Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-22-2014, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 4
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Musa basjoo not coming back
So I planted a few Musa Basjoo plants in the yard last year and they grew fairly well over the summer. When winter hit it killed the leaves so I cut the plants back and covered them with a planter...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2013, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 23
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Re: Whats wrong with my Banana plants?
My two largest ones have yet to give me pups. The Dwarfs and Basjoo did but these two have given me nothing yet which I find odd considering their size.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2013, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,541
Re: Whats wrong with my Banana plants?
Yeah probably a bad idea but I was really worried about rot, turns out the roots were fine for the most part, I didn't disturb them very much just loosened a bit up and moved them to a larger...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2013, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,541
Re: Whats wrong with my Banana plants?
When I moved them into new pots I tried to loosen them a bit, I didn't want to hurt the roots so I was gentle, they could probably use being loosened more.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2013, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,541
Re: Whats wrong with my Banana plants?
Well I decided since I was so worried about root rot that I transplanted the two larger ones into 17 gallon buckets, I inspected the roots and they looked pretty healthy to me aside from some black...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2013, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 23
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Whats wrong with my Banana plants?
My 4 banana plants I brought indoors are losing leaves, fairly fast. I'm getting really worried about them, I have 2 that I don't know what the variety is (I thought blue java but people seem to...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-16-2013, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,034
Re: Time to cut back my Basjoos?
Thanks for the tips! as its too late in the day to really do anything I have went out and cut off all the leaves and wrapped the pstem in a towel to help it over the night as temps are supposed to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-16-2013, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,106
Lots of questions for you guys! Please help
Hello, I have a few questions for you banana experts if you wouldn't mind answering since I'm new to all this. Answer as many as you can please I need all the help I can get!
First question set:
I...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-16-2013, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,034
Time to cut back my Basjoos?
I live in Nebraska and last night our temperature hit the mid to high 20's so all the leaf growth on the basjoos have died and turned brownish, the pstem looks fine though. For our 5 day forecast it...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-04-2013, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,259
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-03-2013, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,259
Re: Whats wrong with my Basjoo?
Thanks for the advice!, What I ended up doing is I took it out of the container and looked at the roots, most of which I cant get to due to the way the plant was growing when I bought it from Lowes...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2013, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,259
Re: Whats wrong with my Basjoo?
Not sure how to get rid of the extra moisture in the soil fast, I'll drill holes into the container tomorrow. I hope I can still save her.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2013, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Whats wrong with my Basjoo?
That's not the pup I was worried about, I said in my post I removed two larger pups, one of which was about as large as the mother in the picture. Yes the soil is pretty wet, I watered it extra due...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2013, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 9
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Whats wrong with my Basjoo?
I have a Musa Basjoo that has been looking rather ill, the leaves that were once nice and green have begun to die, about 2 days ago I removed 2 nice healthy pups from it due to the fact they were...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-12-2013, 11:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,356
Re: Are my bananas too big for these pots?
3 to 5 years huh? ouch, so do you mean these plants will live that long before fruiting? I wasn't aware one of these could live that long. Or will it take 3 to 5 years of new generation pups to fruit?
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-12-2013, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,356
Re: Are my bananas too big for these pots?
When I purchased my plants on eBay I originally ordered Musa Basjoo and Dwarf Cavendish but by mistake they sent me 2 of what was titled "Ice Cream" on the plants, and from what I read that's the...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-12-2013, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,356
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-12-2013, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,356
Are my bananas too big for these pots?
Hello, before I ordered my banana plants online I went to Walmart and purchased 4 of the self watering 16.7 inch pots for the plants when they arrived. I have 2 of the Blue Java variety and 2 of the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-11-2013, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: What to do when winter comes around?
Yeah one of my Basjoos out in the yard has sprouted a pup, I expect it will get a reasonable size before the cold strikes, so I suppose I'll try my luck and separate it and pot it up with the others...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-09-2013, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,312
What to do when winter comes around?
Hello, I have a few Musa Basjoo's that are planted around the yard along with Musa Blue Java and Musa Dwarf Cavendish which are in pots. I am curious as to what I should do when winter hits. I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2013, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,868
Re: Musa Basjoo Problems/Questions
Yes I figured that however, nighttime temperatures here in Nebraska have been in the high 40's to mid 50's typically while hitting mid 70's to low 80's during the day, I don't understand why its so...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-25-2013, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 4
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Musa Basjoo Problems/Questions
Hello, I have been having some problems getting my Musa Basjoo banana trees to grow outside. I purchased them a little over a month ago from ebay and received some healthy baby trees. I then planted...
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