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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-13-2009, 10:14 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 19,104
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: high temperature banana growing habits

Same temps here no wilt, no browning, and no shade. Just watering the heck out of them.
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 06-25-2009, 04:41 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 36,606
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Best Home Depoot fertilizer for bananas?

I just use that stuff in orange 40lb bags and every once in a while use some straight potash.
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 06-24-2009, 10:09 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 36,606
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Best Home Depoot fertilizer for bananas?

I have 14 banana stems fruiting right now. saba,rajapuris,4 mystery bananas, gold finger, mysores, monkey finger?,brazillian red.
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 06-24-2009, 09:45 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 36,606
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Best Home Depoot fertilizer for bananas?

Yes, I have bought stuff from him. I think a jujube a mango(that I killed) a loquat, and some other stuff i cant quite remember but it was a about a $600 order so it must have been at least 10 plants...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 06-24-2009, 08:51 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 36,606
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Best Home Depoot fertilizer for bananas?

I've ordered from him three or four times and always got good service. I have probably ordered at least 40 plants from him.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-24-2009, 02:13 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 19,104
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: high temperature banana growing habits

Mine are growing well also, and it has already hit 108f in my yard in the shade. There are now about 14 stalks that are fruiting. The latest being a saba. I was kind of hoping it would get taller...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-15-2009, 09:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,776
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: extra large leaves?

My sabas have been doing the same thing sometimes lately. The leaves are about 8 feet x 3 feet. I was wondering if they need more potasium for stronger stems.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-13-2009, 09:38 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,286
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Lots of blooms and bananas

Both of my Rajapuris have two stems fruiting at the same time. Is this normal?
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 06-10-2009, 12:45 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,619
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: New Irrigation Lines

Thanks, I have care takers that live there for free and keep an eye on things. It also has a solar array with battery backup and is off grid so they have no utilities either. So not a bad deal for...
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 06-09-2009, 09:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,619
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: New Irrigation Lines

I only get about 50 gpm out of my well pump at a mini ranch I have in snowflake its 40 acres. We are attempting to convert it to a farm/mini orchard. Currently we have about 250 fruit trees of...
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 06-09-2009, 10:45 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,619
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: New Irrigation Lines

2500gpm! Thats pretty serious! Where are you drawing the water from? The pipe price is very cheap. I think I paid more than that per foot last time I bought PVC and that was just 2 inch. Do you know...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-08-2009, 05:08 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 19,104
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: high temperature banana growing habits

2 or 3 gals a day would not cut it where mine are positioned. Most of them get none to very little shade at anytime during the day.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-08-2009, 04:13 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 19,104
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: high temperature banana growing habits

Yep, mine are pretty much directly in the full merciless az sun. Roasty toasty.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-08-2009, 01:10 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 19,104
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: high temperature banana growing habits

Nah it's pretty simple its all on drip system that is set to water for 8 hours a day. I have 4 gallon emitters, so if the banana has only 1 emitter its gets 32 gallons a day, if it has 2 emitters it...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-08-2009, 10:37 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 19,104
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: high temperature banana growing habits

The native soil here is pretty bad so every banana is planted with about 6 cubic feet of potting soil. There is also quite a bit of granite base around underneath so I guess I could possibly over...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-07-2009, 10:08 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 19,104
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: high temperature banana growing habits

I'm in Arizona also, North East Mesa, so not too far from you. My bananas have been growing like weeds also. In fact twelve of them are currently fruiting. Mine get very little shade, getting blasted...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-07-2009, 09:53 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,286
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Lots of blooms and bananas

Four more new blooms today. That makes twelve total fruiting at the moment. I'm not quite sure why everything is going "bananas" at that moment.
Sorry about the crap pun!
Forum: Other Plants 06-07-2009, 09:49 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,119
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: giant Atlantic Pumpkin

Not really tasty, but alot of people make javelina jerky which is ok tasting.
I usually just haul em off to the desert for coyote food.
Forum: Other Plants 06-07-2009, 06:12 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,119
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: giant Atlantic Pumpkin

I had some giant pumpkins growing, they were already basketball size, but they were eaten by javelinas. The same thing occurred last year with my watermelons and pumpkins. I guess it's time to go...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-07-2009, 11:53 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,286
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Lots of blooms and bananas

Thanks, but there is still alot of landscape work left to be done. Its not quite year round growing season for bananas here though. It gets to mid 20's in the winter at night.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-05-2009, 02:46 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,286
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Lots of blooms and bananas

lol arrangements can be made to trade gardening for room and board.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-04-2009, 09:46 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,286
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Lots of blooms and bananas

I'm a pretty bad photographer but here are some pics.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-31-2009, 10:55 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,286
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Lots of blooms and bananas

No bananas yet?
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-31-2009, 08:49 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,286
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Lots of blooms and bananas

It seems as though it's banana season around my house. I have at least eight banana plants that have either bananas or blooms on them at the moment. Some plants even have two sets of stems giving...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-08-2009, 10:13 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,675
Posted By lt_eggbeater
Re: Banana Growth Stuck?

Mine don't stop growing even in the hottest temps here, wihch can reach 120f in the shade.
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