Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-01-2018, 10:44 AM
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Re: Banana health problem
Pretty much anything that makes a banana plant unhappy can result in symptoms like that, though the close up photo of the end of the cigar leaf does look like something was chomping on it. But that...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-01-2018, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 24
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Re: Banana health problem
Insects inside the pstem start with adult bugs outside. Spray and control those outside. ... Also, the larvae inside the ptem will mature and move outside. Then the spray will kill them. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-30-2018, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 24
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Re: Banana health problem
you see how the top of the cigar leaf is took out. still say bug. here in the east the fish wont eat a grasshopper. where your at the fish love em. here in the east we slap the fly's, where your at...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-29-2018, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,082
Re: Banana health problem
You overfertilized. Straight fertilizer plus lots of rain means it got hit all at once. This is one of the reasons I stick with time release banana fertilizer.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-29-2018, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 24
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Re: Banana health problem
I don't believe 1 1/2 tbsp of 20-20-20 will hurt the plants. If anything, you need more fertilizer (about 5 lbs during the growing season) and Seven dust (or spray) for the insects. If the plants...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-29-2018, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,082
Re: Banana health problem
whats kickin me in the rump is usually when you do something seriously bad to them they quit growing for awhile. if you poisoned them with to much fertilizer it, to my way of thinking should have put...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-29-2018, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,082
Re: Banana health problem
I put miracle grow on some small ones once and dang near stopped them in their tracks. I know an experienced grower that said he put liquid fertilizer on his and killed quite a few of them. he...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-07-2018, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,673
Re: Highgate leaves not fully unfolding
This type of symptom is common with container grown bananas, and is normally caused by too much fertilizer. It should go away when in the ground. If you were to continue growing in a container, I...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-06-2018, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Highgate leaves not fully unfolding
hummm ... do you have a red filter on the camera? Every thing in the photo is red; walls, flower, drapes.
Could be too much nitrogen fertilizer causing the leaves to grow too fast. This...
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-24-2018, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 883
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-23-2018, 06:08 PM
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Re: Hello from Arkansas
Welcome to the Jungle...:woohoonaner:
If you can move your plant 1-2 feet closer to the light ....
Your stuff looks awesome....
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-23-2018, 09:24 AM
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-23-2018, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 883
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
02-15-2018, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,395
Re: Wanted Lowgate plant
I agree also! Amazing honest guy!
I will say I have Highgate and they easily get 10’-11’. I know lowgate is shorter than Highgate but not sure how much. I don’t grow lowgate. In Bananas “Dwarf” is...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
02-14-2018, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,395
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
02-14-2018, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,395
Re: Wanted Lowgate plant
pm pukpukz. he hasn't been on here since the first hurricane hit texas, he is in Louisiana got hit twice last year. good reliable source.
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