Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-16-2012, 09:42 PM
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Forum: Other Plants
05-12-2012, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: split leaf philodendron
It can take direct sun, but it doesn't seem to like it. Especially with the water rationing we're having here in SoCal :ha:
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Forum: Other Plants
05-12-2012, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Other Plants
05-11-2012, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 8
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Re: split leaf philodendron
We started ours from seed. Many of the seeds germinated but of those only one was saved. We had some health issues but managed to keep one alive. It is the Mexican variety and is growing nicely in a...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-11-2012, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,377
Re: split leaf philodendron
Do you mean Monstera deliciosa or Philodendron bipinnatifidum? People commonly say 'split-leaf' when they are talking about the selloum. They are not the same but are related.
Split-leaf can take...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-07-2012, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,616
Mekong Giants in Richmond, VA (7a)
I received my Mekong Giants last week from from Plant Delights Nursery. They look very healthy and were in great shape. I planted them and they are starting to put out their first leaf now. I will...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-03-2012, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,879
Is this a Super Dwarf Cavendish?
Today I went to my local Lidl supermarket and they had an offer on their plants, so I decided to buy this banana plant. It's a good job I got there when I did because it was the last one. The problem...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-01-2012, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 3
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Musa Basjoo in Richmond, VA
I have had my Musa Basjoos in Richmond since 98'. They will usually get 15-20 ft. tall by the end of the growing season. My Basjoo didn't die back much at all this winter so hopefully they will be...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-26-2012, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,916
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-24-2012, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 11,385
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-23-2012, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,517
Re: 9' Raja has no pups?
I would try giving it a high nitrogen fertilizer or maybe a root stimulator. But banana plants aren't usually measured to the top of the leaf, they're measured by pseudostem height. It probably...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-23-2012, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 11,385
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-22-2012, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,222
Re: Ornamental or edible?
The one pictured above was free. A work client mentioned she had a banana that she wanted to get rid of and I quickly volunteered to remove it. I bought a DC from Home depot last year for around...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-22-2012, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 608
Views: 75,783
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-19-2012, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,731
Re: Basjoo pushing up already
Thanks Auburn
it all started April 9th of last year when my mother bought me one for my birthday. I did put down a hefty dose of milorganite about 3 weeks ago. We had a record warm march and so...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-19-2012, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,119
G,Day to all you musaheads !
I have been reading the Banana,org posts for quite some time, but unable to register & join in due to a Paypay problem. Now that the rego is free, you`ll have to put up with riff raff like...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-19-2012, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 25
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Re: Basjoo pushing up already
here is mine the day i uncovered them, March 21st
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2905/20120321173235442.jpg
and then today
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1315/201204190725312.jpg
The mother...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2012, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 3
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Starting over...
I recently returned from my year long deployment in the Middle East and much to my chagrin, I have to start over with my bananas.
I had about 17 or 18 in the back yard during the summer before I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2012, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 3
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"Be Hungry, Be Foolish!"
Hello everyone! I am the guy who believes in folk tales, especially tales concerning banana growing. I heard the talk that in some villages in Brazil and Bolivia some banana growers grafted the...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-15-2012, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,613
Re: Banana Problems
You might as well separate the larger pup and while you are at it see what is going on with the corm that the troubled pseudostem is growing from.
By the time they are ready to fruit, you're going...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-13-2012, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 14
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Re: frost!!
I had two tomatoes two banana's and three hydrangias covered; but it only got 43 at my house. We are on high ground. down hill, half mile away they got 28 for a couple of hours.
Hopefully, it is...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-11-2012, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 14
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Re: frost!!
George, we're getting the same weather here.
It was 30 this morning. I covered all my bananas up with 2 bath towels each last night, also my pink chinas, and my 3 tomato plants that I put out a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-10-2012, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,983
Re: frost!!
My Roses are blooming and my Bananas are covered for tha frost tonight. 28 to 32 predicted between 3 and 8 am. Hopefully that wont be long enough to damage them.
George in Missouri.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-10-2012, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,983
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-10-2012, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,983
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