Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-16-2020, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,538
Re: Can musa basjoo grow from seed?
Ahhh.... There may be a bunch out there, but they're not cheap for what you can find! I was hoping to be able to grow 50-100 of them.... guess the slow game is the way to go...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-15-2020, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,538
Can musa basjoo grow from seed?
I have been looking around for basjoo seeds the last couple days in hopes of starting some over this winter and it seems they don't really exist? I saw one search result that said they don't grow...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-04-2016, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 609
Views: 250,857
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2014, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,562
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2014, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,562
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-07-2014, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
pulled one of my corms that i shaved down out of it's pot to see if there was anything happening with it and it's rotted almost completely through. 2 left to see if anything will happen. I think...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-02-2014, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
My three corms have been in pots for 2-3 weeks with no sign of life at this point. I haven't dug them up to check either though. I water about 1 time per week to keep the soil from being totally...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-18-2014, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
Don't know if I want to mix up a batch of poop to dip my corms in.... I'll just see how things go. :-)
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-14-2014, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
So add another shell of 1 inch over my existing cone and stuff it completely with batting and that would do the trick?
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-14-2014, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,530
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-14-2014, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
I did cones like yours this winter, just without the inner square. I piled mulch as heavily as I could inside as well and then mounded dirt and mulch around the ouside but it didn't matter. Once...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-14-2014, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
I removed as much mush as I could get at with a knife, I guess we'll see. These corms were in the ground, it was just a terrible winter here. We'll see if anything comes up out of what I stuck back...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-13-2014, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
I'm glad I took a few basjoos in and potted them. I have about 25 dwarf brazilians that are tiding me over and will be planted outside. I just want to get it to having basjoos in the ground...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-13-2014, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
Ok, I cut off as much as I could and have now put them in their own dedicated pots filled with planting soil. Do I want to hit them with water right away? There's some moisture in the soil, but...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-13-2014, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,059
Are my Basjoos dead?
I left a couple basjoos out for the winter in the ground to see if I could get them to make it. They were covered with mulch and cones.
Anyways fast forward to now. Upon uncovering them I saw...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-08-2014, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,497
Re: So am I hosed?
So at what point am I good to pull these cones off? When lows are no longer freezing? Is that the rule of thumb?
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-03-2014, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,497
Re: So am I hosed?
A bunch of the ones I left in the ground started out as little 6 inch plants last spring so I didn't put them down very deep. I tried to mound as much mulch up on them as I could.
If I get a chance...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-03-2014, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,497
Re: So am I hosed?
I had 4-6 inches of mulch built up around the pstem before I stuffed a piece of insulation batting in and covered with a 1 inch thick styrofoam box I made for them this year.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-01-2014, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,497
Re: So am I hosed?
Guess it doesn't really matter, just wondering what to expect. I haven't opened up the remaining cones and figure I'll find the same things.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-01-2014, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,497
Re: So am I hosed?
They were only in the ground one year. Some were a couple feet tall, and a couple of them were about 6 foot tall with pumps when I cut them down and put the cones over them.
I guess my question is...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-31-2014, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,497
So am I hosed?
Pulled the cone off one of my basjoos this evening and found this.
<a href="http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/wheelman1976/media/27DAEEF1-BE15-4454-88EB-57A21240BA86_zpsebdrjh3k.jpg.html"...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-29-2014, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 609
Views: 250,857
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-03-2014, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,416
Re: Other Michigan Banana people?
Anyone here in Michigan think some corms in the ground will freeze to death from this winter? I've coned all of mine I left in the ground and this is my first winter with anything in the ground and...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-21-2014, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,416
Re: Other Michigan Banana people?
I'm over in Hudsonville. Have a handful of Basjoos and a bunch of dwarf brazilians in my basement potted up. Waiting to get them back out in the ground.
Can't wait for our weather to break to open...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2013, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,143
Re: Prepping basjoo for winter
I'll try to take some pics sometime in the near future. I still have about 10 hours of digging up cannas and five palm trees I need to build boxes for yet before the snow flies so I'll be out in the...
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