Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-18-2011, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 96
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Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Mirrors are not good, something like Mylar or just a board painted with flat white paint will increase the luminance. With LED lights, it is not as important as the lights do not diffuse much.
Mike
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-18-2011, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 96
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Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Harvey,
It's not much of a set-up! A 5-gallon bucket with a hole cut in the lid with a 5" net pot in it, the banana sitting in the pot with some lava rock, roots growing in the bucket and an air...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-05-2011, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 96
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Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
An update:
Nearly two months later, the plant is doing great. The pup kept growing and it was about 16" tall with six-seven leaves - everything under the lid where it didn't get any light at all. I...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
02-23-2011, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 7
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Re: banana growing in water
Vicki,
It sort of died this winter. The leaves turned yellow, then brown, then got ugly. I trimmed them off, as well as a couple of feet of roots. But the pup kept growing so I let it go. All of a...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
02-08-2011, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 96
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Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
An update:
To notrecruiting: It is a hydroponic grow, using Deep Water Culture. That's where the plant sits in something resembling a pot, but with lots of slits in the side so water can circulate...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
02-08-2011, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 96
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
02-03-2011, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
An update.
Not sure what to post as far as how the plant is doing under the lights and in a DWC system.
About two months ago, the new shoots quit developing. I thought it might be because the temps...
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Forum: Hydroponics
12-18-2010, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 5
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Like roots? A DWC grow
I started a Dwarf Cavendish in a DWC system (5-gallon bucket) the last week of September. Here's a picture of part of the root system less than three months...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
11-05-2010, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Well, if the guy I bought it from is correct, it will be another nine months to get fruit. I don't have a clue regarding the time from flowering to ripe fruit!
Mike
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
11-03-2010, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Kevin,
No problem dropping the part regarding Richard, but IMO it would be a disservice not to continue to post how my hydro DC is doing under the LED light - that's at least part of the OP's...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
11-02-2010, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 96
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Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
I suspect Richard cannot back up his claims - it's been more than a week and he has not responded.
IMO, he should have stuck around and put up his 2000 watt system against my 125 watt one. At least...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-23-2010, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
I guess these are not technical enough to qualify?
Do you have any idea what PAR is, or DLI?
So what variety of banana are you growing and what is your average harvest per tree?
$100...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-21-2010, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
I ave read what you have posted. Here are the posts:
Forget LED's for crops, although they are great for indoor tropical plants that enjoy low light in their natural habitat.
In the long...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-21-2010, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 96
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Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
I typed that I use EcoGrow - you can Google it to find the percentages of N,P & K as well as micronuits.
From you post, I gather you are not interested in growing a plant indoors under 800...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-21-2010, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
The plant was about 14" tall (roots and all) with 3 of the four leaves sort of broken. I rinsed the potting mix off and put it in a five-gallon bucket. The nutrient solution is EcoGrow with a ppm pf...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-20-2010, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
You continue to ignore the part DLI (the amount of photons a plant uses in photosynthesis) means. Experts, which do not include me, have determined the optimal mols per day needed per...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-19-2010, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-18-2010, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
My DC has been adding a leaf per week. It is getting light from only a 125 watt LED. I suppose, according to you, that if I was to increase the light six-fold, to 800 watts, I should get...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-12-2010, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
{Smacking head against wall}
WTH do you think this thread started out about?
I'll refrain from obvious personal insults that are due, but again will ask that you ditch your shovel and quit digging...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-12-2010, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
All that you say in your last post may be well and true, but that's NOT what this thread was about. I don't give a flying rat's behind what some lunatic in La-La land will do to get a ripe...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-12-2010, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
A commercial running these days urges some: if you find you are digging yourself into a hole, quit digging. I suggest you consider this advice.
You try to say that producers who spend $200...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-12-2010, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-11-2010, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
A 2000 watt grow light? Got a link to it? And let's see ---- 2000 watts times 8 hours per day is 16,000 watts per day. During winter, 3 months, that amounts to about $144 per plant, if you are paying...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-11-2010, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
I would guess about 156-280 watts per second on a sunny day when clouds are not blocking any radiation. This is at the equator, where banana trees grow well. Yet you claim you need 2,000W per plant....
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-10-2010, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 29,560
Re: MH Vs. HPS Vs. LED Vs. Fluorescent
Richard,
Where from God's Green Earth are you getting your figures? Do you know more than Jim Faust, Paul Fisher and Eric Runkle put together?
Do you have any idea what PAR is, or DLI? Why would...
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