Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
06-17-2009, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 296
Views: 61,327
In Memoriam: Tog Tan
Tog Tan, known to many members of the IBS as an indespensable font of banana and tropical knowledge, passed away on 16 June 2009 of a heart attack, while driving home with a new load of bananas and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-13-2009, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 366
Views: 30,911
Re: Agri-starts..
Those who have visited my site know I use Google checkout. :D
Any fees that Google would charge me are applied towards my advertisements on Google, so really there is no cost to me that I wouldn't...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-12-2009, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 366
Views: 30,911
Re: Agri-starts..
Hi !
I just sent a PM to all concerned requesting some information. For anyone else (like Tog Tan!) who is following this closely, here is where we are in the accounting...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-08-2009, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,082
Re: Waiting for warmer weather!!!
John, They are easy to germinate. I soak them for a day or two before I start them indoors. I will be starting mine this week. You can sow them outside and they would do fine, I am sure. I like...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-22-2009, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 18,796
Re: Tallest largest Banana plant personaly grown
We have mostly sandy soil here, but I trucked in 120 tons of top soil and I put about 12 cubic feet of potting soil with every banana I plant, so I'm not sure how much water they can take with that...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
01-13-2009, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,580
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Forum: Tiki Hut
01-13-2009, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,618
Re: what do you get out of gardening
As with Mitchel and John, my grandmother helped me with my first little garden plot. It was a pathetic little scratch in the rocky,red clay,pine shadowed, yard of my childhood. There were pumpkins...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-09-2009, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 7,322
Re: Spider Mites
JC, any rubbing alcohol will do. You can get it at Walgreens or even your grocery store. It doesn't leave a bad odor...if anything it smells clean.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-30-2008, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 7,322
Re: Spider Mites
Hi John,
Actually the water method works best as dusting gets on everything and is actually less effective.
I had to chuckle when I pictured you and your wife dusting the plants.
The fine slurry is...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-09-2008, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,838
Re: Help I Have Mites!
I cut off the affected leaves, then wash the remaining ones by hand...leaf by leaf with h2o and a couple of drops of sunlight dish detergent,,,then spray with pokon which is made from...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
12-08-2008, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,440
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-07-2008, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,243
Re: AE AE on ebay
Kylie, Ursula, JCDerrick, Mediahound, Bob and Chironex. You guys are a hoot!
Ok, you lured me out of lurking mode. I thank you all for thinking of me. Ursula is right, I'm a busy person..way too...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-29-2008, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,604
Re: Insulation Question
jcderrick,
I did some experiment with insulation 3 weeks ago. I have an external temperature reader. I was in the garage when I was doing the testing. I left the temperature reader exposed and...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-29-2008, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,604
Re: Insulation Question
J.C. - While banana plants don't radiate heat from the inside, they can absorb cold from the outside. (That's why I put a lot of insulation on my house.) I have wrapped my basjoo stems (like I would...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-28-2008, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,772
Re: AeAe and Cold Tolerance
Jc you can Tc them but they will not have the varagation the reson for this is that Ae Ae is somatic
this is a post from the wiki
Varig8 (miamimax)is quoted as saying:
"Now as for AeAe and...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-28-2008, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,108
Re: Extra 7 degrees goes a long way
I just got off a conference call the VC who is helping Dean Franco bring Freeze Pruf to market. Currently we are about a month out from the product being available for sale. The initial form it...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-28-2008, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,249
Re: Insulating basjoo p-stem
Did ya'll get frost up there last night?
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-26-2008, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,249
Re: Insulating basjoo p-stem
I was doing about the same thing but only with bales of straw. The only thing i'm gonna do different is drape the whole thing with a tarp to keep the water away from the bales. I guess we'll have to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-22-2008, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,921
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-15-2008, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,108
Re: Extra 7 degrees goes a long way
Freezepruf, is not nearly as effective on woody stem plants. I would imagine the Strelitziaceae family falls into that catagory eventually. But if 3 degrees is all you need then it's for you. The...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-14-2008, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,176
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-14-2008, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,108
Re: Extra 7 degrees goes a long way
I am meeting with Dean Franko and the VC that is backing him on Oct 27th. Hope to have production ironed out in early November. Sorry it's not earlier. I am trying to work out a deal where we...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-13-2008, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,176
Re: Good Growth for a Season?
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I only use 1 teaspoonful per plant every month in spring and summer as a magnesium supplement. It tends to wash out pretty quickly but I think it helps keep the plants green and the leaves...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-11-2008, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,460
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Forum: Tiki Hut
10-10-2008, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,643
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