Forum: Species Bananas
05-18-2014, 08:13 AM
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Re: my musa basjoo produced seeds
I guess for good seed production in M. basjoo you will need to M. basjoo clones. When both flower you do crosspolination by hand and then you should get viable seeds. Offcourse you will need a long...
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Forum: Species Bananas
05-18-2014, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,616
Re: my musa basjoo produced seeds
I guess for good seed production in M. basjoo you will need to M. basjoo clones. When both flower you do crosspolination by hand and then you should get viable seeds. Offcourse you will need a long...
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Forum: Species Bananas
04-23-2014, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,616
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Forum: Other Plants
04-10-2014, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,478
Re: Nelumbo komarovii seeds.
For those interested in Nelumbo komarovii plants and for all kinds of Nelumbo/lotus, have a look at:
Nymphaion Seerosen, Lotos, Teichpflanzen und Stauden (http://www.nymphaion.de)
And: Nymphaion...
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Forum: Species Bananas
01-08-2014, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 15,446
Re: Musa zaifui sp. nov.
I have a young one now. Well its in a warm greenhouse and I will let it bulk up there first. Then I can always try some of its offspring outside.
Its good we can grow at least Musa basjoo well here...
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Forum: Species Bananas
09-07-2013, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 15,446
Re: Musa zaifui sp. nov.
Thats a very nice new species! And hopefully it has good coldhardiness like Musa basjoo! It would be nice to try it here also.
I guess if you grow them under glass for a couple of years you will...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-28-2012, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 13
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Re: Definition of 'cold hardy'- pstem or corm?
P.S.
The longer and warmer your growingseason the easier you will get flowers as the plant will grow faster. So a zone 7 climate with sort cool summers versus a zone 7 climate with long hot humid...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-28-2012, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,985
Re: Definition of 'cold hardy'- pstem or corm?
I grow Musa basjoo here in what I would call a zone 7 climate. It can get -17 C here as a minimum. But normally we have much milder winters here, mostely just above zero as a minimum. So in good...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-28-2012, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 13
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Re: Banans Budding In Wisconsin!!!
Musa basjoo you could maybe even leave in the ground. But with at least a meter of straw to protect it!
Here in the The Netherlands they are roothardy with good mulching. It can get -20 C here and...
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Forum: Other Plants For Sale & Auction
02-22-2012, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 1
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Trachycarpus takil seeds.
I have here fresh Trachycarpus takil seeds from last November. They come from the Kalamuni area near Munsyari, India.
See also on the EPS forum.
Alexander
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Forum: Tiki Hut
07-10-2011, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,518
Re: Arrested for gardening?
Well in that small town Oak Park, if I had lived there I would make some sort of Potager du Roi! Well with vegetables you can make a very ornamental garden! Much nicer for the eye then a boring lawn....
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Forum: Tiki Hut
07-10-2011, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,518
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Forum: Tiki Hut
07-10-2011, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,518
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Forum: Species Bananas
07-04-2011, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,011
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-05-2011, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 6,520
Re: My ''Tall Orinoco''!
Well there are several bananas you can grow in Greece, M. basjoo, M. sikkimensis, that M. Orinoco and probably some other ones from China.
Alexander
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-09-2011, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: Help
Well better put lots of snow over it when you get it. t will insulate the rootstock. But best to mulch it thickly in November before the frost arrives!
Alexander
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-10-2010, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,817
Re: Diggin' up the bananas again for winter
Thats a lot of work there! Nice plants there!
Well I only have M. basjoo and M. sikkimensis, those 2 can overwinter outside with good protection. Saves a lot of work.
The tender stuff I can plant...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-09-2010, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 22
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Re: Musa basjoo var.?
Markku,
I had a look in my atlas, the Bramahaputra starts high up on the plateau of Tibet, streams east just south of Lhasa and then turns southward streaming down into India where it turns west...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-08-2010, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,985
Re: Musa basjoo var.?
The yellow banana on 'Natureproducts, looks to me to be a real Musa basjoo.
About M. babisiana in Tibet, there are subtropical areas there like the Bramhaputra valley, where it could grow well. You...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-02-2010, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,701
Re: Musa basjoo
Markku,
Interresting that you have seen Musa basjoo in the wild! Do you have some habitad pictures of them? And till what altitude do they grow? And do you have seeds of the most highl altitude and...
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Forum: European Section
11-18-2009, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,974
Re: Finally loosing 'it' - the big cold
Well if you live at the Dalmatian coast at 43 degrees latitude there is not much reason to complain about the weather I guess. Maybe a lack of rain, but to grow exotic stuff should be no big problem...
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Forum: European Section
11-18-2009, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,780
Re: My basjoo
Musa basjoo in Finland! I did not know they grow that far north! I guess the best way to grow them there is to start with a bigger plant, with at least a trunk of 150 cm in spring and to plant it...
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Forum: Fruit
07-19-2009, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 13,517
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
07-19-2009, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,550
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Forum: Species Bananas
07-03-2009, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 17,000
Re: Musa Formosana = Musa Basjoo?
Musa basjoo Sakhalin is not from the Island Sakhalin, it comes from a Russian guy called Sakhalin. The origin of Musa basjoo is situated in Yunnan and Sichuan in China. It is the most northerly...
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