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Forum: Banana Identification 05-08-2024, 10:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 419
Posted By Reminosys
Re: False Ice Cream ID

Height isn't reliable as an identifying trait unfortunately, a ±2 foot difference from average is common.

Fruit size and fill is also highly variable depending on growth conditions, so it's a...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-08-2024, 10:44 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 419
Posted By Foxhound
Re: False Ice Cream ID

By chance could you tell us how tall the building next to the plant is? As an American, I had to convert the meters into feet, and you said it looks about 14.5-ish. To me, if that building is an...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-08-2024, 02:26 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 501
Posted By Reminosys
Re: Edible Musa collected in Sarawak Borneo

Yep, the picture you labeled "female flowers" shows a trait pretty specific to Pisang Awak types (as far as I know.) The pedicels are purplish when freshly emerged, but that color doesn't last very...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-07-2024, 08:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 501
Posted By Reminosys
Re: Edible Musa collected in Sarawak Borneo

To my eyes it seems to be Pisang Awak/Namwa, and I'll walk through my thought process.

Petiolar canal- closed
Bracts- lifting with minimal rolling
Bunch density/position- relatively compact with...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-20-2021, 05:16 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 893
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: Dwarf Cavendish? Or is there any chance it will be tall?

Looks midsize:08:
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-20-2021, 12:25 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 893
Posted By JaredZone9a
Re: Dwarf Cavendish? Or is there any chance it will be tall?

Looking good man. Looks awesome with the red in the leaves.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-18-2021, 08:54 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 893
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Dwarf Cavendish? Or is there any chance it will be tall?

Awesome plant...
The plant will get slightly larger.....maybe 6x10...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 04-11-2019, 04:38 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,662
Posted By Gabe15
Re: tissue culturing with other parts of plant?

If the fate of bananas depended on it, with enough money and specilalists, theorhetically it might be possible technically, but it would be very difficult with no meaningful gain.

You need actively...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-30-2016, 07:15 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,529
Posted By HMelendez
Williams Banana - Update

Finally got my Williams banana flowering and blooming!....I acquired my Williams banana last year as a corm from Keith.....Thanks Keith!....


Williams Banana on...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-27-2016, 03:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,010
Posted By Bradford
Re: My Musa "Cuba"

A great cold tolerant variety, honey bees love the flowers.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-27-2016, 12:39 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,010
Posted By Gabe15
Re: My Musa "Cuba"

It is not worth growing for fruit, but is nice for other purposes such as leaves for cooking and fibers for quick garden ties.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-27-2016, 09:35 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,010
Posted By Gabe15
Re: My Musa "Cuba"

It's M. basjoo.
Forum: Banana Identification 10-14-2014, 03:29 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,918
Posted By mushtaq86
Re: What is this one? Supposedly a rare edible from Cuba

Basjoo for me
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-14-2014, 03:01 PM
Replies: 1,853
Views: 279,304
Posted By Richard
Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)

Pretty impressive for 38° North, but then again you're almost completely surrounded by the Mediterranean bathtub!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-14-2014, 05:49 AM
Replies: 1,853
Views: 279,304
Posted By JCA433
Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)

Wow that is a tall banana plant must be at least 20 feet height.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 09-26-2014, 03:57 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,329
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: What causes this leaf damage?

I agree with Siege.
And if you notice it is generally the oldest leaves on the plant that start decaying first as the summer season changes to fall.
Mine do basically the same thing every fall.
Just...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 09-26-2014, 02:09 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,329
Posted By siege2050
Re: What causes this leaf damage?

A few of mine started looking like this since the weather has cooled off, and days length is shorter too. Its not fertilizer burn here because I was giving them much more a month ago, and slowed down...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-25-2014, 03:09 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,146
Posted By I_GROWER
Re: Male bud: to cut or not to cut?

I wish I Knew :( she's a short stocky blackish p-stem)

I ened up chopping off the bud. She's starting to lean heavily

I'm Sure the bud is not the main factor but it had to...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 09-25-2014, 02:59 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,329
Posted By Nicolas Naranja
Re: What causes this leaf damage?

Give it a shot of epsom salt, you aren't going to revive the dead leaves but you might prevent further damage
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 09-25-2014, 02:25 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,329
Posted By Nicolas Naranja
Re: What causes this leaf damage?

Does not look like sigatoka at all.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 09-25-2014, 12:39 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,329
Posted By Nicolas Naranja
Re: What causes this leaf damage?

Is fertilizer or salt burn a possibility? The other option I might suggest is sulfur deficiency
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-25-2014, 12:11 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 30,221
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Veinte Cohol

1st Flower has 10 hands for sure.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/IMG_0455_zpscf706d68.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/IMG_0455_zpscf706d68.jpg.html)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-25-2014, 10:14 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,056
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Wintering Potted Bananas

Many people are in the same space limitations that I/you are in.
Acceptable options are
Cutting all leaves to half their length.
Cutting the plant in half.
Both of those options will reduce the...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 09-25-2014, 10:02 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,329
Posted By kubali
Re: What causes this leaf damage?

what it looks like to me and happens when real wet, but I am no expert on banana disease you might ask Nicolas naranja he is a member here that grows bananas down in south fla and I'm sure he would...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 09-25-2014, 08:34 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,329
Posted By kubali
Re: What causes this leaf damage?

looks like you got some Black sigatoka
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