Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-10-2010, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,572
Back to posting -occasionally
Hi Everyone,
I have been away from the group for a about a year. Thought I would update and Re hello.
Last Summer we had a run of hot dry weather - and I was away for 2 months in the worst. I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-08-2009, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,777
Re: Are They Sick?
Thanks
Guess no need for followup images until the mites are under control.
Treated with 1ml dish soap and 10 ml of neem oil in 1 gallon US water.
1 gallon treated all my plants, and the soil in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,737
Re: Is playsand bad for bananas
I use sand in some of my work.
Play sand is washed, dried and screened to get a uniform grain size then packaged.
Mason sand is unwashed, and has larger screens so you get more variation in grain...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-04-2009, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,777
Are They Sick?
I feel like a new parent... I check my nanas almost daily and take pride in new leafs.
But I have a problem, I took these shots a week ago, and resolved to wait and watch, see if it was just a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2009, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,192
Re: Question on Musa Orinocos
I have 4 Orinocos, all rescued from a landscaping job, they were damaged and the root balls dry.
I placed them in a raised bed, lots of compost, and some 12-12-12 slow release.
I had to cut back...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-04-2009, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,736
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-19-2009, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 5,595
Re: First fruit off my Ice Cream.
The Irish of my choice is Tullamore Dew. It was the first Irish Whiskey I ever had and It is still my favorite. I love the crock too.
Just my 2 Cents.
Gecko
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-19-2009, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 10,029
Re: what is the best website to buy a banana plant
Let us know how the transaction goes Steven. My Banana budget is shot for this year, but I do want to increase my collection, and different companies have different types.
(I went with Green earth...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2009, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 10,029
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2009, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 1,325
Views: 152,237
Re: What did you plant today (bananas)?
:woohoonaner:
Got my order from Greenearth. All with nice rootballs and nice looking leafs. Most were 10" - 18".
So I potted them - 1 Basjoo, 1 Bordelon, 1 Dwarf red, 1 Lady Finger, 2 Saba, 1 Rowe...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-14-2009, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 1,422
Views: 173,186
Re: What did you plant today (other plants)?
Landscaping never ends.
Pony tail palm, Variegated False Agave, 3 Heavenly Bamboo (which I was surprised to find out isn't really bamboo).
Tomorrow is a huge list from herbs to flowers... (if my...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-12-2009, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 1,325
Views: 152,237
Re: What did you plant today (bananas)?
4 rescued Orinocos. A Friend who landscapes dug them up and dropped them off. Pstem on the 4 foot one was bent and broken in 2 spots, cut it off, hope that it recovers, the smaller guys all look...
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-08-2009, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,394
Re: Texas Mystery Nanas
Whoo Hoo:woohoonaner:
OK cool have the bed composted, and ready for them. If they can do that in the lousy place they live, the 2 easy to access pups should spring to life and thrive.
Thanks
Gecko
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-08-2009, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,394
Texas Mystery Nanas
This group of nanas - 4 large clumps growing in a very narrow strip of earth.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16545&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-29-2009, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,680
Re: Newbie questions...
Found 1 out of the way nursery today and was told about another... so i will look locally first.
Also found a stand of nanners near an apartment block it looked like the pups could do with a new...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-29-2009, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,680
Re: Newbie questions...
Thanks.
I have been reading a lot and following threads.
The Link from the CRFG was really good.
Any advice for online orders?
I was looking at bananaplants.net any issues I need to know about...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-29-2009, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 1,422
Views: 173,186
Re: What did you plant today (other plants)?
Well not today exactly, in the last week...
Fished out 3 water lily corms and potted them, they are now in the "nursery tank".
My ginger (edible) bed now has 10 shoots from 2" to 8".
The plants...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-28-2009, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,680
Newbie questions...
Hi all,
Hope this is the right place for this thread.
I have started prepping my holes for new bananas, we are in sandy clay (or clay with sand). It was a melon field a year ago. I have dug down...
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Forum: Member Introductions
03-23-2009, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,318
Re: Hello
Mostly Fused glass and Flame work, a little stained glass.
My partner is mostly stained glass, with some fusing.
We do jewelery, decorative functional work, home decor, sculptural and large...
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Forum: Member Introductions
03-23-2009, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,318
Hello
Hi,
I am a full time glass artist with an interest in growing my own bananas, for fruit, fiber (to make paper) and cuz I like to garden.
I am in south Tx. Zone 9-10 and n newbie in Bananas.
Gecko
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