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Showing results 1 to 15 of 15 Search took 0.07 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: ChuckT

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-01-2012, 11:54 AM

Replies: 15 'Compact' Saba Views: 2,868 Posted By ChuckT Re: 'Compact' Saba Saba is available, just have to keep an eye out. I got mine from a fellow on the forum (last summer). It's about 7 feet tall now with 3 feet of clear pstem. I find them to be a very pretty plant,...

Forum: Species Bananas 03-06-2012, 10:15 AM

Replies: 5 Maurelii; Question about pronunciation. Views: 2,487 Posted By ChuckT Re: Maurelii; Question about pronunciation. To paraphrase an expert on botanical latin, "botanical latin is primarily a written language, it doesn't really matter how it's pronounced as long as it sounds pleasant and you get your point...

Forum: Ornamental Bananas 10-25-2011, 04:01 PM

Replies: 20 Red Abyssinian too large to dig up for winter, now what?? Views: 7,373 Posted By ChuckT Re: Red Abyssinian too large to dig up for winter, now what?? Remember that from a practical standpoint all you need is the bulb and the live bud at the base of the pseudostem. Don't be afraid to cut a lot off if that is what is required to get it in the house....

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-19-2011, 01:19 PM

Replies: 9 Attack of the hole diggers - help!!!!!!! Views: 2,205 Posted By ChuckT Re: Attack of the hole diggers - help!!!!!!! Here is everyhting you could wnat to know about armadillos Nine-banded Armadillo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-banded_Armadillo) They are not particulalry...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-09-2011, 11:24 AM

Replies: 3 Which do you like, and why? Views: 1,945 Posted By ChuckT Re: Which do you like, and why? If you are looking for a small banana that does well indoors and is likely to fruit I would go with velutina (aka dasycarpa). The fuzzy pink banana is hard to beat for manageable size and goofy...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-16-2011, 05:46 PM

Replies: 27 A more better digging bar - much more Views: 6,215 Posted By ChuckT Re: A more better digging bar - much more thnks for the heads up. I've never had to dig out a banana pup, but I do have a digging bar thats 1" steel. If you live in Maryland and garden you have to have one. Our soil here is rocks, and clay,...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-15-2011, 02:24 PM

Replies: 27 A more better digging bar - much more Views: 6,215 Posted By ChuckT Re: A more better digging bar - much more You've re-invented the tree planting bar, available at any forestry supply e.g. Musser Forests, Inc. - Product Info (http://www.musserforests.com/prod.asp?p=OST) or Sheldon Hill Forestry...

Forum: Banana Identification 04-04-2011, 08:53 AM

Replies: 18 Musa Balbisiana 'Gigantea'? Views: 7,540 Posted By ChuckT Re: Musa Balbisiana 'Gigantea'? Hello, It doesn't look anywhere near dark enough for Black Thai. I have 2 that are growing in fairly deep shade and the stems are much darker than yours. There is so much variability in some of...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-21-2011, 08:47 AM

Replies: 3 My mystery nanner Views: 1,605 Posted By ChuckT Re: My mystery nanner I looked at Orinoco pix also, but the trunk and stipe color looked more like Saba than Orinoco to me. But thanks for the heads up, we'll see how tall it gets and what the flowers look like. From my...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-18-2011, 01:17 PM

Replies: 22 If you could go just one place Views: 3,754 Posted By ChuckT Re: If you could go just one place Papua New Guinea :0519:

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 03-10-2011, 10:26 AM

Replies: 6 Trying to identify this bug Views: 3,541 Posted By ChuckT Re: Trying to identify this bug photo is not close enough or clear enough to easily identify the critters but spider mite almost always have webbing associated with them and tend not to do well in humid environments, there are...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-07-2011, 02:30 PM

Replies: 3 My mystery nanner Views: 1,605 Posted By ChuckT My mystery nanner A friend who lives near Washington D.C. gave me two plants last fall (they keep pupping and he has more than he wants to overwinter now). Pstem gets to about 6 + inches in diameter and 8 feet tall,...

Forum: Other Plants Wanted 08-05-2010, 12:42 PM

Replies: 1 Giant leather fern, Acrostichum danaeifolium Views: 2,837 Posted By ChuckT Giant leather fern, Acrostichum danaeifolium I know it's not a Banana, but I was wondering if any of you around Florida might have some Acrostichum danaeifolium (Leather Fern) that you'd be willing to sell or trade. I have a few small species...

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-16-2010, 03:02 PM

Replies: 24 Japanese Beetles ARRRRGGG!!! Views: 7,687 Posted By ChuckT Re: Japanese Beetles ARRRRGGG!!! They used to be quite the plague in Maryland (especially in the early 80's). I farmed back then, we used the traps with hormone scent around the plants they really tormented (blackberries in...

Forum: Member Introductions 06-14-2010, 01:58 PM

Replies: 12 Hello all, new here Views: 1,942 Posted By ChuckT Hello all, new here Hello everyone, I live in Maryland USA, and have been interested in tropicals for years. Picked up the "banana bug" this spring and went on a seed and start buying spree, now have 1 M. balbisiana...

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