Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-03-2017, 08:38 PM
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Re: Is this a Musa Basjoo?
I grow musa basjoo here in Missouri zone 6. I have done it for years. In Oct we cut it down to about 8 inches. We then put a big tomato cage made out of fencing with a mesh to keep mulch from falling...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
03-11-2015, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,315
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water
Richard I have had bananas grow 10 or 12 ft but I am zone 6 missouri I am fighting a whole different zone then you for tropicals. I have also had bananas on trees before. But they do not have long...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
03-10-2015, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,315
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_5978.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_5978.jpg.html)
I grow bananas out of my ponds too. I do not want 8 ft banana plants in my...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
03-10-2015, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,315
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water
look at this again
Growing a banana tree in a pond (http://www.bonniesplants.com/banana.htm)
I slowly got my bananas used to being in water I did not plunge them in a pond all at once, I posted...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-29-2015, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,315
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water
I grow my water bananas in my watergardens all summer. Then in the fall I put them in my basement under shop lights and setting in water. I have done this since 2007. In the winter they are still in...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-14-2014, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
I did forget to say I have a 100 gallon pond in the basement and 6 fish aquariums plus all kinds of plants with 9 shop lights all winter in the basement plus 10 or 12 land banana plants down there...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-14-2014, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
LOL I just pot them in yard dirt put them it the pond and take them in the basement in the winter. I do not trim them in winter I do not feed them I do not repot. I do not worry about fungicide. LOL...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-13-2014, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
banana in basement in water one winter when it was smaller. I also keep my water cannas in water all winter in the basement.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_2810.jpg...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-13-2014, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
starting a banana in water in 2008 it is still in water. I did this myself to make a water banana
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_3111.jpg...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-13-2014, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
here is another pic from another yr
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6340_zps56cadfa0.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_6340_zps56cadfa0.jpg.html)
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-13-2014, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
That was my pond in June now there is water bananas water lilies water canna and water hibiscus and lotus so it does have many plants. Due to my mom being in a car wreck in July it has been chaos so...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-12-2014, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
no folar feeding fish pooping in water. And in basement in a tub with water 3 inches up side of pot no moving water no fertilizer did this since 2007 and had 6 bananas all winter like that
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
09-12-2014, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
my water bananas earlier this june in a pond with no movement of water and in a pot with yard dirt and holes
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6651_zpsbde1349e.jpg...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-05-2014, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,126
Re: banana
your right this is not my snow banana the bloom is not green or shaped right. I am thinking it is one of my Philippine ones.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6800_zps27049967.jpg...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-03-2014, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,126
banana
I thought this was my snow banana now not so sure
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6794_zps9bcedd16.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_6794_zps9bcedd16.jpg.html)
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
08-19-2014, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 25,401
Re: What root rot?
My water bananas are in my ponds and not the ponds with filters or pumps. All but one has been in water since 2008 the other was in water since 2007. They are under water about 3 or 4 inches above...
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Forum: Hydroponics
08-03-2014, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,469
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-03-2014, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,661
Re: Planted Musa Basjoo on August 1
Is your banana living a sheltered life? LOL
I did loose 3 clumps of musa basjoo's this past winter for the first time in years. It was a rough winter and I had them mulched in big cages with 2 ft of...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-07-2014, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Are my Basjoos dead?
It looks like I have lost 5 musa basjoos from a bad winter. It was minus 13*F for several days. They were mulched with 2 ft cyprus mulch in big tomato cages. I have had them for 5 or 6 yrs never...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-07-2014, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,315
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water
they are still going strong this year
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6651_zpsbde1349e.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_6651_zpsbde1349e.jpg.html)
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Forum: Other Plants
07-24-2013, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: nelumbo grow procces
Here is my Lueta I grew from seed. In zone 6 it takes one full year from seed to bloom for me.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6091_zps8fc265a6.jpg...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-24-2013, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,687
Re: No Pups?
All my basjoo pups even one we dug up beside one plant and planted this year has pups and it is 4 ft tall. I have 6 clumps planted in different places.
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Forum: Other Plants
07-09-2013, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,189
Re: hardy water lilies
Salty I have not had many blooms on my Lilypons before. I have had it several years. Wanvisa blooms good for me. I have had some blooms with yellow streaks before. It is a good grower and I...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-08-2013, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,297
Re: my water bananas
here are some of my other bananas they are doing okay now but some died back to the bulb
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6318_zpsa407b806.jpg...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-08-2013, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,297
Re: my water bananas
here is a link
Growing a banana tree in a pond (http://www.bonniesplants.com/banana.htm)
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