Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-10-2014, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,425
Re: What is it?
Just guessing since there is no description or other information. It looks like it might be a puffball mushroom.
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-04-2014, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,157
Re: Pls help with health issue
We have plenty of squirrels here as well as banana plants but I have never seen the sqirrels pay any attention to the bananas.
The squirrels do go after some of the other firmer fruits we have but...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-02-2014, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,157
Re: Pls help with health issue
That is not out of the realm of possibility either. Rodents are prevalent in the south but generally easier to control with traps and a preferred bait.
Sudden loud noises can deter birds but may be...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-01-2014, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,157
Re: Pls help with health issue
Woodpeckers are always on the hunt for insects. The adults, and probably the young, will peck at just about anything and listen for an insect within.
Although the banana plants may not have insects...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-31-2014, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,157
Re: Pls help with health issue
There is someone around our place all the time so we don't have much problem identifying what goes with the plants.
If you have a camera with a motion sensor you can set it up to watch the bunch and...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-31-2014, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,157
Re: Pls help with health issue
I live in Costa Rica and see such damage caused by some of the birds here.
Not much you can do other than bagging the bananas. Netting doesn't help, they just peck the bananas through the netting.
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Forum: Other Plants
03-30-2014, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,160
Re: Mutant white flower
Save the seeds. Maybe a new strain.
This is what you normally expect in a passaflora
http://ozarkedgewildflowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Passaflora-incarnata6-400x300.jpg
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-30-2014, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,157
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
03-29-2014, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,297
Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
I have the opposite problem. I live in Costa Rica on a built up hillside and the buildup was done with subsoil clay. No nutrient, no nada.
We have to dig out 1m x 1m x 30 cm holes and fill them with...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
03-25-2014, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,297
Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
I am assuming, then, that you live in the desert.
If you can find a shady place or provide shade for the corms they can be planted at any time of year.
Pay attention that you have provided good...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
03-24-2014, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,297
Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?
We move a lot of banana and platano plants around here in trying to tidy up an overgrown area of our property.
We normally cut the plant down to about 18" or 1/2 meter in height.
I have had corms...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
03-10-2014, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,424
Re: Millicompost
You just answered the question that I had regarding the comparison between Vermi-compost and Milli-compost.
Now I'll have all the kids out collecting all the millipedes they can find.
:nanadrink:
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Forum: Member Introductions
01-14-2014, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,953
Re: Organic Banana Sleeves
I spent my entire work life as a problem solver so the first thing I do is question what has been tried. Sealing the bags would be a given but does nothing to prevent an oil from migration.
My first...
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Forum: Member Introductions
01-13-2014, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,953
Re: Organic Banana Sleeves
Is it possible to slow the oil migration by freezing the bags?
My needs are small but if I can find a way to get the bags to be effective over a longer period they may be a long term solution. In...
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Forum: Other Plants
12-22-2013, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,250
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-18-2013, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,550
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
The report is dramatic enough but neonicitinoids are only one chemical out of the hundreds being used.
I live in Costa Rica but confined to my home on oxygen so don't have much opportunity to watch...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-17-2013, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,550
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
Bacillus thuringiensis strains exist worldwide and have been in development since the 1950's. Strains have been developed which are effective against specific types of insects, ie, leaf eating...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-16-2013, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,550
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
That last statement says it all. No matter what problem exists in growing crops there is a natural solution. Every insect has natural predators that are not being encouraged.
Two problems exist. Far...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-15-2013, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,550
Re: Bee's Where are they ?
Researchers seem to be zeroing in on neonicotinoids as a possible major cause of CCD in bee colonies.
Known neonicotinoids...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-27-2013, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,953
Re: Organic Banana Sleeves
The next question is can they be stored without losing their effectiveness.
On our property and nearby vacant land we have about 50 banana plants of various types but they fruit at different times...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-25-2013, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,673
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Forum: Banana Books, Book Reviews, & Other Reading Material
11-25-2013, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,705
Re: Top Bar Bee Box Arrives:}
:drum: :drum: :drum: :drum:
As suggested by others here you can use either tung or linseed oil but only on the outside of the box. The oils will not do the bees any good and may be harmful.
Like to...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
11-22-2013, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,242
Re: Overrun by ads.
I use Internet Explorer and I don't see any ads.
I'm not entirely sure that this is the problem but if you have signed up for Google+ or any Google apps that might be the issue.
Google seems to...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
11-22-2013, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,208
Re: A real beginner question
I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. I keep many irons in the fire and had to attend to other items.
In Costa Rica:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55256...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-17-2013, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,806
Re: where are you
Actually the information on location for most of us is found to the left of the post. In this discussion the only member whose location cannot be found is amantedelenguaje (Language Lover).
As far...
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