Forum: Ornamental Bananas
08-15-2009, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,010
Does your siam got this?
we wanna kno if ur siam has this everyone :D <a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21201&ppuser=4948><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=21201&size=1...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
08-04-2009, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,452
Re: Rant
just j,
I just reviewed your picture gallery as you are a close enough neighbor, great pics, great Banana's and encouragement for me! I learned something about how to over winter just from your...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-04-2009, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,355
Re: im back
Yeah! Great to hear from you! Work and school is a tough chore but hang in there. I'm sure the garden is providing plenty of stress relief.
:goteam: :goteam: :goteam:
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
08-03-2009, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,831
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
07-08-2009, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,442
Ornamental banana's blooming
I have two ornamentals that have already sent up a flag and buds are forming.
This is my velutina that I have had for 4 years now that stays outside with just mulch for protection in 7a. Normally,...
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-08-2009, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,682
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Forum: Species Bananas
06-07-2009, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,052
Musa itinerans pups
Here's what my Musa itinerans pups look like after digging them up. It's important to know which pseudostem the pup is coming from, since the pup comes out of the ground at an angle! If you dig too...
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Forum: Contests!
06-05-2009, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,746
Re: name this plant
Sweet, you mean I actually id'd one correctly. lol That was a tuff one cause it had so much color. Thanks for the contest J!
Michael
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-05-2009, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Re: mites
I had a small population in my house on some of my plants. I went to HD and bought a bottle of insecticidal soap for indoors and gardens ( can't remember the name at the moment), even though mites...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-05-2009, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 5,633
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Re: mites
I have used organic dish soap with tea tree oil and it worked well and got rid of my mites a few years ago. The other thing you could do is put some in a plastic bag and go to a good nursery and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Re: mites
J, i got mites & aphids on plants outdoors - like a ton on a rose bush last year. I blast em off with hose then I put dawn dish soap (about 1 Tbls) in 8 oz HOT(not boiling) water & spray on. It...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Re: mites
You need to PM Joe Real to see if he can get you some. They have run out more than once and in the AZ41 thread I started previously he told someone to PM him if he needed some urgently. It does not...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Re: mites
I had mites in my greenhouse I used the garden safe 3-in-1 worked for me.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Re: mites
hi justj
i find a blast of hard water containing lime does the trick for me.I do this four times a week in my greenhouse in,and it seems to keep them under control.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Re: mites
Mites are a common agricultural pest, there are many different types. I had mites on my greenhouse tomato plant earlier this year and killed them with AZ41. I haven't personally used anything else...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
06-04-2009, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,776
Re: best privacy screen
Hahaha... You guys aren't alone with the ****ty neighbor stuff. I have a p#@#k of an old dork on my left. When I first moved in, I said hello and he just gave me a bad face. Since then he or it has...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
06-03-2009, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,436
Sigatoka article
Here is a link to a very good article on Sigatoka.
APSnet Feature - Black Sigatoka of Banana - The most important disease of a most important fruit...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-02-2009, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 14,663
Re: Is MUSA VELUTINA edible?
They are edible in that you can eat them and they will not hurt you, but in the banana world, edible means that it is a seedless cultivar where as M. velutina is a seeded wild species. Personally I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-02-2009, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 6,506
Re: The squirrel wars
Can't buy this in California, but it would be a good tool for shooting backyard squirrels if you didn't have neighbors YouTube - Taurus The Judge - dirtydozensbunker.com forum...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-02-2009, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 6,506
Re: The squirrel wars
Care to grow me an Ithaca 37 pump? or an M-4/A-2 underslung smoke with laser sights? If you only have seeds for those, I'll buy 'em!
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-01-2009, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,388
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-01-2009, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,246
Re: Question on cutting up corm for shipment
The buds nearer the bottom of the corm are older and more developed than those nearer the top, so they will generally sprout first even if they are dormant before apical dominance is broken. For each...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-01-2009, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,246
Re: Question on cutting up corm for shipment
Ive had the most unlikely of corm pieces sprout new shoots before, it will be fine. Its natural for people to want to baby these plants but the more you mess around with them, you will find that they...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-31-2009, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,246
Re: Question on cutting up corm for shipment
If it had well developed "buds", and is properly cared for, it will probably develop pups. If it isn't properly cared for, it will probably develop pups. Interestingly, when I have an old "stump"...
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