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Forum: Member Introductions 06-04-2020, 05:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 448
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: New Member in SW Florida

Good for you in tending your banana flock!

As I drive around our area (Cape Canaveral) I look with pity at the neglected banana plants. Poor things, not a drop of manure in sight! The plants at my...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-04-2020, 05:45 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 531
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: too many pups!

I saw this strange foreign phrase "too...many...pups". What does this mean, earthling? (On my planet, we say, "woo hoo--free bananas!")

I think your corm had some pent-up energy to spend. Enjoy!
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 06-04-2020, 04:05 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,618
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Building/buying a container for a dwarf namwah?

I buy used food-grade blue barrels, cut them in half, and bore drain holes in the bottom and sides. They are super-heavy-duty, and I can slide them around on concrete/asphalt to move them. I can also...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-28-2020, 11:09 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 356
Posted By Katie Thompson
UV-C and bananas

Hello banana friends! I missed you!

My bananas are doing great. Me too. With all of the lockdown, I had lots of lovely gardening time. A friend said my gardens look like Central America. Thank...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-24-2019, 07:16 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,115
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Still Too Early

Merry Solstice!
Forum: Member Introductions 12-24-2019, 07:15 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,218
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Hi from Exeter, England

Hi Exeter,
Welcome to our banana home!
I'm jealous about your seed starting skills. Nice!

This year I have had two banana plants inside, rather out of sight. The first was to 'decorate' a lounge,...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-12-2019, 05:58 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,352
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Will bananas grow under or near pine trees?

I am having some poor growth near a bamboo plant. Hmmm..... time to dig and inspect. thanks for the nudge.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-12-2019, 05:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 545
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: What is going on with this pup?

Welcome to bananarama!

I had this alt.pup behavior also, when I did some salvage of banana plants from a demolition site. They were pretty trashed, so a number of them (even with 6 foot stems) took...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-11-2019, 06:28 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,102
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Help diagnosing my plant!

If that question is for me (the neglectful indoor gardener), then I would say it will not happen inside! Not in my poor lighting conditions. Outside is another happy fruity story! But yes, lots of...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-10-2019, 08:10 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,102
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Help diagnosing my plant!

I had a plant indoors this year for almost a year. At first, I basically forgot it was inside (room wasn't 'used much, it was off to the side) and I believe I didn't water it for almost 2 months. It...
Forum: Member Introductions 11-09-2019, 07:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 937
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Growing Banana's In Virginia Beach, Va

Good attitude about growing! Same here. There's a bit of natural selection that goes on in my gardens too. But the survivors turn into monsters, so it works fine. Lots of manure, fertilizer, watering...
Forum: Member Introductions 11-09-2019, 07:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,002
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Hello from Ormond Beach, FL - USA

Welcome Art! We are south of you in Cape Canaveral, and also lost just a couple of plant parts in the last hurricane. But recovering like mad. I gave all the bananas a 'haircut' before the storm, and...
Forum: Member Introductions 11-08-2019, 07:39 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 806
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Hello from UTAH, USA

Welcome to banana land! We are a wild and crazy bunch.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-27-2019, 04:24 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,886
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: 2019 Banana Patch: Pensacola, Florida

My neighbor has been awarded the rights to cut off the blossom from each of my banana bunches here, after the rachis is done. She cooks them, a lovely Filipino dish with coconut milk.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-26-2019, 03:01 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,886
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: 2019 Banana Patch: Pensacola, Florida

Hahah awesome, 'bro science'.

I have read the commercial growers do this pruning too, so for whatever reason, it must be effective at improving the 'last bananas standing'. The plantations would...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 09-26-2019, 11:37 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,850
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: backyard pics 2019

Awesome gardening. I covet your Thai black. Nice work!
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-26-2019, 04:35 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,886
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: 2019 Banana Patch: Pensacola, Florida

Awesome fertilizer info. Thank you!

Do you prune off the hands to get larger remaining bananas? Are there other reasons?
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-26-2019, 04:27 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 785
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: agricultural salvage

thanks Edwmax, I'm so cheap I haven't even priced the big plants. Much more fun to grow them from pups anyway.
And thank you about the tough cores! I was worried. Now I will be patient.

For now, I...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-25-2019, 04:17 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 627
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: PRAYING HANDS sword suckers for trade

Hi, I am in Brevard county but often go to Volusia and Orange. (driving up to Daytona tomorrow, for example.) I have dwarf Brazilian red, just pulled and planted 5 very fine sword pups yesterday....
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-24-2019, 03:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 785
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: agricultural salvage

thanks everybody! I just went to taste some of the green (now some with yellow/black) bananas and they are tasty, but a tough core/string in the middle. Is that a trait of the variety, or due to them...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-24-2019, 08:55 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 785
Posted By Katie Thompson
agricultural salvage

Hi all,

A local old-style amusement park ("Jungle Village") was torn down, and I got the demo guys to set aside some of the clumps of neglected bananas for me. I got two trailer loads. After...
Forum: Banana Identification 07-28-2019, 11:29 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 22,190
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Links To Help Identify Your Banana

Can you tell me what document/book those terrific identification figures (the scans) are from?
Forum: Member Introductions 07-28-2019, 10:11 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 757
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Hi everyone,

Welcome to the international land of crazy banana people.

Is there an expression in Czech like "going bananas"?
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-28-2019, 10:01 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 514
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: Ragbrai

Awesome, I reported on RAGBRAI for weeks when I worked for a little Iowa newspaper a couple decades ago. Ben (of "Ben and Jerry ice cream") was on the ride with his entourage and they spent the night...
Forum: Member Introductions 07-28-2019, 09:46 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 563
Posted By Katie Thompson
Re: New Member

Welcome to Bananarama!
With a name like Herb, this is the right place for you.
(A banana is a herb is a banana.)

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