Forum: Member Introductions
07-31-2023, 07:52 PM
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-31-2023, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Self-intro from Bintan
I was curious where Bintan Island was so looked it up. Wow! it is beautiful there. I think most people would have a moment of madness if they had the chance to buy there.
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-31-2023, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Self-intro from Bintan
Welcome! Congratulations on your farm purchase. You will find lots of good information here. Best wishes and blessings for you and your partner and your farm.
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Forum: Member Introductions
06-01-2021, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Hello
Thanks for the greeting!
Indeed sourcing the blue Java may be difficult, but perhaps there are some other Singaporean residents on the board as well.
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Forum: Member Introductions
06-01-2021, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 3
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Hello
Greetings,
I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself.
I am a Singapore resident (Bishan), and new to cultivating bananas.
I have been fortunate to get a pup that grows very well and...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-16-2013, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
It sounds like your prices are right in line with ours. For Cavendish, Walmart is $0.59/lb and Publix is $0.69/lb. Niņo and Manzano tend to be $1.00-$1.29/lb. Plantains vary between $0.33-$0.65...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-16-2013, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
Nicolas,
I acknowledge your argument. I realise that the price maker is the Cavendish cartel.
I always suggest meticulously planning polyclonal fields in advance so you get to design (in...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-14-2013, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
I partially agree with some of what you say. I have read several books and articles about people not liking the taste of the FHIA bananas. I have to wonder if these crititcisms are not just...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-14-2013, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
Hi,
As someone who is actually breeding Cavendish & Gros Michel bananas the old fashioned way, I beg that you folks indulge me.
The problem with the export banana segment of the banana "industry"...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-13-2013, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
Fungus threatens top banana : Nature News & Comment (http://www.nature.com/news/fungus-threatens-top-banana-1.14336)
Gmo issues are hitting where I live, just as gmo solutions may be needed in the...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-04-2013, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
Those export bananas are responsible for a lot of hard currency entering the exporting countries. Unfortunately, the decision to have export plantations is going to affect subsistence farmers. ...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-04-2013, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
All of this is fine and good, but we first must teach the western consumer that there is more than one type of banana. This is not an easy task. Personally, I think that using cisgenesis provides...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-04-2013, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,508
Re: Panama Disease TR4
When will we ever learn?
When you plant monoclonal crops at any scale you are asking for pathogens to evolve to destroy them. In evolutionary terms, a banana clone cannot outrun a pathogen. Bananas...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
02-25-2008, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 357
Views: 387,991
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