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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 09-21-2023, 02:32 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 743
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Banana pups for sale, will ship

I'm not shipping anything any longer.. I went to Steve's and got a DB monster Corm and its doing awesome.. I got a replacement Goldfinger too.. Its healthy and doing well.. I think next year I get a...
Forum: Banana Identification 07-14-2023, 10:41 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 826
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Is this a Blue java?

Easiest way to tell if its an Orinoco is if the fruit have 3 sides like a triangle.. No triangle its something better than an Orinoco.. Alot flowers look like this. Orinoco's can have a crapload of...
Forum: Banana Identification 07-14-2023, 07:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 826
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Is this a Blue java?

Looks pretty short for an Orinoco.. Everyone I've seen fruits beyond 7' and mostly @ 10'.. Could be a number of types in that group.. I don't have my banana book on me.. If your lucky its a Namwah...
Forum: Member Introductions 07-14-2023, 07:30 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 343
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: New to site

I think my Best Potted fruit was from a FHIA-02.. Good Luck..
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-09-2023, 07:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,360
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Anyone growing Short Cycle Cold Hardy Bananas

Get that P-stem to 4 ft in the late spring and you have a good chance of having some awesome fruit..
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-12-2023, 10:12 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 546
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Reputable Sellers

Hey good luck with that. Shipping for decent sized plants is @ least 30 bucks alone now days.. Certainly alot higher than when I 1st arrived here.. lol The last one I shipped was 2 years ago.. The...
Forum: Banana Identification 06-12-2023, 10:03 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 814
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Is this a Dwarf Namwah?

If the stem gets over 7 feet it is not.. lol
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-20-2022, 02:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,038
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Ice cream bananna

If your plant has indeed started to fruit I would put up something to block the wind. I don't know what kind of soil you mixed so I could tell you if your corm is going to make in your climate. Your...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-20-2022, 02:30 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,009
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: 2 Questions about trying to fruit dwarf varieties

If you don't have 12' ceilings its going to be rough going in the winter. I had mine in 30 gallon pots. I wasn't trying to fruit them indoors just get them thru the winter. I don't do that no more,...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-20-2022, 02:12 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 927
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Anyone seen this before?

I've seen a milder version of that on fresh SH-3640 leaves. but its not a small plant.
Forum: Other Recipes 08-15-2022, 06:28 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 12,925
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Pindo Palm Jelly

Pics don't matter what matters is setting up your pindo to grow like a Banana if your going to grow one That means soil prep.. I have 2 monsters.. and I might plant some more. The flavor of the fruit...
Forum: Member Introductions 08-15-2022, 10:00 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 641
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Newbie

If your Atlanta or further South you should be able to grow Dwarf Namwah, Namwah, Saba, and CaliGolds in the ground there and have them come back reliably..
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-14-2022, 01:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 460
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: A little list of questions...

If you killed 2 banana's from over watering in Florida you need more peet and Perlite in your mix of soil, and make sure the other soil doesn't have any water holders for like Roses and such..
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-11-2022, 11:57 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,386
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Fungus?

Some leaves come out like that.. and turn green a zone might helpful or continent.. indoors or out.. The leaf gets greener when it opens up.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-11-2022, 11:09 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 927
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Anyone seen this before?

Pisang Klotek and Red Iholena's have similar reds but they are better..
Forum: Banana Plants Wanted 08-10-2022, 02:37 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,515
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Variegated Florida or Ae’Ae

I don't believe that to be true.. Depends on how your setting your banana up for success.. I'd say if you had a semi shaded south side of you house open for a banana that would be best w/ lots of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-08-2022, 09:26 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 742
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: What Banana love shade?

Most Banana's will grow where you are.. I've had namwah, saba, and cali gold come back reliably in S. Ark. You could grow goldfinger easy. Most gingers will comback too..
Forum: Tiki Hut 08-03-2022, 09:50 AM
Replies: 391
Views: 61,475
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: You might be a banana fiend ......

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51638&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51638)

Me 10 years ago.. lol
Forum: Member Introductions 08-03-2022, 09:45 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 836
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: new to bananas

Welcome.. I believe once you get a soil mix down that doesn't hold water is the key cuz once it gets cool water is the enemy of corm. Cold Hardy like Caligold which is basically a Dwarf Burro or...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 08-03-2022, 09:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 862
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Pup Question

If you have viable corm it will grow roots.. I put them in a pot or in the ground w/o much worries.. Especially when its hot. Alot of shade for the 1st 2 weeks. I tend to mix in morizie fungi ( I...
Forum: Tiki Hut 08-02-2022, 09:41 AM
Replies: 94
Views: 15,738
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Rant of the Day..

So I have this short-bus Pineapple(s) that had fruit have 2 tops on One and 5 toppers on the other.. I still shaking my head..

https://prnt.sc/oX1SJ2t-8Y2B
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 07-31-2022, 09:10 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,082
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Leaves dying but new pups

You don't have enuf carbon dioxide in your place the Banana' ate it all up.. lol Take outside so it can have more before its cooped up for the winter.. The lower leaves don't matter they going to die...
Forum: Other Plants 07-23-2022, 06:10 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 939
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Moso Bamboo from seed

This thread is too funny.. Yesterday I drive past a Bamboo Farm here in Tx.. As you might expect it was everywhere.. Personally I'd never grow the stuff myself.. I'd grow a patch of Sugarcane 1st I...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-23-2022, 06:03 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,774
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: 'NoNo' Banana?

I don't know but its probably just me.. If the banana doesn't have straight green leaves its most likely prone to get burnt the hell up in full to partial sun. My take on it is I'd feed it to my pigs...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-14-2022, 11:54 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,643
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Dwarf Namwah update

Nice Thread.. I planted 2 but damn armadillo keeps airating my soil around them not helping my parntering plants (Pineapples andCucumbers) by those banana's.. Dwarf Namwah's take care of themselves...
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