Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-27-2019, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,786
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-26-2019, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,786
Re: Advice on over-wintering pups
Not to hijack the post but I was going to question the samething with these pups. Thing is I thought if I divided these now it would make storing them easier. This corm is pretty heavy and am I'm not...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-23-2019, 04:27 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,520
Re: Spotters guide
Thank you very much. This has been a stuggle but a good lesson has been learned. Ill get these two dug up this weekend. Ill also take note to not buy anything from that nursery anymore, HA
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-22-2019, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,520
Re: Spotters guide
Are these Basjoo's? I know the leaves are beat up and the weather has cooled off here. We havent had a frost yet. I see some red in the trunk and in the leaves but hard to tell by the shape they are...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-19-2019, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,520
Re: Spotters guide
Ill take another picture of this guy later today. I believe its a basjoo, however I dont see the red line in the stem. Seemed like it had it before. I got this for fathers day from that nursery that...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-19-2019, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,520
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-18-2019, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,520
Re: Spotters guide
Thank you very much for the replies. I do have an actual basjoo and noticed the red line in the leaf that plant doesn't have. It also has red splotches on the leaves that leads me to believe its not...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-17-2019, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,520
Spotters guide
I bought this at the local nursery back May. It only said on the pot Musa. I asked the people that worked there if it was a cold hardy Musa Basjoo. None of them knew. So, is there ways or spotting...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-06-2019, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,765
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-04-2019, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,765
Re: New tree not growing.. help!
I don't want to interrupt but I have a little start of a Musa Basjoo that seems to be a little slow going. I'm curious if I should give it some fertilizer and maybe prune some of its leaves might...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-04-2019, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 991
Re: No growth zone 6b
I don't want to sound like the barer of bad news but I bet your plant is toast. I live in Indianapolis(Speedway actually) and last spring(2018) we got a little unwanted snow. It killed my plant. I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-07-2019, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,888
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-04-2019, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,773
Re: Musa 'Gran Nain'
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64269><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64269&size=1 border=0></a>
This actually has better light than this. It...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-04-2019, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,773
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-04-2019, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,773
Re: Musa 'Gran Nain'
Thanks for the reply. I will probably store it next year, but since I just got it this the other day I want to get it going but will also take it easy it too.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-04-2019, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,773
Musa 'Gran Nain'
I just received a gran nain banana yesterday in the mail. I ordered it from a company called Green Earth that is in Melbourne Florida. I'm really excited about growing this plant and loving how fast...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-30-2018, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,459
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-16-2018, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,054
Re: Musa Basjoo Flowering
I totally understand what you mean. If you have a photo album within this site you can access your pictures to share. Select the Insert Image icon and paste the image's name. I have found it helpful...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-01-2018, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,908
Re: Spring is here finally
[QUOTE=geissene;315427]A greenhouse should work ok. Since basjoo produce lots of pups, it should be possible to keep smaller plants alive indoors, dry store large corms in a cool dark basement, and...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-21-2018, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,908
Re: Spring is here finally
I'm thinking Wet and Cold spring hurt mine. I'm going to leave the assumed dead corms in the ground to see what happens. I will keep you posted.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-21-2018, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,908
Re: Spring is here finally
Well I lost all of my bananas. I had four of them. I'm truly am disappointed. I don't know what the cause could've been. They were protected, but we had a crappy early spring where temps would get...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-11-2018, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,908
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-11-2018, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,908
Re: Spring is here finally
Lucky, I am fearful that mine did not make it through the winter. I uncovered everyone(all four of them last sunday) all I found was a slimy mess. Today(still no new growth) its probably in the mid...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-06-2018, 07:10 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,908
Re: Spring is here finally
I'm going to uncover mine today to see if I have any new growth. Here in Indy spring arrived late. Very frustrating. A year ago by now mine Musa Basju would be about three feet tall by now.
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-08-2017, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,648
Re: Bananas in Indianapolis
so I take this isn't a cold hardy plant? I did some research and it was talking zones 9 and higher. I'm guessing the person who owns this plant goes to a lot of trouble keeping it alive through out...
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