Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-01-2009, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Musa "Heliconia" Variagated - Info please?
Here's a link to a USA vendor who has a website with a large variety of Heliconias you can view and compare:
Tropical Plants and Palm Trees by The Banana Tree, Tropical Seeds, Banana trees, Banana...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
07-29-2009, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,826
Re: farmers market sales
Was thinking about the possibility of doing the same thing at Farmers Market, along with several horticulture and garden shows locally. What does California require for Swap Meets and Farmer's...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-26-2009, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,421
Re: Dwarf Red, kru or what?
I likewise bought a similar looking banana at a big box hardware store (Home Depot). And eventhough the pot had a tag labeling the plant as Banana - Dwarf Cavendish Musa acuminata I was challenged...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-10-2009, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,853
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-10-2009, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,853
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-10-2009, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,549
Re: Agristarts Rocks????
Ooops... I need to correct my prior thread comments. It's Agristarts that shows Bananas.org on it's quick links (see below). However, our site does not endorse or list their link... and rightly...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-10-2009, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,549
Agristarts Rocks????
I must disagree with a recent member comment on the bottom of a photo of "AgriStarts blue berries stating that "Agristarts Rocks!". My exerience has been quite the contrarty! After exchanging...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-11-2009, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,086
Re: Dwarf Cavendish - Help on Storm Damage
Thanks to all for the advice and counsel... after 3 or 4 surgeries over as many weeks; I finally got to green heart growth and a new leave is beginning to sprout.
Photo attached (I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-25-2009, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 30,894
Re: Siam Ruby Banana Fruit
Ooops... More searching revealed this photo of the "Siam Ruby" from Stokes Tropicals...
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt331/Neukman51/SiamRuby.jpg
So it's anybody's guess what plant I saw...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-25-2009, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 30,894
Re: Siam Ruby Banana Fruit
I recently saw a very exquisite "ornamental" banana at the Atlanta Botanical Garden during a recent orchid show...
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt331/Neukman51/OrnamentalBanana.jpg
It caught...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-06-2009, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,086
Re: Dwarf Cavendish - Help on Storm Damage
Thanks for the advice. I've cut back about 4" to get to a completely green core on the main stem. The only reason I took off the leaves was that the thunderstorm had destoyed them (e.g. the leaf...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-05-2009, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,086
Dwarf Cavendish - Help on Storm Damage
Put my three year old Dwarf Cavendish outside too early this spring and it got hit by a very nasty thunderstorm storm with high winds (50+ mph). All existing central stem leaf growth was destroyed...
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