Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2019, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 935
Re: My banana plant list
Here we go again. I post a list of my bananas that I have. I bring up a weather incident. NOW I get snotty response from someone I do not know, never met, never knew existed and for what?
People...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-02-2019, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,232
Re: Shout out to the West Coast of Florida
I'm in Port Charlotte. It can rain buckets and buckets (like it does all the time) and my yard will drain in a couple hours. Very sandy. Two blocks away standing water in yards all the time.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-02-2019, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 935
Re: My banana plant list
It was very odd. I was not home at the time. We were having freaky weather with Marine warnings all day. One minute it would get nasty then patches of blue sky and calm. When I came home I never...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-02-2019, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 935
Re: My banana plant list
Well all I can tell you is that I bought it from a nursery that said it was from a hybridizer in California and was a Dwarf Ice cream. I have a dwarf Nam Wah and the two are not the same, but fairly...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-02-2019, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 935
My banana plant list
Been a long time since I have posted. Tons of work, both at home and on the road, so I haven't been as involved in the garden as most times. Did a detailed check on the garden today and my list is a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-18-2019, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Re: Question on Maoli
Yes mine topped out at about 10-12 feet. The flower was a pretty big one, and the fruit ripened very quickly. Large sausage type bananas. I just saw my first flower on my Pisang Raja. I'm excited...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-09-2019, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Re: Question on Maoli
Yep. The taste was very good and they also make a tremendous banana bread. Orinocos not so much. lol
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-08-2019, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Re: Question on Maoli
Thanks for the information.
I have already had a very large bunch from that plant. It was indeed a Dwarf Maoli. Sausage type bananas 3/4 in length. Pink with a tinge of orange flesh inside. Very...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-11-2018, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Re: Question on Maoli
In my case I can only go by what I purchased or known to be true. I have about a dozen dwarf Cavendish and they are very consistant with size, growth habits, and fruit produced. They match up nearly...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-09-2018, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Re: Question on Maoli
Thank you for the apology and I apologize as well.
My question was answered by a lovely woman in Hawaii that my daughter knows who has many Maolis. I am an amature who likes to grow fruiting...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-09-2018, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Re: Question on Maoli
The specific question was on the grotwth habbits of a Maoli. What if I did not have a Maoli and was assking the general question? Also this site is the most difficult site I have ever been on to load...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2018, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Re: Question on Maoli
And this is why I rarely come to this site. There is always someone who just can't attempt to answer a question without some kind of rudeness. Why does anyone need a picture to answer a general...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2018, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,946
Question on Maoli
I have a Maoli that was about 18 inches tall when I planted it in Feb of 2018. The plant is now 10-12 feet tall and has a large flower emerging. My question is this. Do Maoli's produce that quickly?...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-04-2018, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 914
Re: Identification
This one is about ten feet tall, it has a very large base. The other two I have are much different. Relatively thin base, growing much slower, only about 7 feet tall right now, and they were in the...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-03-2018, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 914
Re: Identification
Hmm. Interesting. I have two known Orinoco banana plants and although they have not produced yet the plants don't look anything like this one. Time will tell. Thanks for the info.
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-03-2018, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 914
Identification
Trying to identify a banana that just opened. It is in my gallery. I have tried in vain to load the pics on this thread and finally gave up. Any help identifying the banana would be very much...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-30-2018, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,447
Re: Newbie Help in Zone 10 (Sth Florida)
I live in Southwest Florida. It seems everyone has their own ideas regarding variety, soils, watering. I have a dwarf Blue Java, but it is a "big" dwarf. About 7 feet tall with a very large...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-23-2018, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,831
Re: Kandarian 13 months in the ground
Holy cow that's a tall banana plant. That is a very impressive plant. Makes me look forward to my Kandarian. I also have a TC plant which is struggling. It is super small still, but growing. I am...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-17-2018, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,376
Re: What is your favotrite banana?
Sure enough my Apple Banana has produced a flower, or coming out. I will be interested in trying that. I think that my "Costa Rican Sweet" will be flowering soon. That is the name of the plant was...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-17-2018, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 924
Re: Fe'i Aiuri update
I did stake it up, put some more soil around the roots. It is now doing much better. A couple of new leavs have come up and it seems pretty sturdy.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,376
Re: What is your favotrite banana?
My Orinocos had fruit last year. They were pretty good. My Pisang Raja is to young, also my Nam Wah is still to young. Looking forward to some from the Gros Michael, and the Mona Lisa. I just picked...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,376
What is your favotrite banana?
Kind of interested in what everyone's favorite banana is, either to eat or just the plant. . I have 18 varieties, most of them pretty standard. I have only been diversifying for a little over a year...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 924
Re: Fe'i Aiuri update
I have one in my garden and all of a sudden it is not doing so well. Yesterday I checked and it had fallen over. I have it staked now. Probably as big as yours. I have a Gros Michael fairly close by...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-14-2018, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,051
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-13-2018, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,051
Re: Bananas everywhere
As I wrote in my post I am unable to post pics. I have tried resizing, didn't work. I get to the point where it says uploaded but nothing ever shows up. I really like this site, but it has the most...
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