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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-02-2009, 09:24 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,717
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Musa 'Pahari Kela' (Hill banana)

*bump*

Picture Update ?! :bunchonanas:

:-D
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-16-2009, 12:28 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 9,686
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: 1 Year Basjoo Growth in Mass.

Very Nice!!!

If I remember correctly raja puri and basjoo were used by the author of Tropical Perrenials; he was from Massachusetts too and did a friends front yard/driveway. Really beautiful in my...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-11-2009, 09:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,651
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Possible Fruiting and Leaf problem

Thanks you two for the help; I was just wondering because the leaf when it was comming out looked quite different from the other banana leafs when they came out (Its the fourth one so far); kind of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-11-2009, 01:21 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,651
Posted By permaculturekidd
Possible Fruiting and Leaf problem

So I've never had experience with a banana plant before but I think this plant is getting ready to flower. Weird thing is it can't be more than a year old because its about two feet tall maybe 2 1/2...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-25-2009, 05:56 PM
Replies: 168
Views: 21,968
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Oil and Water.(Conventional vs. Organic)

I'm just talking about watering; after that the rains seem enough to water the rest of the plants. My grandmother planted a tree in her backyard a long time ago watered it for a little more than a...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-24-2009, 11:10 PM
Replies: 168
Views: 21,968
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Oil and Water.(Conventional vs. Organic)

Citrus grow like weeds here; there are literally thousands of citrus trees all over the city, alot not even taken care of but are totally massive.

I read books of fruit trees and people say to...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-23-2009, 09:13 PM
Replies: 168
Views: 21,968
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Oil and Water.(Conventional vs. Organic)

You live near an ocean use seaweed; heavy mulching I would think helps prevent erosion so does the roots of plants.

The soil here is weird; heavy clay with little organic matter and little sand...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-22-2009, 01:31 AM
Replies: 168
Views: 21,968
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Oil and Water.(Conventional vs. Organic)

I'll say my bit and I'm done.

We all know pestcides and artificial fertilizers are bad; you eat them they'll kill you. You breathe to much in you can get cancer, you put some types on your skin it...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-12-2009, 12:27 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 11,813
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Potassium source for bananas

Well its been mentioned that using banana peels for potassium was useful; moringa has atleast twice the amount of potassium as a whole banana so wouldn't it be quite abit less than 40lbs?
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-11-2009, 11:58 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 11,813
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Potassium source for bananas

I call moringa leaf as a dieback perrenial mulch source high in K with little input other than minimal nitrogen that a legume could provide.
Forum: Banana Identification 08-11-2009, 10:11 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,014
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: 40y/o hawaiian Bananas in Sac Valley?

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/Pic_mastor/bbp2.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/Pic_mastor/bbp.jpg

Here are the bigger pictures abit grainy though
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-11-2009, 10:09 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 12,759
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: The Future of Fertilizer

I don't understand the dicotomy here; its like some are completely against "organic" of any kind and some are anti-fertilizer without any real middle ground (which for me makes me want to shift my...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-11-2009, 01:47 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 22,092
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: "Organic" Fertillizer

The acid-loving part was just something to say instead of buying mineral powders to the soil which in some cases is needed. But Oak, Pine, blackberry many tropicals, etc... love acidic or slightly...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-11-2009, 12:11 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 22,092
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: "Organic" Fertillizer

What ever happened to just watering it every so often; to throwing a carp or a fish head under some roots or focusing more intensively over a smaller area then spreading yourself thin?

I say this...
Forum: Banana Identification 08-10-2009, 11:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,014
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: 40y/o hawaiian Bananas in Sac Valley?

*Bump*

Come on people I gotta know !!!!!!:goteam:
Forum: Banana Identification 08-09-2009, 09:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,014
Posted By permaculturekidd
40y/o hawaiian Bananas in Sac Valley?

So my friends went into the rural part of my city near the highway going to a party and they saw a mat of bananas; knowing me they get me to check it out yesterday and seeing as my friend has no fear...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 08-01-2009, 04:00 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 12,759
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: The Future of Fertilizer

Could this be used as an alternative ?
Permaculture discussion forum • View topic - Mollison's third world endless nitrogen fertilizer supply...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-22-2009, 05:44 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,965
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: 9-10 mo. Fruiting Bananas?

The weather there was still amazing; it rained in July out of nowhere in big glob drops (I live in an area where rain in May and even mid-April is just about non-existent not even a drizzle sometimes...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-22-2009, 04:44 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,965
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: 9-10 mo. Fruiting Bananas?

I was actually wondering about that because I have family who I'd like to send some naners in Sun and thought it was around the same temp. since they're in the same climate zone according to Sunset.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-22-2009, 02:18 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,965
Posted By permaculturekidd
9-10 mo. Fruiting Bananas?

Is there such a thing ? I can't find the website but it was talking about certain culitivars like Ice Cream, Dwarf Orinoco, and 2 or 3 others being able to fruit in that time span if properly fed and...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 07-14-2009, 03:33 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 12,759
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: The Future of Fertilizer

That is not the case though for the do-nothing; a fully functioning orchard/vegetable garden/forest surviving if not thriving with clover and acacia.

His yields increased every year to a commerical...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 07-14-2009, 02:14 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 12,759
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: The Future of Fertilizer

Also localizing the sources of fertilizers; maintaining kelp fields for seaweed, using dung beetles for pastures (Who spread manure to the root sources underground saving millions in fertilizers),...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 07-14-2009, 01:56 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 12,759
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: The Future of Fertilizer

A method from Fukouka on a orchard and vegetable garden he had was fertilized mainly by 6y/o trees of the black wattle that are chopped down and buried in ditchs.

They are legumious; fast growing...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-13-2009, 02:58 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,682
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Improving The Quality of Fruit

I thought creating hybrids would only be useful for those interested in tissue culture, since hybrids don't have viable seeds. Since UV light can be a mutagen would allowing a continous amount of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-13-2009, 02:18 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,682
Posted By permaculturekidd
Re: Improving The Quality of Fruit

So it comes down to a random mutation thats one in 10 million; anyone know where I get get a few hundred seeds?

Is there anyway to tip the scales my way; increasing the chance for mutations to...
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