Forum: Site Help & Feedback
07-24-2008, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,165
Re: problems
Could not move them to 2008 folder so just moved them to my gallery every one should be able to see now
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
07-24-2008, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,165
Re: problems
Sorry i uploaded to a private folder for a PM will move to the 2oo8 folder
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-22-2008, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,157
Re: dwarf Orinoco
The orinico that have been growing here for over ten years seems to have adapted to bloom more often than it used to here in zone 7b it also seems to be getting more adapted to high heat and dry...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-21-2008, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,129
Re: My pineapples
awsome! Beautiful Picture!!!
I have several different kinds growing but they have never produced here they make suckers and multipy some I brougth back from hawaii and the rest were from Mexico or...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
07-21-2008, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 6,120
Re: Quiz for Expert Member seal
I have visited Banana plantations in Jamacia and there is a big differance between commercial production and a zone 7b North Texas hobbyist. It is impossible to become a true expert with bannans in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-21-2008, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,682
Re: Pine needles
Composted pine needles are what I use on my strawberries to lower ph and increase production but I do not put them on bannanas, mine grow just fine putting vermiculture vertilizer on them (red worm...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-21-2008, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,979
Re: We've gone BANANAS!!
Congrats! Your banana and my Ornico are at exactly the same stage.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=11569&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=11569)
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
07-21-2008, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 524
Views: 75,747
Re: Post a Pic of Yourself!
In my gallery
Banana Gallery - Dec 4, 2007 Hard freeze Tonight (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7055)
This pic was one of my last years favorites
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-21-2008, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,314
Re: Zone 8 Homegrown Bananas
I live in zone 7b of north Texas. Last year dug up a big Orinoco; put it in the green house bare root. It was too tall to fit vertically and I had to lay it on its side. I have deemed the experiment...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-13-2008, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 391
Views: 61,025
Re: Bananas.org Members Yard Photos
Wow! every one has really nice yards this year. My back yard jungle has gotten out of control this year between high winds snapping off stems and even breaking the tops of bamboo off and the high...
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Forum: Contests!
05-25-2008, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 135
Views: 13,070
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-10-2008, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,232
Re: Storing and Eating Orinocos
The ones I cut before the hard freezes here in north Texas are ripening now the really ripe ones taste sweet? but it appears that if they would have had time to ripen naturally I would have had some...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
12-25-2007, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,414
Re: Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays everyone!!!!
Hope everyone has a safe and joyous year end and may new year be fruitful and productive for all.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-01-2007, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,958
Re: What drives us to grow banana?
Hello Karuna - Many years ago when I was in the military I fell in love with the tropics and jungles and probably went a little bit crazy And now I love the way bananas and bamboo shade my yard. I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-22-2007, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,723
Re: The best Thanksgiving Day has to offer
Hello Everyone! I hope everyone has had really great Thanksgiving Day and that everyone is doing fine and has a safe long holiday weekend. I was hoping the really nice weather would last few more...
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Forum: Contests!
11-21-2007, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 19,979
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Forum: Contests!
11-21-2007, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 19,979
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-19-2007, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,428
Re: Is D/T Orinoco the same species?
My plants have both kinds of leaves on the same plants I think they are the tall kind because they get up to twenty feet of stalk not counting the leaves. Older plants with two to three ft wide...
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Forum: Contests!
11-19-2007, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 21,556
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Forum: Other Plants
11-16-2007, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 12,353
Re: The beauty of bamboo
Re Dean Is the Bambusa oldhamii large enough to divide yet I would love to have a start of that All of my bamboos are in the ground the only one not sizing up is the muso from a 92 seedling from...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-16-2007, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,802
Re: Hi
Hi! Welcome to the forum -Philip:2706:
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Forum: Other Plants
11-16-2007, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 12,353
Re: The beauty of bamboo
I have zone envy when it comes to bamboo I wish I could grow a Tropical types here in zone 7 The Temperates types take a long tome to get big if you start with a small affordable plant. I have eaten...
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Forum: Other Plants
11-16-2007, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 12,353
Re: The beauty of bamboo
I could also be Arundinaria gigantea I grow this specie in north texas for craft material I cut two twenty foot poles yesterday Pictures below "Quote from link about it" The bamboos of North America...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-16-2007, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,838
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-13-2007, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,337
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