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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes 06-17-2009, 07:22 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 61,327
Posted By lorax
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-13-2009, 01:38 AM
Replies: 366
Views: 30,911
Posted By Richard
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-12-2009, 09:13 PM
Replies: 366
Views: 30,911
Posted By Richard
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...
Forum: Other Plants 02-08-2009, 02:14 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,082
Posted By Randy4ut
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-22-2009, 11:48 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 18,796
Posted By lt_eggbeater
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...
Forum: Tiki Hut 01-13-2009, 05:33 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,580
Posted By Chironex
Re: Real cold on the east coast this weekend

Best of luck, John. Let's hope next year feeze-pruf becomes available.
Until then, pray!
Forum: Tiki Hut 01-13-2009, 03:36 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,618
Posted By Lagniappe
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-09-2009, 11:35 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,322
Posted By Patty in Wisc
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.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-30-2008, 06:47 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,322
Posted By Chironex
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-09-2008, 06:44 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,838
Posted By jack hagenaars
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...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 12-08-2008, 10:05 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,440
Posted By MediaHound
New forum today: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer

Rejoice with me in this watershed moment, we now have a forum dedicated to nothing other than:

Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer (http://www.bananas.org/f312/)
This forum is to...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-07-2008, 01:17 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,243
Posted By MG
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...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-29-2008, 08:52 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,604
Posted By v1rtu0s1ty
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...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-29-2008, 06:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,604
Posted By john_ny
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-28-2008, 02:58 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,772
Posted By damaclese
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...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-28-2008, 01:53 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 7,108
Posted By tophersmith
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...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-28-2008, 07:54 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,249
Posted By Simply Bananas
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
Replies: 10
Views: 2,249
Posted By stumpy4700
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-22-2008, 11:39 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,921
Posted By Magilla Gorilla
Re: To seperate or not to seperate? That is the question.

Thanks for the reply. I usually don't dig them up but they seem sandwiched together. I am assuming they will grow just fine that tight to one another. I will leave them alone. The tiki came from...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-15-2008, 09:17 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 7,108
Posted By tophersmith
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...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-14-2008, 02:04 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,176
Posted By saltydad
Re: Good Growth for a Season?

I actually started out using it for my palms, where it's use has been documented for some time.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-14-2008, 01:29 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 7,108
Posted By tophersmith
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...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-13-2008, 11:18 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,176
Posted By saltydad
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-11-2008, 04:46 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,460
Posted By Simply Bananas
Re: Whacking to shorten mature height?

We trim the tops down here and get fruit. It is likely they meant being cut back to the ground can prolong the fruiting time(aka a reset).
Forum: Tiki Hut 10-10-2008, 10:09 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,643
Posted By momoese
Re: 2008 ELECTION Agree? copy it, e-mail it!

There are two sides to every coin fishman.
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