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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 09-20-2025, 09:23 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 616
Posted By PR-Giants
Dwarf Namwa Nub

Three weeks ago I removed a nicely variegated offshoot for in-ground planting that had a small nub on it. If the nub is left on a newly transplanted offshoot it sometimes goes dormant for an extended...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-09-2025, 11:02 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 648
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Variegated Musa at 8000 feet........

Namwa Ghost grow slowly but fruit at around 36 inches. I originally thought it was a Super Dwarf Namwa but it was just a chlorophyll deficiency.

It will be interesting to see at which height your...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-09-2025, 09:31 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 842
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: This Beauty Found A New Home

Is it possible the VDN above left a trail of banana breadcrumbs because the VDN below found it's way to the same home. :waving::waving:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51669&size=1...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-09-2025, 09:24 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 842
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: This Beauty Found A New Home

Many banana hobbyists believe bananas originated in Southeast Asia, but they're probably not aware that researchers at the University of Miami have found fossil remains of bananas in Venezuela that...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-07-2025, 11:27 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 648
Posted By WildernessGreen
Re: Variegated Musa at 8000 feet........

Hi, I have two greenhouses. One is the glass front of my solar home, the other is my main musa greenhouses, with a 16' ceiling, and glazed with a 5 ply polycarbonate. This diffuses the light, and...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-07-2025, 01:05 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 648
Posted By all43
Re: Variegated Musa at 8000 feet........

Looking very good, I'm yet to add a variegated musa that's not going to die on me and they are still quite expensive in the UK.
Are your plants in a poly tunnel and are you pots topped with gravel or...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-06-2025, 02:07 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 648
Posted By WildernessGreen
Variegated Musa at 8000 feet........

Hi folks - here's a few of my container grown, variegated musa plants going into this fall, in my Greenhouse, here at 8000 feet in the Southern Rockies, I'm up to over 30 musa varieties now, and...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-31-2025, 10:58 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 842
Posted By PR-Giants
This Beauty Found A New Home

This VDN is planted in coarse sand with a top layer of horse manure. If I keep the manure on top wet the roots of this plant will have plenty of air and moisture which will lead to faster...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-31-2025, 07:43 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 191
Posted By PR-Giants
Some Huge Namwa

I've been getting these huge volunteer namwa bunches growing on the edge of the jungle. Namwa are edible but not a very good dessert banana and now I have a volunteer to turn these fruit and leaves...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-02-2025, 09:25 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 284
Posted By DLewNC
Dwarf Orinoco fruiting in Raleigh, NC

For those of you considering growing dwarf orinocos in the southeast U.S. zone 7b for fruit- it's happening here in Raleigh. After taking 2024 off, one of my plants has decided to bloom and fruit...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-02-2025, 09:02 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,039
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Experimenting with creating filtered coarse sand for corms

Day 21

Interesting cigar leaf.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51687&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51687)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-02-2025, 08:22 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,038
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Attack of the wild Puerto Rico Banana seedlings!

Here's a link to a recent pic of that Tani and it's beautiful.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMvdLzEOQZa/
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-02-2025, 08:01 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 902
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Is there any way to encourage the growth of pups on my Musa Tanee?

The quickest way I know is to simply tilt the plant. As the tilt increases so does the amount of apical dominance that will transfer to the pups. Once you pass 45 degrees the new cigar leaves will...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-02-2025, 07:39 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,061
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Variegated Namwa

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57171&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57171)
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-31-2025, 01:52 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 610
Posted By all43
Re: Basjoo fun!

Update! Baby bananas:bananas_b
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-24-2025, 03:54 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,039
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Experimenting with creating filtered coarse sand for corms

Started pushing on Day 12

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57156&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57156)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-20-2025, 07:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,386
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: What's the best propagation method for this situation?

Here's an easy one I call the "cincinnana technique" more photos can be seen on this member's flickr page.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/albums/72157672591945271/with/29144740623

This...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-20-2025, 06:44 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 783
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Will it survive? Florida or A'ea'e?

The tip of the new cigar leaf is showing a lot of green, so things are looking better.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-20-2025, 07:49 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 783
Posted By all43
Re: Will it survive? Florida or A'ea'e?

That would be a cool plant with more growth on it, if it survived to be bigger are you expecting more green to come through?
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-20-2025, 07:04 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 610
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: Basjoo fun!

nice!
i have never had a flower on my basjoo
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-20-2025, 01:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 610
Posted By all43
Re: Basjoo fun!

Thanks mate, last year I had a few very tiny fruit due to the short season here but still happy to get there.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-19-2025, 01:56 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 783
Posted By PR-Giants
Will it survive? Florida or A'ea'e?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50574&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50574)
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-19-2025, 12:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 610
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: Basjoo fun!

Congrats on the flower.

None of my plants are showing any interest in flowering and if they do it is when the grow season is over.:)

Hope you get some bananas.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-19-2025, 10:54 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 610
Posted By all43
Basjoo fun!

My basjoo are doing their thing again this year, so very pleased!
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-15-2025, 10:00 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,039
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Experimenting with creating filtered coarse sand for corms

It seems strange that you've had mixed results. The main 3 growing factors are soil temperature, soil aeration, and soil moisture. The coarse sand allows for complete control of the aeration and...
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