Forum: Other Plants
07-14-2018, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,692
Calas
Some time ago, I planted some Cala Lilies. Thinking that this area was too cold for them, I intended to take the bulbs up at season's end. I promptly forgot about them. They came up each year, but...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-20-2018, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,305
Re: Musa Basjoo Spacing
As they say, start out with one. (Keep another one in a pot, as a back-up.) There is a botanical garden, here in N.Y. that had some Basjoos growing, and they decided to move them, so they dug them...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-19-2018, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,305
Re: Musa Basjoo Spacing
I would say, only one. I don't know where you're located, but if you have to dig them up in the fall, I would say only one. This will give you a chance for some pups, which you can dig, and replant...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-12-2018, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,184
Re: Spring?
A couple of years ago, I put my bananas out on April 5. Missed that this year, and it don't look like it'll be any time soon.
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Forum: Tiki Hut
03-14-2018, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,479
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Forum: Tiki Hut
03-09-2018, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,132
Re: Post offices and bananas
Bananas, locally, are .49 (sometimes .39) Whenever I have visited Florida, I found Publix to be expensive. I haven't sent a letter recently, (do everything on the internet)but you have a point.
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Forum: Tiki Hut
01-06-2018, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,691
Re: Wind Chill is Fake News
Many years ago, while in flight school at NAS Pensacola, we had snow. Enough that some of the guys built a snowman.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2017, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,481
Re: GM in NJ update
My first banana, Many years ago, was a GM from St. Lucia. This was about the time that commercial growers worldwide were switching from Gros Michel to Gran Nain. (I guess they forgot to tell the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-11-2017, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,064
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
09-10-2017, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,806
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-30-2017, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,978
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-30-2017, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,978
Build your own greenhouse.
Free for pick up. Metal bows for 17 foot wide greenhouse. Also have bows for 14 foot wide house. Also have oil fired heater. Some straight pipes (For headers) available. Everything but the...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
06-18-2017, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,113
Re: Happy Father's Day
I'm not a dad to anyone, unless you count my cats. But I wish a Happy Fathers Day to all.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-22-2017, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,019
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-15-2017, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 859
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-07-2017, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,012
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-07-2017, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 10,839
Re: Do you have to protect musa basjoo?
We have a local Botanical Garden that had a mat of Basjoo that they decided to move. Some of the residues that were left grew again the next year, and have continued in years hence.
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Forum: Tiki Hut
04-07-2017, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,062
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
04-05-2017, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,629
Re: How to prepare corms for shipping?
Many years ago, when I got my first banana, ( This was about the time that the commercial banana, at the time, the M. Gros Michele was about to be replaced by the Gran Nain, because some disease was...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-28-2017, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 989
Re: Mango juice.
Thank you much. That is what I've been doing to get the flesh , but I went to Costco and found a "mango cocktail". It tastes OK, but it is only 20% juice. With the price of mangos in the local...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
03-27-2017, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 12,587
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
03-23-2017, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 12,587
Re: Why is this Website Down so Often?
Jarred,
Sorry that I assumed that the site had been sold. It seemed that, some time ago, Bananas.org had become part of some larger entity, and there was an elaborate procedure to get on site. ...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
03-17-2017, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 12,587
Re: Why is this Website Down so Often?
I joined this site many years ago. I met the founder of the site, Mediahound, when I was down for a show I attended, The Tropical Plant Industry Exposition. I don't think Mediahound has any more to...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-10-2017, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,556
Re: Rooting pineapple
They can be grown from seed also. Supposedly, they must be pollinated by a hummingbird. There are no hummingbirds in Hawaii, and it's illegal to bring them in. (They don't want seeds in their...
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