Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-24-2021, 01:18 PM
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Re: Merry Christmas to the bunch of ya!
Merry Christmas☃️
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51772711791_6221d0d017_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mSYFtV)
Beach Christmas tree🌲 (https://flic.kr/p/2mSYFtV)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-22-2021, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 824
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-22-2021, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 824
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Forum: Member Introductions
12-20-2021, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 686
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-19-2021, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,465
Re: Bananas in underground area without sun? :)
I should be just like growing them in a grow room or basement.
There are a number of forum members that store their plants in pots under artificial lights during the winter months. They will reduce...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-16-2021, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 2
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Re: Quite possibly the biggest banana cultivar
Almost every sentence in that article is false, down to PNG being a “small country”. None of the photos are of M. ingens, and none of the info about it is correct. Sorry, but this article is...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-16-2021, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Musa "Tall Red" = Musa Jamaican Red
"Mossi" is the true name of the Red Dacca / Morado / Cuban Red (AAA) according to the Musalogue publication. Origin: Comoros.
Not sure how this has been determined, since most sources list the...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
10-16-2021, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 0
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FHIA 18 Bonanza
Hello.
I have potted suckers of 18 aka Bonanza in some places.
This is a great banana with nice brightness & sweetness. Good size fruit with a soft but firm texture.
Plants are around 9 feet for me...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-08-2021, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,086
Re: Goldfinger bunch
They ripened! Went from starchy to ripe in a day. They taste and smell almost exactly like the Manzano from the grocery store. Very surprised by that. Didn't know goldfinger had a subacid flavor. I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-05-2021, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 16,826
Re: Patupi!!!
Update
Pic of the Patupi bunch as of today
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=67977&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=67977&ppuser=26197)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-05-2021, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,086
Re: Goldfinger bunch
That is very interesting! So a couple weeks ago the last leaf dried up, so I ended up cutting off the bunch as I was told it wouldn't plump out anymore than it did without any leaves. Is that...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-27-2021, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 1,318
Views: 217,216
Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)
Harvested this bunch of Florida Platinum (RP). The 25 lb bunch took five months to fill on four shredded half leaves the result of an early Spring bunch and damage from TS Claudette. There are a...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
09-26-2021, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 976
Tall Red
I have three tall red mats and one of them looks like a big flower .:lurk::08::08:post pictures soon:woohoonaner:
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-25-2021, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 1,318
Views: 217,216
Re: What did you harvest today (bananas)
First Namwa harvest of the season for me. Small five hand Namwa bunch that weighs 22lbs. I inserted a medium size store bought I had in the kitchen into the pic as a size reference. No yellow fingers...
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
09-21-2021, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 22
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Re: Growing Acuminata Colla Variegated
1 Week later... :08:
It put out its first leaf... and it's definitely striped!
I don't want to call it a variegated sport just yet... but looks very...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-19-2021, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,314
Re: Help me ID this one!
I had to use my phone's wide angle camera to capture the full-plant pic in the Google Photos album, and as a result it's sort of distorted. It's hard to depict the "presence" this thing has in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-19-2021, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: New to Bananas
Thank you for the advice. I am going to leave them alone. The pups I planted were about a foot tall. The new pups are now close to 4 feet tall and putting out 1-2 leaves per week. They look very...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-19-2021, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,641
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-18-2021, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 623
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-18-2021, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 950
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-18-2021, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,641
Re: Anyone growing Thai Black?
[QUOTE] It really is much bigger than it looks in the picture. Thank you for all the nice comments about it.[QUOTE/]
Would love to see a pic of you next to the plant for some perspective:)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-18-2021, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,641
Re: Anyone growing Thai Black?
It's running out of warmth, maybe 6 more weeks of growth. Hoping it's established enough to make it through the winter
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51489510498_c481b38df5_b.jpg...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-18-2021, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,641
Re: Anyone growing Thai Black?
Thank you. None of mine have flowered yet, but the one pictured has to be close. I am looking forward to it, and hope to get some seeds as well.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-17-2021, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,086
Re: Goldfinger bunch
The same people who screwed up/caused the Blue Java/Namwa/Ice Cream controversy are responsible for the American Goldfinger/FHIA “True Type” controversy i.e. Agristarts. Your heart shaped bud looks...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-17-2021, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 496
Re: Cat1/TS Nicholas Aftermath
Thanks guys!
Yeah for sure I'm pretty happy most of the damage was very minor.
I'm expecting several bunches next year assuming we don't get another freak Texas winter storm.
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