Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
11-06-2012, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,447
Re: Battling spider mites every year.
Spider mites can be so discouraging. My taro plants seem to be especially prone to them. To suffocate the mites, my nephew uses vegetable oil, like sunflower oil with great results. You have to be...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-05-2012, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,837
Re: Containers for grown banana
For 4 years I've grown bajoo (about 15 ft high) , dwarf red cavandish (4 to 6 ft high) in containers (cone shaped) about 28" high and 28 " across. I try to get hold of pots with wide tops) Last year...
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-09-2012, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,445
?clotlk? banana plant
I've been given a banana that has a faded ID tag in the pot; I think it says clotlk. However I am unable to find any information on this banana so I'm not reading it correctly; obviously I do not...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-05-2012, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,526
Clotlk or Clatlk banana
Has anyone heard of this banana? Clotlk OR Clatlk. I've been given this banana plant in a container and the hand written label says Clotlk or Clatlk. I can't seem to find out anything about this...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-25-2011, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,777
Re: Minimum Light Requirement?
Like you I have a number of tropicals that I bring indoors for the winter by putting a few here and there in the basement etc. My orange trees and some flowers seem to require the most light so they...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2011, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 7,666
Re: basjoo size for leaving outside?
Even in their first year I overwintered my basjoo bananas in pots outside. I moved my banana plants to an area protected from high winds (we get storms of winds up to 60 mph) and under the shelter of...
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Forum: Contests!
07-15-2008, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 122
Views: 12,325
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2008, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 7,032
Re: proud parent Ventricosum
That makes your experience even more amazing.....
Maybe the key to banana germination is to give them the basics and then forget about them, allowing them to do their thing without sending the seeds...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2008, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 7,032
Re: proud parent Ventricosum
Great job! Having a Ventricosum germinate in 4.5 days.
Mine seem to be doing the opposite.... I soaked & planted 5 Ventricosum seeds in Sep of 2006, put on heat mats, timers.... everything else I...
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Forum: Contests!
05-25-2008, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 135
Views: 14,390
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-19-2008, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,268
Re: Waiting for warmer weather...
Looks great! You look so organized. I have a site I am trying to reclaim from neglect so I can put some bananas there.
We in BC had a horribly cold spring though it lately has changed to a pleasant...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-19-2008, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,890
Re: Hello from Texas
Hope you enjoy this site as much as I do. I too am rather new here, and wow! is there ever lots to learn.....Donna
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-19-2008, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 128,446
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
05-11-2008, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 267
Views: 32,554
Re: OK>>>> Seeds are ready on the velutina!!!
Nineteen!What a great crop! How many seeds did you plant Banana Bill that you managed to get 19 to germinate? :bungejumpnaner: Great pictures too! Keep us all posted; we all are interested to see...
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
05-11-2008, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 267
Views: 32,554
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
05-08-2008, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 267
Views: 32,554
Re: OK>>>> Seeds are ready on the velutina!!!
What fabulous pictures D&T.
Two weeks ago 2 bananas I planted over a year ago, finally germinated and they do not yet have two leaves. Those bananas in the picture, how old are they?
Congrats.......
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
01-01-2008, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,114
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
12-31-2007, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 267
Views: 32,554
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-14-2007, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,724
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-14-2007, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,788
Re: latest greenhouse picture
What a great looking GH and the bananas look so healthy. You said it was minus 5; when do you begin using the mister?
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
12-11-2007, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 267
Views: 32,554
Re: OK>>>> Seeds are ready on the velutina!!!
Just reading this thread on experiments re veluntia seeds...I wonder if anyone has read about how the fruit (the pulpy stuff) of many plants often contain a chemical that act as a stimulator for...
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Forum: Member Introductions
12-09-2007, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,915
Re: Hello from Zambia, Lusaka
Welcome! Nice to have another banana nut join us....just wait a few months and you will find retirement far too busy...Donna
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-09-2007, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,324
Re: Winter storage parameters!?!?!
I have my bananas stored in a cabin which I keep around 57 - 61 degrees. Mind you all my bananas are small enough, I could bring them in without cutting them back so I put a light on them about 12...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-25-2007, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,633
Re: Greenhouse
Looks awesome! What a great job you did; enjoy....enjoy
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Forum: Contests!
11-25-2007, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 22,796
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