Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
09-21-2023, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 743
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...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-14-2023, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 826
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...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-14-2023, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 826
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...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-14-2023, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 343
Re: New to site
I think my Best Potted fruit was from a FHIA-02.. Good Luck..
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-09-2023, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,360
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-12-2023, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 546
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...
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-12-2023, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 814
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-20-2022, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,038
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...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-20-2022, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,009
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-20-2022, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 927
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Forum: Other Recipes
08-15-2022, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 12,925
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...
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Forum: Member Introductions
08-15-2022, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 641
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..
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-14-2022, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 460
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..
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-11-2022, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,386
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.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-11-2022, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 927
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
08-10-2022, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,515
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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-08-2022, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 742
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..
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Forum: Tiki Hut
08-03-2022, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 391
Views: 61,475
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Forum: Member Introductions
08-03-2022, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 836
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...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
08-03-2022, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 862
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...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
08-02-2022, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 15,738
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..
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-31-2022, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,082
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...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-23-2022, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 939
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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-23-2022, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,774
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...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-14-2022, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,643
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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