Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-26-2017, 07:15 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-25-2017, 10:30 PM
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Re: Time from Flower to Harvest for bananas.
Bananas have 2 stages, a vegetative one and a fruiting one. The faster you can get thru the first one, the sooner you get to the next one. Plenty of water & nitrogen and potassium during the warm,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-24-2017, 03:30 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-24-2017, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Time from Flower to Harvest for bananas.
Make sure they get enough water during the dry season, that will help. Also, bananas need a lot of potassium to fill in, otherwise it takes longer. My Brazilians used to take 6 months, but last time...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-12-2017, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,310
Re: ID help please
It is definitely not any type of Namwah/Ducasse.
It appears to be a Blue Java/Ice Cream type variant. The lightly variegated fruit is certainly not common, but it's not that distinctive of a trait,...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-12-2017, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,310
Re: ID help please
Before anyone else can ruin it for me I will make an educated guess although I am much less educated than many here on bananas... My guess is Dwarf Namwah. Why? The coloration and growth pattern of...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-11-2017, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,310
Re: ID help please
I’ve never had a Musa Saba bunch but it looks a lot like Saba to me. How big is the plant? Saba are big plants! Get some more pictures so hopefully Gabe can confirm!
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-11-2017, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-11-2017, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,310
Re: ID help please
Where are you located? Can you post some photos that are not so close up? Show us one of the entire bunch, and one of the entire plant. If the male bud with flowers is still attached below the...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-07-2017, 09:55 AM
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-11-2017, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-11-2017, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,446
Re: Banana ID please :)
Musa Blue Java (Ice Cream) - Bananas Wiki (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Blue_Java_%28Ice_Cream%29)
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-11-2017, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,446
Re: Banana ID please :)
It's not Pisang Awak/"Namwah". Doesn't look exactly like Ice Cream, but closer to that than Pisang Awak. Looks to be in the Bluggoe ("Orinoco") / Ney Mannan ("Ice Cream") range, but I'm not sure. ...
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-11-2017, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,446
Re: Banana ID please :)
It's for sure not a blue java ice cream. I agree looks more like a namwa to me also. Great banana congrats!
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-11-2017, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,446
Re: Banana ID please :)
Congrats for the fruiting bunch!....
Definitely is not a Blue Java Ice Cream 'Nana but resembles The Pisang Awak means Namwah 'Nana!.....Hopefully it helps!....
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