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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-20-2013, 05:03 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

Here is the new link, the original video was slightly revised:

"Growing Bananas"
Growing Bananas - YouTube (http://youtu.be/cigy-hOgp2o)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-02-2012, 12:20 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,980
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: compost leachate/tea

Compost tea is made by steeping compost in water. The tea serves as a foliar fertilizer or as a soil nutrient and microbial drench. Producing compost tea is an art as much as a science. Types of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-04-2012, 03:18 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

I recommended that Roy use Fibonacci differences (in hertz) between consecutive notes in the scale used for his instrument. These differences would progress from the first note (frequency value)...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-04-2012, 12:28 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 5,547
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: I'm moving to the Big Island of Hawaii in 58 days

I hope you enjoy the Big Island.

I lived there for 14 years.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-04-2012, 12:24 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

Remember that the music in the banana video was composed by Roy "Futureman" Wooten, a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

About 6 or 7 years ago, Roy was developing a new musical instrument....
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-04-2012, 12:18 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

That is wonderful!
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-12-2012, 02:08 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 6,707
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: Book: The World of Bananas in Hawaii: Then and Now

I have a copy and the book is wonderful, well worth the price.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-12-2012, 01:49 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

Hello everyone.

I still have some free copies of the "Growing Bananas" DVD to mail to people. Please contact me at snelson@hawaii.edu if you want one. If you live outside of the USA you will have to...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-15-2011, 11:52 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,885
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: curling leaf edges

I have seen this happen in conjunction with a calcium and/or boron deficiency.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-07-2011, 11:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,742
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: HELP with my over wintered plants

Did you store them next to the furnace?

They don't like that.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-05-2011, 11:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,869
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: Why won't my Icecream Fruit?

Post a pic?
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-04-2011, 05:53 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,449
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: Feeding bananas

Recommended levels of elements in banana leaf tissue in Hawaii:

Element (Range)
Nitrogen (2.8 - 3.1%)
Phosphorous (0.18 - 0.2%)
Potassium (3.2 - 3.5%)
Calcium (0.6 - 1.0%)
Magnesium (0.3 -...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-03-2011, 04:28 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,449
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: Feeding bananas

In Hawaii the banana farmers use 13-3-38 (with minor elements inlcuded) at a rate of 1/3 to 1/2 pound per month per banana mat.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-07-2011, 07:48 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 2,166
Posted By Scot Nelson
Pinwheel Gros Michel

Hi gang.

I am looking for an image(s) of Gros Michel flower for an artist to make a line drawing.

The photo(s) should be reliable, actually Gros Michel.

Can anyone help? I saw the images already...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-16-2010, 11:53 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

Jack, some plant pathogens produce survival structures that can withstand low temperatures, so it is difficult to generalize. In my opinion it is not very likely that most of the major banana...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-04-2010, 04:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,971
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: The Plant Doctor app for iPhones

You are welcome!

Scot
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-26-2010, 12:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,971
Posted By Scot Nelson
The Plant Doctor app for iPhones

Although the smart phone industry is still young, these mobile devices have quickly evolved into preferred methods for acquiring and transmitting digital information. Software developers produce...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-18-2009, 05:37 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,793
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: a good info

Thanks for the words about this article.

I was one of its authors.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-11-2009, 11:48 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,597
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: black sigatoka?

Caloosamusa: I think there is nutritional deficiency plus some physical injury resulting from lack of water or too high or too low temperature, perhaps. I do not suspect a pathogen, but rather a...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-10-2009, 05:01 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,597
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: black sigatoka?

Those photos do not depict black sigatoka, in my opinion.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-08-2009, 12:54 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

Most of the materials are avilable for download at plant-doctor.net:

CEDI page: Banana – The Plant Doctor (http://www.plant-doctor.net/site/index.php?page=cedi&type=misc&id=1%2F2)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-08-2009, 12:53 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 25,221
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: A new DVD about growing bananas is available

please contact me at snelson@hawaii.edu
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-28-2009, 12:44 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,153
Posted By Scot Nelson
BBTV found in reclaimed water

Research published in Environmental Microbiology indicates that banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) can survive passage the human digestive system - the virus was found in “reclaimed water” (sewage water...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-14-2009, 11:04 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,465
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: Is it possible to double flower?

Yes, and there are two ways to accomplish that: by getting >1 blooms on different plants in a mat simultaneously, or by getting >1 blooms on the same plant in a mat simultaneously. :waving:
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-12-2009, 09:20 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,465
Posted By Scot Nelson
Re: Is it possible to double flower?

I have seen one banana pseudostem make seven bunches simultaneously in Hawaii, although that is very unusual. Doubles are triples are more common.
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