Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
03-09-2022, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,864
Anyone Use Lambert Peat Moss or Potting Mixes?
According to the Canadian company, Lambert, they have the coarsest peat moss which indicates that it hasn't been dead and decomposed for as long a time as other brands of peat moss. ...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-26-2021, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,583
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Forum: Tiki Hut
07-19-2021, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,005
Re: To sift or not to sift; small stones okay?
Depending upon what kind of gravel is there, it might actually be beneficial to the plants. Usually it mostly quartz, which when broken down has beneficial silica. That is very important to producing...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-10-2021, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 849
Re: Brown leaf tips
Without any more information, my first guess would be too much water or poor drainage in your potting mix.
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Forum: Other Plants
06-16-2021, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 804
Pindo Palms, I want a fruit bearing one
I have a hankering for a pindo palm. My objective is to harvest fruit from it.
Question: are there any varieties of Pindo that yield better fruit than other varieties. Location is zone 8b NWFL. ...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
04-01-2021, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,736
Re: What kind of soil is best for banana plants?
It has been stated many time within the forum 50% potting soil & 50% perlite for container banana plants and is easy to obtain & mix. Anyway there is more info in the forum wiki. The roots need...
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-16-2021, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 986
Re: What did you pot today (Bananas)
I was going to suggest this be moved to Main Banana Discussion, and then recommend he post a separate introduction thread here, LOL. :ha:
Hi Abdars-
Welcome aboard the Banana Express....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-10-2021, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,274
Re: Mice eating harvest!
I had a squirrel problem. So I made a bag out of a roll of aluminum insect screening from the hardware store. Haven't lost a banana to vermin...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-31-2020, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,274
Re: Mice eating harvest!
Get "rat bars" and wire them around the flower stem above the bunch so that rats/mice come to them before the reach the bananas. They are generally about an inch square and about 1-1/2 - 2" long and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-24-2020, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 881
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-05-2020, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 946
My banana patch
Ive got about 25 different kinds of bananas planted out. Had to do a panorama shot to get them all in there.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50192676456_23af4d26b6_b.jpg
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
06-15-2020, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,993
Re: Self Watering Containers
Banana plant roots need air! So when the pot soil mix is course & fast draining, as needed by the plants, the soil will not have the capillary ability to draw water up from the bottom of the pot. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-11-2020, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,041
Re: Planting taller varieties in deep holes?
Actually, in the burning sun banana plants need shade. ... The Mother plant shades the new pups until they get big enough to take full sun. I've read a comment describing a typical banana...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-21-2020, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 935
Re: Filling a container frugally
I wouldn't advise it. decaying compost will rob nitrogen from the growing banana plant as well as harboring fungus bacteria and worms which help to turn the composition into compost. Compost...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-09-2020, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 996
Re: cut down/leave main trunk, cut out/leave pups
I never cut down the pseudostem until at least all of the leaves have dried out, and even then usually not til the pseudostem has stopped being firm and green. As long as there are leaves, there is...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-27-2019, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 740
Re: Started flowering in winter
Nor more new leaves. The flowering cycle will continue to completion, even in winter. As long as the pseudostem is viable, they should ripen in the spring. You really can't alter the trajectory and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-16-2019, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,913
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-05-2019, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,289
Re: Questions about Dwf brazilian
In my cooler Southern California house that is only two miles from the beach (meaning low summer temps) DB only gets to 7-8' PS.
Bill
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-04-2019, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,289
Re: Questions about Dwf brazilian
Yes, DB is called apple in Hawaii. Manzano means apple in Spanish but is a different variety. Manzano is taller with a very skinny Pseudostem that falls over ridiculously easy.
Bill
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2019, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 755
Re: Is the fruit salvageable?
Not much you can or need to do except just keep them inside for awhile and eventually they will ripen. If you really want to try and speed them up, you can place them along with some apples or other...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-06-2019, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,051
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-05-2019, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,051
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Forum: Other Plants
06-28-2019, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,123
Re: Looking for more such forums and resources
There are many resources/forums for the subjects you are looking for.
Do an internet search for your subject and add the word FORUM after it.
You can pretty much type any word and type forum after...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-08-2019, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 900
Looking down in my Texas garden !
i noticed the most beautiful Dwarf Brazilian pup i've ever seen, just had to share. Her shading is stunning. Proud mom should bloom any time and stands proud at about 7ft.
happy...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-05-2019, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 801
I'm back! Picked up some Blue Java corms
Hey all, it's been a while! :nanadrink:
I dropped by the university garden this weekend where I was growing bananas a couple of years ago, and I picked up two large Blue Java corms from one of the...
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