Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-12-2018, 10:22 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-01-2018, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Hardening off potted bananas
Oh, I live in Kansas. We tend to have wet, cool overcast springs that last 3-5 weeks, followed by sunshine and heat. Lots of heat.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-31-2017, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-31-2017, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 7
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Hardening off potted bananas
Last spring I spent 3 weeks carefully hardening off my Mekong Giant banana. It was overcast the entire time, which is common in my area. I worked the plant up to 6 hours a day.
Then the sun came out...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-04-2017, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 11,852
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-03-2017, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 21
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How much fertilizer can a banana tree tolerate?
I have a Mekong Giant banana tree. Most yrs it grows about 8 feet tall in the summer, and then I bring a pup inside to plant out the next spring. Any Mekong Giant left outside will die during the...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-06-2015, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,701
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-11-2015, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,199
Re: Woud you separate the pup?
:2738:Well, the pup was potted up a few days ago and it is doing well enough: I think it will be fine. Yesterday I moved it to the garage and put a light on it.
I suspect the plant has lost some...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
10-30-2015, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 14
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Re: Woud you separate the pup?
Well, it *IS* Fall, and a tree that gave broken shade *HAS * lost its leaves.
The yellowing may be due to both, though my gut tells me it is because it is Fall. My plant is less yellow than the ones...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
10-28-2015, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 14
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Re: Woud you separate the pup?
Well, it is separated and potted and watered.
The pup did not have very many roots but what was there were big roots. I will keep it outside for a few days to try and diminish the shock: I have...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
10-27-2015, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 14
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Re: Woud you separate the pup?
All right, then!
I will pot up the pup later today. Mulching the mother plant can wait for a bit: I can watch the weather and apply the mulch at the last possible moment so that a late warm spell...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
10-24-2015, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,199
Woud you separate the pup?
It is Fall here, and we will have a frost any week, now.
I was going to surround my Mekong Giant with a circle of woven wire and fill it with sawdust in a week or so to protect it for the winter,...
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-21-2015, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,715
Re: What am I?
I do not think they are Basjoo: the leaves are too narrow.
Unfortunately I have no idea what it is!
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-19-2015, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,164
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-13-2015, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,164
Re: Basjoo pstem did not survive 1F with wrap
Obdiah, did your main stem receive no damage at all, or did it grow again from the base?
I usually use leaves, but it sawdust gives a P-stem that much protection, I am going to buy sawdust!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-04-2015, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,168
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Forum: Other Plants
04-02-2015, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,612
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Forum: Other Plants
04-01-2015, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,612
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Forum: Other Plants
04-01-2015, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,612
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-01-2015, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,568
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-01-2015, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,490
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-01-2015, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,563
Re: First Time Basjoo growing questions
Here in Kansas, I did not do anything to amend my soil and my Basjoo did very well: it only died when it got to -20 and then the electric company parked their truck on it all of the next summer it...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-17-2015, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,164
Re: Basjoo pstem did not survive 1F with wrap
My Basjoo always did this: our winters go down to -3. I had been thinking about better ways to protect the P-stem when the power company killed it by parking their truck on top of it.
That is what...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-12-2014, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,474
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-04-2014, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,550
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