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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-10-2016, 09:08 PM

Replies: 13 What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! Views: 1,851 Posted By Dplaza Re: What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! Thank ya! I hope so!

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-10-2016, 06:45 PM

Replies: 13 What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! Views: 1,851 Posted By Dplaza Re: What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! I always dig up my bigger plants and store them in the garage until spring.

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-10-2016, 05:59 PM

Replies: 13 What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! Views: 1,851 Posted By Dplaza Re: What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! Both I guess?! As long as I can get bananas out of this little shrimp!

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-10-2016, 05:35 PM

Replies: 13 What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! Views: 1,851 Posted By Dplaza Re: What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! url=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59922]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59922&size=1[/url]

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-10-2016, 04:38 PM

Replies: 13 What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! Views: 1,851 Posted By Dplaza What the heck? Namwah about to fruit at short height! My Namwahs always seem to fruit at 8-10 feet in height, but I have one now that is 6 ft and about to fruit. I was shocked to see a preflag leaf half the size, and now the real small leaf with the...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-11-2015, 04:08 PM

Replies: 6 I thought the next generation is supposed to get taller? Views: 1,759 Posted By Dplaza Re: I thought the next generation is supposed to get taller? http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58287&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58287) The flower is out! Maybe I will be able to eat this one this time around?...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-27-2015, 07:44 AM

Replies: 7 Dwarf Manini Views: 2,093 Posted By Dplaza Re: Dwarf Manini Love the streaks on the stem, very cool!

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-25-2015, 12:41 PM

Replies: 6 I thought the next generation is supposed to get taller? Views: 1,759 Posted By Dplaza Re: I thought the next generation is supposed to get taller? Hmm... okay thanks. I thought I had seen a post a while ago about how each generation the stem gets taller before it fruits? Certainly not 3 feet shorter though, right?

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-25-2015, 09:13 AM

Replies: 6 I thought the next generation is supposed to get taller? Views: 1,759 Posted By Dplaza I thought the next generation is supposed to get taller? My Namwah fruited last year at 10 feet in stem height, now look at one of last year's pups, it's putting out a preflag at 7 feet tall?! I assume it's a preflag since the newest leaf is half the...

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 04-12-2015, 08:21 PM

Replies: 27 Dwarf Namwah oddly tall this year Views: 8,538 Posted By Dplaza Re: Dwarf Namwah oddly tall this year Wow, thank you for posting these pics. I also wondered if I had dwarf namwah or not, but now I definitely can tell I have the tall variety. Mine have a lot more spacing between the leaves and not as...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-11-2015, 07:35 PM

Replies: 3 From Gloom to Doom Views: 1,257 Posted By Dplaza Re: From Gloom to Doom I didn't even get a chance to try one, they were no where near ripe. I could hardly even peel one. Thanks for the heads up, I guess fertilize it is! First year that I'm going to try some Banana Fuel,...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-11-2015, 11:49 AM

Replies: 3 From Gloom to Doom Views: 1,257 Posted By Dplaza Re: From Gloom to Doom Here's the 5-6 footer that will likely bloom this year, although if it does, it probably won't be until the fall again! Maybe I should hold off on the fertilizer so it doesn't, and then it would be...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-11-2015, 11:28 AM

Replies: 3 From Gloom to Doom Views: 1,257 Posted By Dplaza From Gloom to Doom Here's the pic from the fall when the bananas were doing well: http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56975&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56975) All wrapped...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-11-2015, 10:59 AM

Replies: 1 2 New Additions Views: 1,032 Posted By Dplaza 2 New Additions 2 new additions for spring this year, a Veinte Cohol and an Ensete Maurelii. The VC is from Wellspring Gardens, and the EM is from Florida Hill. I wasn't sure what to expect with ordering them...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-16-2014, 07:18 PM

Replies: 19 Christmas lights, frost cloth, how to keep them alive in unheated greenhouse. Views: 3,622 Posted By Dplaza Re: Christmas lights, frost cloth, how to keep them alive in unheated greenhouse. I am using non-LED but the small bulbs, which don't seem to put out much heat. They are right on the stem, I guess I will have to closely watch.

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-15-2014, 11:47 PM

Replies: 19 Christmas lights, frost cloth, how to keep them alive in unheated greenhouse. Views: 3,622 Posted By Dplaza Re: Christmas lights, frost cloth, how to keep them alive in unheated greenhouse. 8B Myrtle Beach, SC

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-15-2014, 09:42 PM

Replies: 19 Christmas lights, frost cloth, how to keep them alive in unheated greenhouse. Views: 3,622 Posted By Dplaza Re: Christmas lights, frost cloth, how to keep them alive in unheated greenhouse. Thanks for the great idea. I wrapped a Namwah that's fruting right now with Christmas lights and burlap around the trunk, and then a giant sheet of plastic around the whole thing. It has been down to...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-29-2014, 08:42 PM

Replies: 44 Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Views: 5,192 Posted By Dplaza Re: Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? That's going to be me soon. I have a 4 and 6 ft pup I'm digging up before winter. A few other pups I'm going to leave planted in the ground and see how they do. And of course, this one that is a...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-29-2014, 08:29 PM

Replies: 44 Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Views: 5,192 Posted By Dplaza Re: Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Even for the flower and bananas? I have already covered the trunk in burlap as you can see from the pic. Maybe I need to put a bag over the bloom? I appreciate all your help, this weather has me...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-29-2014, 08:25 PM

Replies: 44 Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Views: 5,192 Posted By Dplaza Re: Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? I see tiny yellowish fingers on the bottom of the latest brachts, are those the male parts of the flower?

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-29-2014, 07:40 PM

Replies: 44 Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Views: 5,192 Posted By Dplaza Re: Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? That's what I thought, but according to our local WMBF news a cold front is pushing through and there's the possibility of patchy frost in areas. It's crazy because we have had 80 degree days, and...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-28-2014, 07:47 PM

Replies: 44 Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Views: 5,192 Posted By Dplaza Re: Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56975&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56975)

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-28-2014, 07:46 PM

Replies: 44 Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Views: 5,192 Posted By Dplaza Re: Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? The fruit is growing quickly! Too bad we are supposed to get our first frost on Halloween night, upper 30s F. Don't know what I am going to do :(

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-18-2014, 10:18 PM

Replies: 8 Overwintering late blooms Views: 1,671 Posted By Dplaza Re: Overwintering late blooms Came across this thread as I was researching overwintering a flower (unfortunately I don't speak German to understand the guy who attempted this's). I have to start preparing, the first frost is...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-18-2014, 12:09 PM

Replies: 44 Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Views: 5,192 Posted By Dplaza Re: Leaves are getting smaller... Paddle leaf? Can't believe how fast it got to this point! I can now see 6 hands. http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56931&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56931)

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