Forum: Member Introductions
04-14-2015, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,375
Re: new and need help
Hi Dan .. Welcome to Bananas.org! First of all: Congrats on germinating your ensete seeds. You will see that many here have tried and failed at that, so you are already a banana growing prodigy! lol...
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Forum: Member Introductions
03-09-2015, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,565
Re: newbie
Hi Debbie - welcome to the site. With a little searching here you can find lots of answers to most of your banana growing questions. Even when I google search banana questions it often brings me back...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-13-2014, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,839
Re: Overwinter musa basjoo
Why remove them from the pots? In 8-9 yrs of overwintering I found it best to leave them in the pots (and I even pot the in ground ones for winter storage) put them on something like wooden crates or...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-13-2014, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 609
Views: 249,510
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-22-2014, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 9,536
Re: Deep Planted Basjoo Dying?
Rafael - You maybe overthinking or worrying a bit about this whole winter storage issue. I've been aflicted with the banana growing disease for like 11 years now. My experience in Western PA -...
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-02-2014, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,025
Re: Hello from Annapolis, MD
Well I guess I can help answer this question. Any pup will wilt for a while when cut from the mother plant and replanted - especially a four foot one! In my experience - how long it continues to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-20-2014, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,883
Re: Siam Ruby an Borderlon issues
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I have also noticed the Bordelon folding phenomenon. Sometimes it's just because it is a hot day and sometimes it is because it is really thirsty! I also had the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-19-2014, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,883
Re: Siam Ruby an Borderlon issues
I always liked trying the red bananas, but found them much harder to over winter than any green ones - UNTIL I got a Bordelon some years back (that first plant is in my avatar). The next year I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-19-2014, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,525
Re: Chicago Area Project And Thanks!
After five years of growing a basjoo here in Pittsburgh in a pot (along with 5-6 other kinds), I planted it in the ground in the garden where it flourished more each summer after three pretty mild...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-20-2014, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Other Plants
05-20-2014, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,267
Re: Who's growing Passiflora incarnata ?
I am!!! and after none of my garage stored bananas (only some that were babied indoors iupstairs in pots) survived this brutal winter. I am so glad my incarnata - Monika Fisher and another 4 yr old...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-11-2014, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,931
Re: Peach Tree Giving Up on Life
When I was a kid growing up in Pittsburgh, my Dad brought home two peach trees 5-6' that were growing in a weed strip next to the parking lot at the bakery where he worked.
He determined that they...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-26-2013, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,392
Re: Desperately seeking Musa ae ae pups
Hey Gary
I have observed all the hype about the AeAe on here for years but was never convinced this plant could be worth the effort and expense and effort to obtain and grow until I saw an...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-17-2013, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,293
Re: Hello from zone 6! never used a forum before
Hi Gavin
Pittsburgh here - a guy on a hill above the stadiums here once had a small forest of Basjoos for some years. You may be able to imitate that in your location, but a for a "forest" of ...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-12-2013, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,131
Re: Basjoo- Trim leaves?
Hey Rick - IMO one of the advantages that us Northern banana growers have is that the leaves on our plants often remain all season in pristine shape all season without the severe rips etc that I see...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-22-2013, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 8,208
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Forum: Other Plants
02-22-2013, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 985
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Forum: Other Plants
10-03-2012, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 2,532
Views: 306,136
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-18-2012, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,729
Re: Live in Ohio
Hi Cyndy and welcome!
It's good to see another "tropical garden stretcher" here on the forum (I'm in Pittsburgh) . My own journey began 4-5 years ago when I couldn't pass up $1 banana plants...
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Forum: Banana Economics Forum
07-18-2012, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 19,647
Re: Ty Ty nursery?
wow this thread is so old so the I guess the question really is: Would they still be around all these years later if their "marketing tactics" didn't work? - I mean is it really that hard to google...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-06-2012, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 14,119
Re: Ae Ae Pup 5/6/2012
For a long time I had a hard time understanding all the hype surrounding the AeAe. The pics that I saw on here all made them look no more special than a straggly long leafed hosta on a trunk. Then I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-01-2012, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,062
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-24-2012, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,478
Re: separating pup from potted banana
Angie - My experience has been that when the plant is beginning active growth and the weather is warm and sunny it is almost impossible to hurt the mother corm. I have followed others' advice and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-24-2012, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,707
Re: I replanted my banana tree with bananas.
A very interesting post for us northern growers - On your youtube I started to recount a similar situation I had 2 years ago -Here's what wouldn't fit there: My experience was similar but a little...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
12-12-2011, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,438
Re: Strange people
Tony I have to laugh about how neigborhood problems differ from one part of the country to the other. I try very hard not to use chemicals etc in any season but since we are on a hill, when the...
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