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Forum: Banana Identification 06-12-2016, 07:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,696
Posted By Gabe15
Re: I Don't Think Its an Apple Banana

The short 6-8' are the dwarfs, commonly also just called 'Apple' in Hawaii, but also 'Dwarf Apple', 'Dwarf Brazilian', or 'Santa Catarina'. You have the tall version, which are also called just...
Forum: Banana Identification 06-12-2016, 05:49 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,696
Posted By a.hulva@coxinet.net
Re: I Don't Think Its an Apple Banana

I guess that means my IPhone 6 won't make the cut. The pics are out standing!!
Thanks for sharing.
Forum: Banana Identification 06-12-2016, 11:35 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,696
Posted By a.hulva@coxinet.net
Re: I Don't Think Its an Apple Banana

Great pics. What type camera? A :03: hour
Forum: Banana Identification 06-11-2016, 08:56 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,696
Posted By Gabe15
Re: I Don't Think Its an Apple Banana

Definitely not a Cavendish, they look like Tall Apple, I don't see anything that would suggest otherwise, but keep posting photos as the bunch develops.
Forum: Banana Identification 06-11-2016, 07:50 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,696
Posted By Narnia
Re: I Don't Think Its an Apple Banana

They look like Lady Finger Banana.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-09-2014, 07:18 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,431
Posted By Jose263
Re: Leaf sheaths pulling away from stem

Voyager - my aka ice cream is doing the same thing -looks just like your 1st photo. I just trimmed the separated sheaths - the rest of the plant looks healthy and momma is pushing several pups. My...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-09-2014, 06:12 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,431
Posted By jjjankovsky
Re: Leaf sheaths pulling away from stem

old leaves die...great place to find a scorpion, down south
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-09-2014, 03:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,431
Posted By Nicolas Naranja
Re: Leaf sheaths pulling away from stem

Not a problem, don't worry about it.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-16-2014, 01:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,608
Posted By keikikid
Re: Banana Plantation Update

In this part of the island, every mat is closely watched. Unless you see yellow bananas eaten by rats, someone considers the bananas "theirs". Some do no more than harvest, others fertilize etc. ...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-14-2014, 11:24 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,608
Posted By robguz24
Re: Banana Plantation Update

Reds aren't my favorite either. With pictures of the plant too, it should be pretty clear if they are dwarf or not. Much shorter, closer together leaves, thicker p-stem.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-11-2014, 10:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,608
Posted By chipboy44
Re: Banana Plantation Update

Wild growing bananas......... I saw look both ways and help yourself. They will be soon replaced by new suckers..... lol

rick
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-09-2014, 07:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,608
Posted By robguz24
Re: Banana Plantation Update

The reds are tall or dwarf. The best source of Dwarf Red are the TC ones for $7 at Home Depot.
Forum: Banana Identification 12-16-2013, 09:42 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,430
Posted By raygrogan
Re: OK, Let's Start this All Over Again: This is group 1 of 4

BEI on Oahu: Their minimum is $50, which is pretty easy for me to shoot thru. I just have a list when I go in, and if need be I can always use a bale of spagnum peat moss. You do have the big...
Forum: Banana Identification 12-16-2013, 05:54 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,430
Posted By robguz24
Re: OK, Let's Start this All Over Again: This is group 1 of 4

I've never spent as much as $200 at BEI, and have bought as little as a bag of lime for $10. Just ask the person at the counter for banana fert, should be under $30. Garden Exchange has it too for a...
Forum: Banana Identification 12-16-2013, 09:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,430
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: OK, Let's Start this All Over Again: This is group 1 of 4

Isn't that better than Aloha Tropics on average? :^)
Forum: Banana Identification 12-16-2013, 09:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,430
Posted By robguz24
Re: OK, Let's Start this All Over Again: This is group 1 of 4

You need to buy an O'o bar for breaking up the rock. Bananas grow fine in mostly rocky "soil" here, as all mine are like that.
Yes, living one of the coverings to get a fresh male flower is...
Forum: Banana Identification 12-15-2013, 05:59 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,430
Posted By raygrogan
Re: OK, Let's Start this All Over Again: This is group 1 of 4

Thanks for good pix. Looks like you have done some good hard work, and have lots to go. I agree with Rob that your bananas desperately need fertilizer. No comment on varieties.

You have a lot of...
Forum: Banana Identification 12-15-2013, 04:02 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,430
Posted By robguz24
Re: OK, Let's Start this All Over Again: This is group 1 of 4

Well one more thing would be to take off some of the male flowers and see if they seem the same as in the book for Apples. They aren't namwahs, ice creams, mysore, any type of cavendish or Saba type...
Forum: Banana Identification 12-14-2013, 10:05 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,003
Posted By robguz24
Re: OK, Now group 2 of 4

That would be my guess, too, probably DBs.
Forum: Banana Identification 12-14-2013, 10:05 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,430
Posted By robguz24
Re: OK, Let's Start this All Over Again: This is group 1 of 4

I've read the book twice and it's really difficult unless something is flowering and you can look at the male and female flowers. Sometimes something strikes me about a look or color of the plant...
Forum: Banana Identification 12-10-2013, 12:50 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,986
Posted By venturabananas
Re: Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Banana Varieties in the South Pacific

It's a great reference source. I refer to it for information all the time. I read it cover to cover originally, but now it is a go-to reference.
Forum: Banana Identification 12-07-2013, 11:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,986
Posted By robguz24
Re: Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Banana Varieties in the South Pacific

Glad you're both enjoying it. Mine hasn't been put away in 2 years. I had the pleasure of meeting the authors last year. Ms. Kepler has written quite a few excellent books on plants in Hawaii.
Forum: Banana Identification 11-30-2013, 04:13 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,986
Posted By ez
Re: Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Banana Varieties in the South Pacific

There's a lot of information about agronomic characters of banana varieties in this one.

Farmers’ Handbook on
Introduced and Local
Banana Cultivars in the
Philippines
...
Forum: Banana Identification 11-30-2013, 03:32 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,986
Posted By crazy banana
Re: Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Banana Varieties in the South Pacific

Just ordered the Kepler and Rust book "Bananas of Hawaii" on Amazon. Free shipping and with coupon code "BOOKDEAL" IT IS 30% off Black Friday through Sunday.
Forum: Banana Identification 11-30-2013, 03:23 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,986
Posted By ez
Re: Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Banana Varieties in the South Pacific

Here's an interesting article on Angela Kay Kepler, Francis G. Rust and their book.



Banana Bonanza

Story by Jon Letman
Photos by Elyse Butler

There’s an ancient Hawaiian story that tells of...
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