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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-16-2011, 08:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,813
Posted By sandy0225
first small ice cream fruit

I have some ripe bananas for the first time! They're tiny, but they taste good.
They're off the first bunch on my ice cream banana. I probably should have picked them a week ago, but they still taste...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-08-2009, 07:16 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,573
Posted By Caloosamusa
Re: Musa Basjoo bananas

Your doing much better than I with Basjoo,

From what i've seen of them (very little) the fingers do not grow much or swell like tropical Bananas in Puerto Rico.

I wish I could offer more but...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-09-2009, 07:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,713
Posted By Blake09
Re: Fire ants !!

have you seen my thread!??:

http://www.bananas.org/f8/hints-tips-your-garden-9458.html





ANTS
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-28-2009, 09:24 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 10,790
Posted By island cassie
Re: Thousand fingers blooming!!

First pics of the bud
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18835&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18835&ppuser=628)
a few days...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-23-2009, 02:01 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 23,763
Posted By Scot Nelson
A new DVD about growing bananas is available

You may read about it at my website:

News: "Growing Bananas" DVD is now available – The Plant Doctor (http://www.plant-doctor.net/site/index.php?page=news&type=view&id=14)

DVDs are...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-21-2009, 09:14 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,888
Posted By Lagniappe
Is my tiny Saba trying to bloom?

I've been fooled before, especially this time of year when it's so hot out. I removed two very large pups from this plant a few weeks back and 8 have popped up in the last 4-5...
Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes 06-17-2009, 07:22 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 61,217
Posted By lorax
In Memoriam: Tog Tan

Tog Tan, known to many members of the IBS as an indespensable font of banana and tropical knowledge, passed away on 16 June 2009 of a heart attack, while driving home with a new load of bananas and...
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 05-16-2009, 01:27 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,660
Posted By ron_mcb
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-14-2009, 02:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,525
Posted By Simply Bananas
2009 First Leafers in coastal South Carolina

I left my camera cord at work, but photos are forthcoming.

We had out first hard freeze in Charleston around November 18. This is 3-4 weeks earlier than normal, thus making for an extra long winter...
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 03-08-2009, 11:08 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,588
Posted By Bob
New Greenhouse

Last week it snowed 10". It warmed up although yesterday morning there was still snow on the ground.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16011&size=1...
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 01-31-2009, 07:56 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,119
Posted By sirmoebly
Build your germination station...

This is mine for a $120.00, Heating pad, lights, lumber.... Fun project...
Looking for Idea's to make bettter...or other thoughts. ]Banana Gallery - Planting Station.........
Forum: Tiki Hut 01-14-2009, 09:38 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 913
Posted By MediaHound
Voluntary Harvesting - A socially conscious way of eliminating food waste

I subscribe to the newsletter from TrendCentral, they sent this article to me last month. I thought it would be of interest to many here, so here you go:

Trend Central - Article...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-05-2009, 06:35 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,793
Posted By damaclese
Hy Brazilian

OK guys hot out of the incubator the Hy Brazilian this is a vary rare FHIA hybrid most of what i know is taken from snippets here and there so don't think any of this info is holy OK rumorer has it...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 12-29-2008, 12:29 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,284
Posted By Richard
Re: Fruit in a Pot

All fruiting plants can be cultivated in a pot -- the issue is how much labor you are willing to put into it. It certainly requires reading: making sure you have a good soil type for container...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 11-11-2008, 04:14 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,324
Posted By rohsen
Photoautotrophic Micropropagation

Yet another way to micropropagate plants, this is all about activating the plants own ability to generate all necesary PGRs and let it grow in sugar-hormone free media under high levels of Co2 strong...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 06-06-2008, 01:42 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 59,575
Posted By Richard
Re: Tissue Culture

It turns out that different generas of plants require different kinds of tissue culture. In other words, some plants are more troublesome than others. Here's a paper I came across while researching...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 06-06-2008, 12:38 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 59,575
Posted By chong
Re: Tissue Culture

Here's one from one of our members, kgbenson:
Micropropagation of Musa (http://www.geocities.com/k2benson/TCoverview/TCban/TCban.html)
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 06-06-2008, 11:03 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 59,575
Posted By Chironex
Re: Tissue Culture

Kev, I couldn't agree more. I am reading up on TC technique and will be able to do it in a few months or less. I was discussing this with Gabe too. It will definitely help the banana world and I want...
Forum: Tiki Hut 05-31-2008, 09:32 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 11,696
Posted By Carolina
Re: Banana Paper!

When I lived in Panama, they used banana paper to wrap all the fruits at the chinese market. As teenagers, we used it for rolling paper. Quite harsh! :)
No, I'm not ashamed to admit it. That was...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-21-2008, 01:39 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,552
Posted By Banana Mike
Re: Wil the banana fruit?

Well it definitely seems as if the tree has done it's job and is now ready to head into banana heaven.

But hey, sounds like you are going to have plenty of trees to replace it and that those trees...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-21-2008, 09:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,552
Posted By Banana Mike
Re: Wil the banana fruit?

Shopgirl, at this time of year, if the parent is not growing new leaves, but instead putting out pups, I'd guess that the parent as well as the parent corm is getting ready to die. Banana's are...
Forum: Banana Plants Wanted 03-09-2008, 10:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,741
Posted By mrbungalow
Re: Wanted - Musa Dwar Puerto rican

This nursery seems to have quite a few different types, including Dwarf Puerto Rican plantain.

Just a note: This seems to be a cult of some kind, so by supporting this "company", you are supporting...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-08-2008, 08:23 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,216
Posted By bananimal
DO #2 fruit made it thru winter

Look who made it thru winter unscathed. Looks like the Dwf Orinoco is as hardy as they claim.

Dan

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8508&size=1...
Forum: Other Plants 02-29-2008, 02:35 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,656
Posted By musa_monkey
Joy Tropical Horticulture

In case anyone is interested i just found some very useful information / lecture material here on tropical horticulture.

Tropical Horticulture (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/tropical/)
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 02-26-2008, 11:03 AM
Replies: 116
Views: 70,751
Posted By mrbungalow
Re: germination guide

Here's a little video I worked on this weekend. Hope you'll like it, and that it could come in useful!

Musa germination guide (http://www.youtube.com/v/8bU6wley2HM&rel=1)
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