Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-30-2018, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-24-2018, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,703
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-24-2018, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,703
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
08-21-2018, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 931
Re: New gros michel pups!
I'd remove them when they're about the hieght of your knee.
BTW, bananas are not trees. They are plants that grow from bulbs. 🙂
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-30-2018, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,664
Re: Young Namwah or young blue java?
Thankfully, namwah is easily recognizable at an early stage... Those mauve (It's a color, purplish pink for men like me... My wife's favorite color, so I know it.) midribs give it away every time......
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-28-2018, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,664
Re: Young Namwah or young blue java?
Identifying irresponsible nurseries and suppliers is a valuable service provided by members of this site. Takes around two years for an enthusiast to figure out what he/she bought through flowering....
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-28-2018, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,664
Re: Young Namwah or young blue java?
I noticed they also sell monstera borsigiana as deliciosa. Borsigiana is considered a subspecies but the resulting plant and fruit is nowhere near comparable.
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-27-2018, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,664
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-26-2018, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,503
Re: Help on my gros michel and ice cream
The corm is already an incredible power bank for a plant this size. Deleafing less healthy and aging leaves will lower risks of parasites and disease setting onto the healthy plant but also wake up...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-26-2018, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,503
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-26-2018, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,503
Re: Help on my gros michel and ice cream
I'd cut away right now (deleaf) the lowest six leaves on the GM, but then that's me!
I seem to see a few thrips scars on the stem/frond base. Maybe some preventive insecticide would be useful
Nice...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-26-2018, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,503
Re: Help on my gros michel and ice cream
It may not be completely the nursery's fault. Their wholesale supplier may have mislabeled the plants. Or the nursery is growing out mislabeled TC's from ArgiStarts.
Anyway by naming the...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-26-2018, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,664
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-26-2018, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,503
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-25-2018, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,503
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-25-2018, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,503
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-27-2018, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,454
I got my Variegated Florida!
I bought a Variegated Florida! After chatting with several people and doing research online comparing the differences between Ae Ae and Variegated Florida I decided to buy both. I'm hoping I can...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-13-2013, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 22,192
Links To Help Identify Your Banana
The nomenclature system used to classify banana cultivars was developed by Norman Simmonds and Kenneth Shepherd in 1955. It classifies cultivated bananas into genome groups, according to the relative...
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