Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-11-2013, 02:18 PM
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Re: help! little black bugs
I agree with others....fungus gnats. I used to get them in St. Louis but don't have them this year in Iowa. I just put up fly paper and that keeps their numbers down. I tried a few different...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-11-2013, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 8
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Re: help! little black bugs
The best thing i found for these suckers is the Sticky Fly Paper! Hang one up near the plant (Out of young ones reach ). It may not get them all but it will put a major dent on them, cause they seem...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-10-2013, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: help! little black bugs
Probably fungus gnats, which probably means the soil is too wet. I have noticed in the greenhouse that if I mix mason's sand in with the potting soil they aren't a problem. Like 1 part mason's sand...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-10-2013, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: help! little black bugs
hi
that could be fungus gnat (http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/fungus-gnats-funky-problem),
i am using Pyrethrins (spray) on flying ones and neem oil on larvaes.
i think they were...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-10-2013, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 7
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Musa Basjoo Richmond, VA
Here is a picture of my Musa Basjoos from this past fall. Even though the trunks didn't die back last winter they still never flowered which is fine with me. They were growing like weeds!
What...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-02-2013, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 1
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Re: help planning my yard!
I've never tried it myself but I hear M. velutina can survive zone 7b. Best to mulch it during the winter just in case though. They're a fast fruiter too with pink fruit and flower, which is always a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-23-2012, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Small leaves
looks like it's flowering, like this one :
Hi Sidpook ! What a small world we live in !
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-22-2012, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Small leaves
It def looks like a musella lasiocarpa, maybe it is getting ready to flower?? Do they first send out a a small leaf like the flag leaves on musas before flowering?
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-18-2012, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: what cfl for uplight?
white bird of paradise is a real easy one to overwinter. And if you don't give it too much light in the winter and it only grows in summer then it won't outgrow your house so quickly. They get BIG
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-18-2012, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,333
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-18-2012, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,333
Re: what cfl for uplight?
Buy any one that has a blue spectrum 6400K if you want vegetative growth and red spectrum if it's flowering.
Buy one within your price range, the higher the wattage the more light and so the faster...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-28-2012, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,233
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-28-2012, 03:32 PM
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Views: 1,233
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-28-2012, 11:08 AM
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Views: 1,233
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-18-2012, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,417
Re: Just trash picked this. any idea?
I am not sure, BOP's are new items in my plant collection. Got my giant one from a friend at work, & got a small one from a lady in FL, through a plantswap. Although, I in S. TX never know how bad...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-18-2012, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,417
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-18-2012, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 81
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Here's what happens if you don't remove pups
You get a lot of bunches of bananas!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51391&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51391&ppuser=7760)
This is my neighbor's...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-10-2012, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,092
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-05-2009, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 14,024
How Harvey packs banana plants for shipping
I've been asked a few times on how I prepare bananas for shipping, so I put together this video today while shipping a Belle and some unknown banana plant (referred to as "busy bee banana" in 2008)...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-23-2009, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 149
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-09-2007, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 124,562
Time to separate the pups for the Spring
The following is a step-by-step guide to cutting a pup from a mother plant. This method is very quick and easy and I'm sure if you give it a try, you will be much more likely to move pups around, as...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-02-2005, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 609
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Time to store the bananas, dormant for the Winter
It's the time of year that I dread...time to dig up the bananas. For those of us in colder zones with no greenhouse, we have to do it in order to ever get fruit. Everybody has their own methods of...
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