Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-02-2014, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,169
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-30-2014, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,169
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Forum: Other Plants
03-29-2014, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,176
Mutant white flower
:woohoonaner:
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/002-60.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/002-60.jpg.html)
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
03-29-2014, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,351
Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
It will take a while and a half. Just transplanting can, if the plant's
environment is changed drastically, take up to two months for new growth or
it can just continue without blinking. And...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
03-29-2014, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,455
Re: Millicompost
Leaving ripe uneaten bananas & peels out for a day will attract the KING of COMPOST.
For composting quickly, use black soldier flies.
Big maggots in your compost? They're soldier fly larvae |...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
03-27-2014, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,859
Fruit Fuel Fertilizers
For the last 3-4 years I have been working on the development of a water-soluble fertilizer and a 100% organic fertilizer for fruiting plants -- including bananas. I have now completed work on...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
03-12-2014, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,455
Re: Millicompost
Great for composting banana leaves.
Small-Scale Vermicomposting - University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa (http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-45.pdf)
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
03-06-2014, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,455
Millicompost
Millipede Composting: A Novel Method for Organic Waste Recycling (http://recent-science.com/index.php/rrst/article/view/8591/4389)
"The increase in organic nutrients may be due to the presence of...
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Forum: Member Introductions
01-14-2014, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,973
Re: Organic Banana Sleeves
Waggoner 41 Great question we have never tried freezing them with the idea of keeping them fresh...They will last quite a while as long as when you open the bag and get what you need out then reseal...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
12-21-2013, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 926
Christmas Message
A very happy Cristmas to everyone at Bananas.org,
May all your bananas bear fruit in 2014.
Have lots of fun, keep safe. Look after your elders.
Eat, drink, and be...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-18-2013, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,601
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-16-2013, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,601
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
NeoNics are systemic and they last through initial contact allowing them to build in soil, pollen, wax. Most studies on Neonics and their effect on bees only covers initial exposure and not long term...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-15-2013, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,601
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
Imidacloprid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidacloprid)
Bees and other insects
Main article: Imidacloprid effects on bees
Imidacloprid is one of the most toxic...
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Forum: Banana Books, Book Reviews, & Other Reading Material
11-24-2013, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,713
Top Bar Bee Box Arrives:}
Biounious Donuts Everyone
Got my Top Bar Beehive Box Friday:}
Still got to put the legs on and then finish it.
Now do I use 100% Pure Tung Oil as sealer or a good exterior latex paint to finish...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-23-2013, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,701
Check this out! Second set of bananas on rachis
I just noticed my red banana bunch has produced a second set of female flowers after months of male flowers. The second set of fruit are smaller but it seem pretty unique. Has anybody seen this...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-15-2013, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,381
Blue banana bags
Hello - we're developing a new type of insecticidal textile that could be be used in banana bags but which isn't impregnated with chlorpyriphos. Can anyone tell me how much these bags cost? Ours...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
11-15-2013, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,234
Re: A real beginner question
That was probably my first real question tooo..... I found all BBB/BB Genome species of bananas have seeds and some can still be ate....Some have small seed some have biggG.
AAAA/AAA/AA genome are...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
08-24-2013, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,310
Update on the Trail-Camera Project in Costa Rica
Hello!
We ended up raising 107% of our funding goal.
I purchased the cameras, memory, cards and batteries. We spent 14 days in Costa Rica and got 244 images and videos of animals and even some...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-27-2013, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,280
Re: Best musa variety for production
Hard to say because it depends on the susceptibility of the local varieties. Provided you don't bring diseased plants and thus introduce new diseases to the local varieties, I personally wouldn't be...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-26-2013, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,645
Cali Gold AND Viente Cohol available.
Moderator Note: While I believe your intentions are most likely nothing but good and I have nothing against you, using Bananas.org for fundraising efforts has too many potential problems and is not...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-25-2013, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,313
Re: Dwarf Namwah vs. Ice Cream
Pseudo-stem is thicker on the DN, also has more pink in it. Being a dwarf, each new leaf is closer to the previous one, looking more bunched up. The emerging cigar leaf also has more of a pink tint....
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-24-2013, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,169
New Grower
Hi there, I just joined this group after purchasing(but haven't taken delivery yet) a musa veinte cohol. I will be planting it upon arrival in a large ceramic pot to be kept outside in a sunny spot...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-23-2013, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,582
Good Water Article
Not sure if this has been posted before, but I found this article about banana irrigation very informative. (not that I can judge critically as an expert) I thought I would share. Thanks.
FAO -...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-23-2013, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,156
Re: Remove pups while mother plant is fruiting?
The problem might be your potting mix.
There are many different types and shapes of pups, with multiple ways of collecting them.
With practice comes experience, if you can see it, you can separate...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-02-2013, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,295
How old do yout hink this plant is?
I purchased these two dwarf cavendish from a nursery $26.95 a piece. Is this a decent price, they are 4" across thick at the base and 24"ish-27"ish tall, how old do you think they are? Lowes was...
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