Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2017, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 15,918
Re: Mark's Banana Forest Paradise
Thanks Matt!
I had no idea these plants could grow that fast, and get that big. It's amazing! Soon I will show how the plants looked when I planted into the greenhouse, and how they look now. It...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-12-2017, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 910
Vente Cohol pups
Did a closer check on the VCs and found the few small corms I selected were dried up. So for all you who want some VC it will be a while. Right now spring is kicking in well and new growth and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-05-2017, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 6,605
Re: SOS: HOA wants my banana TREES removed
Good news update. I met with a HOA board member at my home a few days ago, to have a conversation. I asked him if he could please explain a bit more the thinking behind the letter demanding I remove...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
02-27-2017, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 724
Re: winter kill
If they are truly dead and rotted they will dry out and have no solid structure underground. They will become dirt pretty much. If you find anything hard under the ground the corm is still alive and...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
02-13-2017, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 9,590
Re: new issue. bananas turning black & dying HELP
Wow. I really thought someone would have seen this before and have a good guess... All the rest of my jungle seems to be rapidly recovering from the cold snap a couple weeks ago and now on to some...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-12-2017, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 6,605
Re: SOS: HOA wants my banana TREES removed
Thus is the reason I have no desire to live in a planned community...Nosy busybodies who do not pay my bills telling me what I can do with my own property. I would tell em to stuff it and fight the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-08-2017, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,610
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-07-2017, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,623
Re: Noob
Welcome aboard the Banana Express. :nanerwaveytrain:
I'm a Charlottean (not to be confused with a charlatan).
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
02-07-2017, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,508
Re: PH Meter
Most plants -- including bananas prefer a pH near 6.25.
pH meters sold for potted plants are designed to work with clayless potting mixes. Using them in backyard soils containing clay usually...
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-07-2017, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,623
Re: Noob
Welcome and good luck with your Bananas. This is the right place for info and help.
:ukkibannana:
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-07-2017, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,623
Re: Noob
Sure do --- me. I have 2 mats and a few pups on them. Just checked and found a few developed small corms also.
Send me a PM.
Dan
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-06-2017, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,623
Re: Noob
Probably low humidity in the house is drying the plants causing the droopy leaves and morning moisture droplets on the leaves. ... In the morning the pore of the leaves open up to collect dew. ...
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-06-2017, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,623
Re: Noob
I lived in Charlotte for 12 years and struggled with bananas. Got fruit now and then. Grow those pups out in the house and plant after frost danger has past. The best banana to fruit in this short...
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-06-2017, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,623
Re: Noob
If you have space to do so, take those puppies outside about the time you'd transplant eggplants and peppers; they'll grow very fast if adequately watered and soon fill in what seems like ambitiously...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-02-2016, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,456
Re: Update on my nearly dead banana
I would put some more dirt around the corm (It doesn't look fully buried) and give it another month. Bananas don't care much for replanting and even here in Florida in the ground they take 3-4 weeks...
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