Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-28-2024, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 808
Re: slow or no loading of site?
100%
There are so many custom modifications we did here in the early days on the forum software, photo gallery, wiki, etc, and many of the software that runs the site has reached its technical end of...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
12-07-2023, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 504
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
09-09-2023, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 480
Mekong Giant
Hi I'm Looking to buy a Mekong Giant pup.
Thanks ,
Bob
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2023, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 2,825
Re: Time to separate the variegated pups
The first variegated banana I received was a rotting mess of a rhizome and lucky for me because of my experience during the 1960's of using Clean Coarse River Sand for our hydroponics it was quick...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2023, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 444
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-07-2023, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,078
Fruiting Bananas in Pacific Northwest Zone 8b
Good morning,
I was looking at a few forums and seen a couple of posts that said that bananas will not fruit in the Pacific Northwest Zone 8b (by Tacoma Washington for reference).
Has anyone...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-06-2023, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 990
Re: Is Musa "Ice-Cream" the same as Namwah?
https://www.lamaisondubananier.com/bananiers-musacees/3850-musa-ice-cream-bananier-fruitier.html?search_query=Namwah&results=2
Definitely not Ice Cream, looks more like Namwah
Ice Cream has a...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-25-2023, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,040
Re: deep burying a corm 3-5 ft under ground?
No, because there is still only one main growing point. The lower bulb will only grow the auxiliary buds while the upper bulb can grow both the main growing point and any of the auxiliary...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
02-21-2023, 01:42 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,841
Re: Two Musa Florida for sale
there is basically 3 forms of higher learning.
1; you sit behind a desk and pay a teacher to tell you what he might think you need to know.
2; you learn from someone you know.
3; the school of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-16-2023, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,479
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Check out this FAKE video
This reminds me of the fake "Removing barnacles from Turtle" videos (where they hot glue rocks on them)
It saddens me they actually got 19 Million views out of this in 2 months
This level of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-10-2023, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 752
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-10-2023, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 752
Re: Macropropagation using old mother plants
Crushed stone. If I want it to hold a little more moisture and nutrients I'll add horticultural charcoal. There are some members on the forum that use BBQ charcoal because they think it is similar to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-05-2023, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 752
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-05-2023, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 752
Macropropagation using old mother plants
I've been using the mother plant in the photo below for macropropagation for about 8 years. I prefer using small mother plants because they produce small plantlets and everything can be done in 1...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
02-01-2023, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,841
Re: Two Musa Florida for sale
i should have double quoted this post, the darkman is saying you can sell these plants here.
you know you have a very pretty banana. on ebay, sold at auction you could maybe double your money....
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-01-2023, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 558
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Forum: Banana Identification
01-29-2023, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,292
Re: Is this a blue Java ?
Yeah the Brazilian isn't as bad as the ABB types but it's not nearly as good as the Manzano. Norman W. Simmonds an early pioneer in the study of bananas wrote about the comparison in the 1940's while...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
01-27-2023, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,841
Re: Two Musa Florida for sale
the Florida variegated is one of few plants that people can easily identify as a small plant. most others can only be identified when they fruit.
besides the coloration on the leaves, yours is long...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
01-27-2023, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,841
Re: Two Musa Florida for sale
thats not a Florida. sorry
even buying from long time members can be iffy around here. and at 220 a pop one has to be careful.
tis is a florida. i bought off ebay [85 dollars] it was supposed to be...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-03-2022, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 815
Re: Bunchy top paranoia
Where are you located? Are you sure its even BBTV you are dealing with?
BBTV is only spread by the banana aphid feeding on infected plants and then moving to non-infected plants, not on tools,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-19-2022, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,587
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-30-2022, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,335
Re: over-watering vs under-watering ?
If there is rapid yellowing of multiple leaves you are probably overwatering and causing root rot. From now till April you can easily over water. You just need to keep them damp. In warm months when...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
10-28-2022, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,001
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-11-2022, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,587
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