Forum: Member Introductions
09-28-2022, 11:37 AM
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Re: Banana Novice from zone 7a
Just a note of caution do not place the plants in water to keep them moist. They will most definitely get root rot and die.
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-28-2022, 08:34 AM
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Re: Banana Novice from zone 7a
Here they are in the basement about the same amount of time they are outdoors. These are Orinoco's, I have had a Kokopo fruit also.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65690&size=1...
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-28-2022, 05:31 AM
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Re: Banana Novice from zone 7a
Follow the cold hardy thread and read the posts.
Pick and choose information which you could use
There are quite a few takeaways.
Expect your plants to possibly flower in 3-5 years
Youtube offers...
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-23-2022, 09:46 AM
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Re: Banana Novice from zone 7a
i wish mine would fill in 3-4months.
i had 5 flower this year. and the last one flowered near the 1st of sept. 16 hands, base is as big as a basket ball, 7ft. p-stem. for me they fill n 6 months....
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-23-2022, 08:47 AM
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Re: Banana Novice from zone 7a
Hi Betsy and welcome to the jungle. Here is a little info about cold hardy bananas. This comes from a banana botanist in Texas who does research, grows, performs tissue cultures and deals with banana...
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-22-2022, 09:00 PM
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-07-2022, 06:36 PM
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Re: Banana Novice from zone 7a
Welcome! Those are pretty cold hardy varieties. You shouldn't have a problem with those. The biggest thing is preventing too much water during cold months. If you're able bring them in the winter...
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Forum: Member Introductions
08-27-2022, 08:33 AM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-30-2006, 07:52 PM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-30-2006, 07:45 PM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-07-2005, 03:10 PM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-02-2005, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 609
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Time to store the bananas, dormant for the Winter
It's the time of year that I dread...time to dig up the bananas. For those of us in colder zones with no greenhouse, we have to do it in order to ever get fruit. Everybody has their own methods of...
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