all the blossoms inside it. Is that edible? I gathered it was boiled or baked. And...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-11-2021, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,102
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-09-2021, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,751
Re: explain this
WOW! Those babies! Never seen a basjoo produce so many and with such small p stems. Ours produces pups rather like a normal banana - 6 or 7 would be a lot for us, but the p stem would be 4 or 5...
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
05-07-2021, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,470
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
04-22-2021, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,470
Re: Where can I get fresh ensete seeds?
Send self addressed, stamped envelope (bubble) to P.J. Knop, 26175 Ticonderoga Rd, Chantilly, Va, 20152 (Mark personal as this is my office and an empty envelope might be mistaken for a mistake :-) ...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
04-01-2021, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,692
Re: Mushrooms are a-flushin'!
PJK Farm located South Riding, Va (Northern Va.). My wife looked at pic and told be they were borowik in Polish and collected in the woods, speckled light, and were a favorite of her family. I...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
03-31-2021, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,692
Re: Mushrooms are a-flushin'!
Ok, you got me! What sort are they? We are a few miles north and would love to grow them as we eat lots, collect some in wild rest from the store.
PJKFARM@GMAIL.COM
tHANKS
And they really...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-18-2021, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,195
Re: Elephant Ears
Here in zone 6b Northern Virginia Colocasia esculenta is almost a weed - multiplies extremely rapidly and is winter hardy in mild winters (like this current one), and hardy in any winter we have had...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
02-20-2021, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,534
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-25-2020, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,316
Re: Most leaf cold hardy variety
Location of plant (protected, south side, higher ground, etc,) plays a big part. But we have found that Basjoo appears to have hardier leaves than the Sikkimensis which after first frost is zapped...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-07-2020, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 795
Re: First freeze - seeking advice
Agree with Pitangadiego IF they are the edible or tropical bananas, but for the hardier types, which it sounds like you have (Basjoo) (and maybe Sikkimensis which we are trying this year), leaving...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
11-26-2020, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,386
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-26-2020, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 555
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
08-10-2020, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,070
Re: Banana seeds goo coat
Looks like a basil seed and "goo" is normal around it. but maybe a real banana expert can answer. My experience with getting banana seeds via internet has been they are scams :-( most of the time.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-11-2020, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,084
Re: Musa Basjoo Seems Overcrowded? Remove pups?
We want new plants so have "thinned" our clumps. Does not seem to have much impact on the size of the thinned clump plants - we will dig the pups at 18" and up. We are building a "Jungle" with so...
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Forum: Other Plants
06-26-2020, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,261
Re: Eastern prickly pear
Not quite the forum, though they like some things bananas like or better say hate the same things - WET FEET. We grow in Virginia - hot/cold/humid. Have over 100 different cacti/yucca/agave. 6" is...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
06-11-2020, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,401
Re: Spider Mites
We use a hard spray of water over the entire plant - generally do it twice to be sure get them all. We do not use chemicals for them (though on rare occasions we will use chemicals). If they...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2020, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,830
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
05-14-2020, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,994
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Forum: Other Plants
05-03-2020, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,382
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-21-2020, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,384
Re: Musella Lasiocarpa Question
we thin in the spring and leave everything to winter over. I would guess that one should never thin too late in fall as might not give time for wounds (cuts) to callous over.
This year we will...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-20-2020, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 606
Re: When to change pots?
does it matter if roots circle tightly? With trees etc. always cut them (or try to "unwrap") so they do not "girdle" other roots
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-20-2020, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,384
Re: Musella Lasiocarpa Question
Chantilly, Va. 6bish. basjoo - hill wood chips, leaves etc around and pstem survives happily. for taller pstems, fill leaf bags and tie around. We have also used a heating cable for really...
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