Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-11-2021, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,350
Re: Best winterization method for Zone 9?
I just use the inexpensive little lights and run them until it gets above freezing. If it’s going to be below about 25, I have heating cables that are manufactured for people in the northern climates...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-10-2021, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,350
Re: Best winterization method for Zone 9?
Those two bananas are pretty cold tolerant. The pstems will be viable down to 30. Below that, I break the leaves and fold them against the pstem. I wrap the entire pstem with folded leaves from...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-09-2021, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,385
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-07-2020, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 429
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2020, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 928
Re: Laura Hurricane
Michael thanks for check in. All my family is safe. Visited my house, my daughters house and my son’s house yesterday. Took me an hour for me and relatives to chainsaw our way down my street to get...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-09-2017, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,175
Re: California Gold
Here's what survived our recent freeze in southwest Louisiana. We were 23 one night and 26 the next with 15 hours below freezing the first night:
California Gold, Dwarf Brazilian, Goldfinger,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-10-2016, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,027
Re: greenhouse bananas and heating cables?
I got mine at Home Depot and they are actually cables for pipes to and from hot water heaters. They have a thermostat set at about 45. I had to order mine online because I can only remember once in...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-08-2016, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,017
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-02-2016, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,027
Re: greenhouse bananas and heating cables?
I've used heating cables occasionally when I am expecting an arctic front and the temps are going to be in the middle 20's at night and not above freezing the next day. Once every 5 or so years. I...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-25-2016, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,017
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-24-2016, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,017
Goldfinger?
I planted Goldfinger and Sweetheart two years ago. I think I got the tags mixed up. The banana that is fruiting is about 8 feet tall. The other banana is well over 12 feet tall and has a massive...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
06-10-2016, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,450
Re: Dwarf Orinoco Wanted
I don't ship anymore but if you're in my area, I have a California Gold pup you can have. Most people believe them to be the same.
Steve
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-21-2016, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,429
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-27-2015, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,133
Re: Bananas near Sargent, TX. Orinoco?
Based on the pictures and your location, they definitely look to be Orinoco, which is very common along the Gulf Coast. The fruit looks very angular which strongly points to Orinoco.
Steve
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Forum: Other Plants
09-18-2015, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,254
Bat plant in bloom
This is one of my favorite plants.
Steve<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56722&what=allfields&name=Steve L&name=Steve L><img...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
06-10-2015, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,034
Re: UH... What is this?
Snookie,
You're definitely growing a Curcuma ginger. It could be any of a number of summer blooming Curcumas but since you're a Louisiana resident, my guess is Curcuma Petiolata. If it is, it has...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-05-2015, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,279
Re: Apple, Cali Gold, or Lady Finger
Kane,
Give me a call sometime, I'll fill you in on my growing experience in Lake Charles. I'll PM my phone number to you. Lady Finger is much too cold sensitive to grow in the ground without...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-30-2014, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,702
Re: Musa Black Thai banana
I grew this banana for several years. Each year it came back less robust until two years ago when it finally died. I didn't protect it but it was planted on the south side of my house with some...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-05-2014, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 14,504
Re: Ae Ae
This has happened to me more times than I like to remember. Ae Ae are, for me, the most difficult and problematic banana to grow. The only treatment I have found that will work in your situation,...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
10-29-2014, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 382
Views: 63,749
Re: Southern Weather Forecast
I looked at the forecast yesterday and wasn't worried. Lows in the 50's for the coming weekend. Now, this morning, forecasting 40 for a low Saturday night. Not harmful to the bananas, but...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-11-2014, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,090
Re: Tacca Integrifolia
I bought mine from Gardino's. They have great plants and most are large. The shipping can be as much as the plant but you generally get a blooming size plant. The Tacca came in bloom several years...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-10-2014, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,090
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Forum: Other Plants
09-08-2014, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,090
Tacca Integrifolia
This is one of my favorite plants. It's a fall bloomer for me and this year, I have a record 9 blooms in various stages of development.
Steve
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Forum: Other Plants
07-15-2014, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 10,966
Re: Ginger
Most likely. You can cut the whole stalk to the ground, remove all the leaves, make a trench a couple of inches deep and lay the whole stalk in the trench, cover up with dirt. Costus will root from...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2014, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 14,504
Re: Ae Ae
There is a nice sized Ae Ae for sale on eBay today only. I have bought from this seller and he is extremely reputable.
Steve
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