Forum: European Section
12-26-2015, 02:37 PM
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Re: Europe Trade
Hi Banafan, Mi SDC 'Tropicana' grows slowly, it's got some 50 cm but it goes and pups well, it hasn't bloom yet, it is in a small pot still and I keep it now in a kind of cold greenhouse (this is...
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Forum: European Section
08-24-2015, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 280
Views: 44,703
Re: Europe Trade
Hi Banafan, I just red your old request of 2 years ago... (I was not on the forum on that time) and see you already got your Super Dwarf Cavendish, congratullations. How is it going?. I indeed have a...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-10-2013, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 17
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Re: Recomend me a few dwarf varities
Hello RyanL,
Dwarf Cavendish tops out at about 6 ft, and although more tempermental, the Super Dwarf Cavendish tops out at 3-4 ft. Both have nice fruit. Dwarf Namwah also is reputed to have great...
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Forum: European Section
06-25-2013, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 280
Views: 44,703
Re: Europe Trade
ok I finally managed to get myself a super dwarf cavendish. I hear it pups a lot. So soon I might have pups to give away..fingers crossed!!:goteam:
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Forum: European Section
05-23-2013, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 280
Views: 44,703
Re: Europe Trade
Hello
Check here : 08:
Musa acuminata Super Dwarf Cavendish Höhe 30-50cm [RBPO-MAS10] - €25.00 : Palmen Bolschetz, ... der Palmen Profi...
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Forum: European Section
04-01-2013, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 280
Views: 44,703
Re: Europe Trade
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Hi I am new to this site, and do not know how it works yet, I don't know but is it possible to send some rhizomes to Greece to fight the hunger? good stuff in banana,s, we all love them, also...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-16-2013, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,955
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-15-2013, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,955
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-11-2013, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,955
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-25-2013, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,453
Re: Complete newbie
Welcome to Bananas........best able to answer your i is Lord Snooty,you can talk with him on PM. He is from UK.
Good luck.:goteam:
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-24-2013, 04:13 PM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-10-2013, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,038
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: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-23-2012, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,366
Overwintering
Due to the cold climate here, I keep almost all my bananas in pots. In the winter they are inside in front of some windows, with no extra lighting. I try to keep the soil on the dryer side, but there...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-09-2012, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 14,363
Re: Northern Growers - Bananas you can eat!
I think some of the best varieties for northern growers are not the Cavendish but the Orinoco and related species. Why? Because the pseudostems tend to overwinter without dieback.
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-05-2012, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 2
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California Gold Banana Flowering video
:08:I was surprised to find that my california gold banana had a flower just emerging from it. I was planning on repotting it and hadn't even noticed the flag leaf had come out.
California Gold...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-04-2012, 09:21 AM
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How do I encourage flowering/fruiting?
In the past I grew the Dwarf Jamaican Red variety. Unfortunately, these grew too tall for my sunroom. If I planted the pup at the right time, I could grow it for about a year and a half before it...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-23-2012, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,152
Dwarf / "Little Banana plants"
Hello bananaland!
I was searching, and hoping to compile a list of the smaller variety of banana plants for the potted and indoor/small yard/colder climate people? (and those that just want to have...
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Forum: European Section
06-26-2012, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 191
Views: 49,049
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Forum: European Section
06-25-2012, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 191
Views: 49,049
Re: Bananas in our gardens
In case anyone likes photos, I took these this morning while checking on the garden.
Ae Ae bunch progressing nicely
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49460&perpage=24><img...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-17-2012, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Overwintering Container Grown Bananas
I live in Southern Ohio and this is how I overwinter my bananas and tropicals: Towards the end of summer I treat the pots with insecticide to kill any little bugs that try to hitch a ride inside. ...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-01-2012, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,920
Musa Basjoo in Richmond, VA
I have had my Musa Basjoos in Richmond since 98'. They will usually get 15-20 ft. tall by the end of the growing season. My Basjoo didn't die back much at all this winter so hopefully they will be...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-16-2012, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 20,108
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
01-19-2012, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,467
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-28-2011, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 14,363
Re: Northern Growers - Bananas you can eat!
I wish I was in zone 7 I could really do something! Here's a bunch of Ice Cream bananas( from Sandy) I grew last summer In New Jersey zone 6a. The pup I kept from this plant is in the ground and now...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-27-2011, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 14,363
Re: Northern Growers - Bananas you can eat!
Well I saw an Ad for a sale at Sandy's place last week, so I ordered a pair of Dwarf Cavendish plants from Northern Tropics - they just arrived today and I rushed them into pots and out into the sun...
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