Forum: Contests!
11-19-2018, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,043
Re: 2018 Namwa bunch size contest
I have a vague memory of seeing it as a teenager in the 60's.
This is the 13th contest I've offered on this site. No one has ever complained about the awards.
Contests! - Bananas.org...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-19-2018, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 886
Re: Musa var Malaysian Blood
This is a different plant from the semi-edible "zebrina" of the US. I wrote something about that plant, see the bottom of this page "Homonyms" section: Musa acuminata ssp. zebrina | ProMusa - the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-05-2018, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 855
Re: What's the best thing to do for flower choke.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64069&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64069)
Thanks Ty for your information you sent by email!
This is how it looked...
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-31-2018, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 729
Hi from Kamuela Hawaii
Aloha
i have lived on the Big Island since 1970.
I have been an active organic gardener since then.
i grow several different banana varieties including
Apple
Williams
Maoli (Hawaiian cooking...
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-29-2018, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,020
Re: Hallo to all the Forum
Bananas are relatively common (but not close to Florida) in Sicily and in Calabria especially in the variety of Dwarf Orinoco (Varietà "Comune di Sicilia" banana from more than 1000 years in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-23-2018, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,361
Re: SH-3640 flies north
Thanks,
I cannot wait to see what it does in variable conditions like mine.
It is great to have the real SH3640 and not the poser that was teased on the forum a few years back!!
Southwestern Ohio...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-21-2018, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,361
SH-3640 flies north
I picked up these beauties in the mail ..
Dwarf Nino and SH-3640 next to a Namwah from forum member gmichal403
They were potted this morning in 37 degree weather..
Bare rooted corms were planted...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
10-18-2018, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,867
Re: My macro-propagation setup
Convenient since I can get enough for free. My friend deals in bugs and when they arrive they go on coconut then when they leave the coconut gets discarded. Most of it just like new.
With all the...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
10-18-2018, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,867
My macro-propagation setup
Just thought I'd share my new system for macropropagation. Easy and cheap to set up, and easy to clean and move around if needed. Iholena Lele shown here....
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
10-14-2018, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,674
Re: Variegated bananas
I need this kind of musa. Variegated Can you sell it to me?
Do you really want to contact me? polapathara_999@hotmail.com:goteam::bananas_b
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-09-2018, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,373
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-09-2018, 03:12 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,373
Re: What is your favotrite banana?
I've had probably 250-300 different kinds of bananas, but I'm kinda awful at coming up with a favorite for eating, though I get asked all the time. I tend to appreciate all of the differences in the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,373
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,373
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 714
Re: Fe'i Avoje
Some more pictures from the trip out to the village where it came from.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63873&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-06-2018, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 790
Re: Help with Pups
Ed, our weather is cooling off and growth will slow. 28" is short for Cavendish. I'd wait until next Spring before transplanting 2 pups into tall 15 gallon pots. I'd choose the tallest and the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-06-2018, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 714
Fe'i Avoje
Here's some pictures I took of a unique Fe'i in Vanuatu.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63866&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-29-2018, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 762
2nd Namwa flower- Now Namwa-wa
I expect a third as I left 3 pups in the mat that got destroyed by the Hurricane :0519::nanadrink::woohoonaner::08::drum::0517:last...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-17-2018, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 784
Re: My Indoor Grow
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63656&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63655
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63654&size=1
http://www.bananas...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
09-10-2018, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,204
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Forum: Member Introductions
08-31-2018, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,756
Aloha
Aloha and great to have a resource for Banana growing. We broke with tradition and not only have Apple banana but also have Kluay Kai and a Thai Ice Cream Banana. Our first harvest from two trees...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-26-2018, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 630
Saba Flower
This stand was in flower when the hurricane hit. Lost them. So great to see them recovered.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63497&size=1...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
02-28-2018, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,778
Touring Costa Rica Food Forests
If you haven't already been watching - Pete Kanaris from Florida is producing some fantastic video tours of Costa Rica farms. Very interesting and in his latest he provides some history on an...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-10-2018, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 9,465
Re: Why are the leaves looking yellow?
The field is recovering nicely nowadays, it was clearly chill damage. Thank you all for your enlightening support!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62782&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-19-2017, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,321
Re: California Fires
Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers!
I hope to be back in business quickly after relocating.
I'll be back!
------Mark Anthony Phair
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