Forum: Member Introductions
03-25-2024, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Pisang raja and pitogo banana
I have raja pisang
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
01-10-2024, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 686
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2023, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 1,848
Views: 264,616
Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
I have the most bananas in bloom at the same time ever (5) and it's a little late! We have been getting frost every year lately :( I have been so disappointed basically every year. This coming year...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2023, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,113
Re: *Help* Pups don't grow
I wanted to give an update about the raja pisang. I ended up moving it to the side of my house because these pups got blasted by a frost that winter and never really recovered that well. I think I...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-11-2023, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,111
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
11-04-2023, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 555
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-07-2023, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,111
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-06-2023, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,111
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-15-2023, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,138
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-02-2023, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 962
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-22-2023, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 758
Re: squirrels vs. bananas = devastation
That is some awful squirrel damage! I had no idea they went after plants, are you sure it's squirrels? Rabbits eat everything green in sight it seems and I know my guinea pigs will eat banana leaves...
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Forum: Member Introductions
03-22-2023, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 624
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-29-2023, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,839
Re: Only leaving a few leaves on mother plants?
Thanks for showing this. What was the stress? I agree with leaving the leaves on, I have had multiple bunch failures from not enough leaves. Could someone stress the plant in other ways if they need...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-29-2023, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,839
Re: Only leaving a few leaves on mother plants?
Yes you are right, it could be a trigger for blooming. When we had hurricane Ian during all the wind we chopped off the top of two pstems, they ended up blooming a couple months later but the bunch...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-19-2023, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,839
Re: Only leaving a few leaves on mother plants?
We need more info about the raspberry banana! :lurk:
Yeah I have never seen a benefit from cutting leaves in fact having too few leaves is why I have yet to taste my tall namwa after about 5 bunches...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-15-2023, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 1,848
Views: 264,616
Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
Yet another Tall Namwa bunch! This will be the 4th in a year. I have to be honest though I still have yet to try these things! The last bunch I posted about got too much frost damage back over...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
01-15-2023, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 549
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-23-2022, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,163
Re: Arctic Blast
I should have shared this a week ago so you all could be prepared. Here is what this gardener does so he can produce bananas in zone 8a.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-23-2022, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,163
Re: Arctic Blast
So sorry to hear :( this is definitely a historic cold event. Hopefully we get a break from these events for a while! If not I guess we have to get creative. You can put chicken wire around the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-22-2022, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,163
Re: Arctic Blast
Good luck and stay warm! Our forecast is 35 so I'm hoping the frost doesn't settle on the leaves. Last year it did.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-30-2022, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 1,848
Views: 264,616
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-29-2022, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,525
Re: can you give a banana to much potassium
Bananas planted in florida sand don't seem to do so well. My bananas in richer soil do much better. So I throw as much compost and mulch as I can on them. Sandy soil just leaches everything down....
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Forum: Tiki Hut
11-20-2022, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 391
Views: 61,603
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2022, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,525
Re: can you give a banana to much potassium
I've been using urine as a cheap fertilizer. Also my guinea pig poop and whatever hay and pellets were left over when I clean their cage. And I have some fish fertilizer that has added potassium. But...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-01-2022, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,845
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