Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-24-2021, 11:03 AM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-05-2020, 08:46 AM
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Re: cold weather advice
Yes information like this never becomes outdated. I have a few gran nains that I would love to actually fruit here in 8-B but it's going to take some work I see.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-11-2020, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 3,783
Re: UPDATE 2020 Season of my Nana Patches
Yesterday morning I was checking the nanas in the small patch I found this little bloom. The bloom is slightly less than 1/2 the size of other Orinoco blooms. There are 2 small leaves and the...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-09-2020, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 797
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
04-09-2020, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,211
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-09-2020, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 797
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-09-2020, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 797
Re: New member introduction
Welcome! I am new to the forum as well, and so far have gained a ton of knowledge and help from the members here! Best of luck with your bananas!!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-30-2020, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 3,783
Re: UPDATE 2020 Season of my Nana Patches
Here is another pic of the Raja Puri bunch.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/RajaPuri-03302020.jpg
An update & pic of the Orinoco bunch with no leaves. This bunch bloomed in February after the...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
01-22-2018, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-20-2016, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,622
Richard's Guide for homegrown bananas
Updated 2019:
Richard's Guide for homegrown bananas (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q2AHPZ_56nGZGmAsleMfeqdiOqPRom2J_meAMcPQ5BU/edit?usp=sharing)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-18-2012, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 81
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Here's what happens if you don't remove pups
You get a lot of bunches of bananas!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51391&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51391&ppuser=7760)
This is my neighbor's...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-21-2009, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 609
Views: 241,892
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-21-2009, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 609
Views: 241,892
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-19-2009, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 609
Views: 241,892
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-09-2009, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 609
Views: 241,892
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-19-2009, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 609
Views: 241,892
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-09-2009, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 216
Views: 118,123
Re: Water suckers
Why do Banana Water Suckers Lack Vigor?
The key word of interest here is "vigor."
Is a sucker from a water sucker always a water sucker? Is a meristem clone from a sword / water sucker always a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-17-2009, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 216
Views: 118,123
Re: Water suckers
Water suckers and sword suckers: after transplanting into a 5+ gallon pots and feeding them through irrigation for 3 months ... mine are indistiguishable. I am using 100ppm nitrogen, 25ppm phosphate,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-13-2009, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 216
Views: 118,123
Re: Water suckers
Roots never form suckers, they only come from the corm.
As Tog pointed out, water suckers form from bits of corm and from chopped down plants because the shoots need to immediately start...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-26-2008, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 216
Views: 118,123
Re: Water suckers
Here is an example of the huge difference in root development and corm size between water and sword suckers. Both are Goldfinger pups removed at the same time from the same parent...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2008, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 216
Views: 118,123
Re: Water suckers
They tend to grow well and look nice as small plants because they get true leaves earlier than the sword suckers, but have less well developed root systems and seem to lack vigor throughout their...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
02-25-2008, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 355
Views: 366,010
BananaBucks
I just installed a new feature called BananaBucks.
You earn BananaBucks for posting and replying to threads. You also earn for referrals and for other actions and interactions with the site (if you...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-02-2005, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 609
Views: 241,892
Time to store the bananas, dormant for the Winter
It's the time of year that I dread...time to dig up the bananas. For those of us in colder zones with no greenhouse, we have to do it in order to ever get fruit. Everybody has their own methods of...
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