Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
05-09-2022, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 468
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
11-14-2021, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 2
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Greenhouse diseases
I am wondering why banana cultivations in greenhouses is so troublesome. At least it seems to be for others, I've not tried yet. Diseases seem to afflict the plants, which is odd because I thought...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
09-19-2021, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 543
Free Dwarf Cavendish Pups
Hi! I am clearing out one of my DC matts and have a few pups for free. I don't want to compost these. All I ask is that you pay shipping. I am shipping out of Florida to the US only (lower 48)....
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Forum: Other Plants
07-11-2021, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 574
Katuk & Moringa
Hard to believe but I do grow plants other than bananas!
I visited ECHO farms here in FL recently and picked up a bunch of edible plants (Moringa, Katuk, Cranberry Hibiscus, Okinawa spinach, etc)....
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Forum: Other Plants
06-26-2021, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 613
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Forum: Other Plants
06-20-2021, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 613
Re: Pindo Palms, I want a fruit bearing one
Im familiar with Pace.. not far from me.. Akula lives in Pcola and grows blue java as well. I dont click on the "find my location" because it seems to take forever to load for some reason.
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Forum: Other Plants
06-17-2021, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 613
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Forum: Other Plants
06-17-2021, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 613
Re: Pindo Palms, I want a fruit bearing one
From what I am reading all Pindo Palms give fruit . From my experience it may take a few years to get fruit. Last year mine put out two fruiting spikes but none of the fruit got large enough to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-17-2021, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 571
Re: Tall Nawah
I dont cut them at all for winter. Just wrap frost cloth on the pstem as high as i can. Any cutting i do is to remove dead tissue in spring. I have to cut any pstem this spring, exect one Raja Puri...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-17-2021, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 571
Re: Tall Nawah
Cool.. However does that plant have any leaves? Likely wont ripen fruit with no leaves unfortunately.
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-18-2021, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 764
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-27-2021, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 555
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-27-2021, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 555
Canada Invaded Texas ... will my bananas survive?
This was my first winter of having bananas and then we had the historic artic blast. We were lucky and only lost power for a few hours and kept running water just a trickle of pressure and then...
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Forum: Member Introductions
01-30-2021, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,803
Hi from WA state!
Just found this forum and excited to dive it!
I worked on a farm in Hawaii for 6 months a few years back and only recently could bring myself to eat a regular store bought banana again. The farm had...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-04-2020, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,707
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2020, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,707
Re: New Banana pup - Blue Java I think
I bought three "ice creams" and two "Raja Puri" from Just Fruit and Exotics years ago when I started by collection. I actually received three tall namwas and two plants that grew to around 12 feet...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2020, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,707
Re: New Banana pup - Blue Java I think
No. Orinoco can get up to 20 feet. And yes, I know you probably don't believe me, but it is true (albeit rare). Dwarf orinoco get around 6-8 feet, I think.
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Forum: Other Plants
04-13-2020, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 692
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Re: Tomatoes
I have had good luck with "thai pink egg" tomatos. This year I am trying homestead as they were available for purchase already started (I have a feeling this will not do as well with our heat and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-05-2020, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 742
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-05-2020, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 742
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Forum: Other Plants
08-20-2017, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,356
Re: Registered Pawpaw varieties in USA
Thanks Charles (aka Darkman)
This year I met my 1st pawpaw fruit in person and now have sampled several pawpaws. The ones with orangey/canteloupe colored flesh seem to have more tropical/bolder...
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Forum: Other Plants
08-19-2017, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,356
Re: Registered Pawpaw varieties in USA
2017 Update
Finally I ate my first PawPaw grown on my tree. It was not without help that I achieved this milestone. Earlier this year Jose263 brought pollen sourced from a friend in Louisiana and...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-17-2017, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 11,571
Re: Sourcing loquat varieties
Does anyone have any updates on whether you got what you purchased from Willis Orchard? Were they seed grown, grafted, or cuttings?
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-06-2015, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,210
Re: Dogs
I had the same problem. My dogs love the small banana pups. They step on the baby bananas, grab the young banana plants and shake and shred them. I had to put up a fence and separate them. :nanadrink:
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