Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-14-2013, 11:35 AM
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Musa Basjoo and Dogs!!!!
This spring I cut down my Musa Basjoo dead stalks like I always have done every spring and left them to rot by the plants. My dog decided to eat part of one of the stalks and it blocked his...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-27-2011, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,986
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-27-2011, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-27-2011, 07:07 AM
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-25-2011, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-25-2011, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,986
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2011, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,232
Storing bananas for winter!!! UGH!!!
That time of year again and this past week, the more tender bananas were dug an prepped for storing under the house. This included mysore, golden aromatic, saba, rose, ice cream, zebrinus, and...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-25-2011, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-24-2011, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2010, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2010, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
Re: What can I do to help this plant?
Have the same plant out front..
Just cut the lower leaves off.
The leaves want to grow up. No real structural support. So when they droop and fall like that, then cut them off near the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2010, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
Re: What can I do to help this plant?
Yeah, the older leaves appear to have been grown in a greenhouse or lower light conditions. Therefore, they are not nearly as strong/solid as the newer growth. Let them fall and cut them off when...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2010, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2010, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
Re: What can I do to help this plant?
These leafs seem to have been grown in shade as their petioles are too long for an Ensete ventricosum and so they droop down from their own weight. The new leafs it will grow should have much shorter...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2010, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
06-04-2010, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,636
Re: what can I feed my baby musas?
Here's some info on how to post pictures in posts.
As for the fertilizer, I just use slow-release granules with a balanced blend. The stuff I use is 13-13-13 which means it has equal parts of...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-20-2010, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,636
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-20-2010, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,636
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-19-2010, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,636
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
05-03-2010, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,104
Re: My red Abyssinian survived, now what?
Hello again BB,
I think the purple plant you are referring to is actually a Castor Bean plant The green shiny leaves are a type of philodendron.
I've had limited success with overwintering Black...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
04-30-2010, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,104
Re: My red Abyssinian survived, now what?
Hey BB,
It has still been quite cold here at night too.
Heres a link to some yard photos from Summer 2008.
I believe my gallery shows some photos from 2007.
Good luck
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
04-29-2010, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,104
Re: My red Abyssinian survived, now what?
Here's everything I can tell you from my experiences with growing these plants on Vancouver Island.
Growing
- They grow super fast when the ground temps heat up in July. When it's hot like this you...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
04-27-2010, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: My red Abyssinian survived, now what?
Hey I'm over on Vancouver Island growing lots of these Red Bananas.
If you plant it out too soon you are going to get rot.
Best to leave it how it is right now until it warms up some more. You are...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
04-20-2010, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,104
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
04-20-2010, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,104
Re: My red Abyssinian survived, now what?
Wait till you have no risk of frost (possibly right now) and plant it in the ground. Enjoy it all year until fall. Then, dig it back up and store it again like you did before.
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