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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-09-2012, 04:09 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,458
Posted By pushak513
Re: Success and failure + a question.

Ive been covering my mekongs and bajoos the last few night from frost and all my cavendish types are in already. If you want to save the leaves don't let that frost hit em or they will be droopy in...
Forum: Banana Identification 09-15-2012, 09:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,178
Posted By Chomper99
My first banana tree but no clue what kind

Hey I'm new to the board and just got my first banana plant.. It's about 1.5feet and here are some pics. I the nursery didn't even know. Sorry photos are my album its a bit hard from my phone. Ah...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 09-04-2012, 06:05 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,782
Posted By LilRaverBoi
Re: Tips and tricks for bananas to flower in containers

How big are the pups? You will want to wait till they have some size before dividing off pups. Here is a thread showing how to separate pups...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 08-17-2012, 10:57 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,237
Posted By sddarkman619
Dole Banana Propogation, from young fruit? Huh?

Check out this video by Dole. They say dude is using the young banana fruit to start new plants???

Look at around at 1:25:

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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 08-11-2012, 11:09 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,177
Posted By sddarkman619
1st time Tissue Culturing with pictures

So I dug up a bunch of banana plants today, not sure what they were but I didn't mind chopping them up as this is my first try at TCing.

Cleaned off as much dirt, then put them in the sink to cut...
Forum: Banana Identification 08-02-2012, 06:20 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,923
Posted By sunfish
Re: Banana ID Pls.!

Ensete superbum - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrimXgtrknk)
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 07-07-2012, 05:21 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,101
Posted By hanabananaman
Cool can it be too hot for containers, even really big ones?

I am in zone 9B and know the benefit of planting in the ground but am wondering if anyone has had success with containers in such a hot area. I have great afternoon shade and use foggers to keep the...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-08-2008, 10:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,354
Posted By Richard
Re: Fertilizer

Composted rabbit manure is good. Horse manure is actually better for fruiting plants. Cow and steer manure are good for general soil conditioning.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-06-2008, 09:56 PM
Replies: 180
Views: 124,560
Posted By MediaHound
Re: Time to separate the pups for the Spring

I thought perhaps if it was a newly planted banana plant, perhaps it was too deep and the pup had plenty of space to reach out so far.
I have had similar occurrences when a bermuda border was in the...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-17-2007, 05:44 PM
Replies: 180
Views: 124,560
Posted By MediaHound
Re: Time to separate the pups for the Spring

Here's some videos I just uploaded to the gallery. I took them a few months ago.
The plant is a Raja Puri and the videos show another easy way to seperate the pups - using a pry bar.
Please pause...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-30-2007, 02:26 PM
Replies: 180
Views: 124,560
Posted By Steve L
Re: Time to separate the pups for the Spring

What's worked for me is to make the cut but don't lift the pup for a week or 10 days. Less stress.

Steve
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-18-2007, 09:52 AM
Replies: 180
Views: 124,560
Posted By MediaHound
Re: Time to separate the pups for the Spring

That's the exact one I got.
Home Depot, I think it was $27.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-09-2007, 11:46 AM
Replies: 180
Views: 124,560
Posted By MediaHound
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...
Forum: Banana Plants Wanted 04-17-2006, 10:23 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,577
Posted By JoeReal
Re: WANTED: Banana Pups....

the best tasting orange-fleshed banana is the Lakatan from the Philippines. It has a lot longer shelf life than the cavendish from grocery stores. Too bad that it is as cold sensitive as the...
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