Forum: Other Plants
03-15-2015, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,695
Re: Anybody growing Green Sapote?
Those are beautiful trees you picked up!
They grow SO fast, compared to mamey sapote.. Mine is about 12 feet tall now.. here's a pic form last summer shortly after i planted it in ground.
The...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-08-2014, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,827
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-30-2014, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,093
Re: Dwarf Brazilian
Very awesome! So the one you sent me is tall brazilian or White iholena? Did your dragon fruit take?? It fruited for me last summer and turned out to be white flesh, very tasty, though
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-30-2014, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,093
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
06-10-2014, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 912
Wanted: TALL red jamaican banana
Hello fellow banana nuts!
I wanted to know if anyone had a tall red jamaican banana pup or plant they would be willing to give or sell me!
I have a dwarf jamaican, but I want something tall that I...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
06-07-2014, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,075
Re: Very Poorly Ensete Ventricosum Maurelii
if it's warm outside at night (not freezing or snowing) leave him outside, moving plants indoors to out and vice versa can be more harmful than good. My experience is that red abyssinian banana is...
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Forum: Member Introductions
03-20-2014, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,462
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Forum: Other Plants
07-28-2013, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,695
Re: Anybody growing Green Sapote?
you should purchase one! If I could make it to so cal I would find and purchase a grafted Green sapote. My seedling tree, that was given to me, puts on amazing amounts of growth and is unphased by...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-27-2013, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,695
Re: Anybody growing Green Sapote?
RIchard, you started this thread, What has your experience with green sapote been like? If you notice my previous post, I mention the one that was given to me and is now some 8+ feet tall. Has your...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-25-2013, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,695
Re: Anybody growing Green Sapote?
there are a few fruits from completely different species that all go by the name "sapote" it's pretty confusing.. one is the white sapote, which is supposedly related to citrus, then black sapote,...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-25-2013, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,695
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Forum: Other Plants
07-25-2013, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,695
Re: Anybody growing Green Sapote?
I had to revive this old thread, I also grow green sapote, Mine is a seedling which was given to me, I've found it to be incredibly precocious and cold hardy, Much more so than Mamey seedlings I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-16-2013, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 996
Update to "blue java flowering in november"
hey everyone!
here's an update to my previous post about my "blue java" pushing a flower in november.
it never quit growing through the winter. to my surprise it's got bananas on it now...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-20-2012, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,204
Re: Follow up on blue java/ice cream flowering
Oh yeah, I realize that.. its been much cooler the last month here.. so I am hoping it will stay warm long enough for this banana to push out the flower.. lol
I recently gave it fish emulsion with...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-20-2012, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,204
Follow up on blue java/ice cream flowering
I couldn't find the old thread.. lol But the flowering seems to be coming along, although be it at a very slow pace.
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg545/dvaldez1286/bluejavaflagleaf.jpg This...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2012, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,199
Re: Darn blue java flowering!
Thanks for the replies everyone.
Regarding a few of the questions..
I will try and keep it. Though I don't know if the flower will fully emerge before we have "winter" here. I had this happen...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2012, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,199
Darn blue java flowering!
So I noticed a coupled of days ago that my little better than a year old blue java banana plant has a flag leaf!
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg545/dvaldez1286/bluejavaflagleaf.jpg
Looks...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-17-2012, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 8,229
Re: Ice Cream: The real deal?
I forgot to mention the pictured plant is a pup of the mother plant...It's grown so fast.. planted it last summer at 1.5 feet and it's now between 14-16 feet tall... I will be a little let down if...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-16-2012, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 8,229
Re: Ice Cream: The real deal?
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg545/dvaldez1286/9d7a79a2.jpg Does this look like it may be a true ice cream banana? I got it from lowe's who got it from laverne growers in so cal...
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-31-2012, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,662
Re: What Banana plant is this?
I adore lowes too.. in comparison home depot's garden center sucks... the lowes here frequently gets palates full of lots of avocado varieties.. mangos, papayas, guava (pink, white and some grafted...
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-31-2012, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,662
Re: What Banana plant is this?
four bucks for a grain nain is super... that even beats some of my best deals there..
I got a 5 gallon goldfinger for 10... lol
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-31-2012, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,662
Re: What Banana plant is this?
Glad the advice I offered helped! :D
That is definitely NOT musa zebrina
Looks like you scored yourself the number one commerical variety of banana!
From my understanding... gran nain is the...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-29-2012, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,870
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-27-2012, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,662
Re: What Banana plant is this?
Lowe's always has awesome deals on clearance! Makes me want to swing by there this evening before it gets dark! lol!
it looks like that is the pot it came in.. check the tag where the barcode is.....
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-27-2012, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,870
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