Forum: Tiki Hut
03-05-2019, 08:35 PM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-25-2019, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,186
Re: minimally edible bananas for 7b
M. velutina will sprout from the ground and produce fruit in a season but they are 98% seed. You basically can just run the seeds around in your mouth and get a banana taste...but that’s about it.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-26-2017, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 8
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Re: How to winterize this palm
If you have a garage I'd drag it in there and just lay it on its side. It won't grow much over the winter so the shape won't be messed up. I'd probably wrap the trunk just to insulate for those...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
09-24-2017, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,986
Re: obdiahs new toy
Funny...I had thought about trying to make one but it never crossed my mind to BUY one! If I had ever gotten around to building one I bet it would have cost twice as much and worked half as well.
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Forum: Species Bananas
09-19-2017, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,637
Re: Are Red Tiger bananas red bananas?
I actually ate some Musa sikkimensis fruit once just to try and get the fruit separated from the seeds. I pretty much just mushed it around with my tongue until it was mostly seeds (actually, it was...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-22-2017, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,096
Re: Large basjoo for zone 6?
I just saw a Facebook post from a guy in Pittsburgh who has tons of huge basjoo clumps. He cuts them down after the first frost, covers them with mulch and then covers with tarps.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-22-2017, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,096
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-18-2017, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,295
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-18-2017, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,295
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-16-2017, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,295
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
10-14-2016, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,882
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
09-23-2016, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,291
Re: Which Ornamentals Will Come Back in Zone 7
I live in 7b (right on the edge of 7a). I have basjoo, itinerans, sikkimensis, and ornata. I had velutina but it got crowded out by other plants. I had balbisiana for a few years but lost...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-12-2016, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,862
Re: Is this tree revivable?
This is seriously making me question the reliability of information on Craigslist...
Anyone ever try eating the seed pods on giant bird of paradise? Are they delicious? 😉
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Forum: Tiki Hut
06-23-2016, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,200
Whatever it was, don't worry...
Whatever it was it was skinny so not a water moccasin or copper head. The tail is complete so not a rattle snake. It doesn't look like a coral snake either so whatever it is it should be harmless. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-25-2016, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,397
Re: Chickens and Bananas
I used to drive 35 miles to buy cheap mulch in the neighboring county. It was free for residents of their county but for me it was about $7/ton. Finally I realized that my county road department...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-15-2016, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,257
Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
Well...I just read the itinerans thread from that link. I'm no expert so I can only say that I've grown what I've been given as a certain species or variety. I will say that the yunnanesis that I...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-15-2016, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,257
Re: musa Itinerans va Itinerans wanted in Georgia
I tried Musa yunannensis but lost it one winter. That doesn't mean that it isn't cold hardy but I did lose it. I've also had a Musa thompsonii that I thought I had lost for a few years (lost in the...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-10-2016, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,470
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-10-2016, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,470
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-10-2016, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,470
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-10-2016, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,470
Re: Where to buy musa Itinerans var itinerans?
I got them all from people that I know except for sikkimensis. That one I grew from seed. I have ornata that even survived our last two cold winters...even down to -4F with only mulch for...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-10-2016, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,470
Re: Where to buy musa Itinerans var itinerans?
Where in Georgia are you located? I'm up near Chattanooga. I'm not sure which form of itinerans I have (I had three but the way itinerans runs one might have died off and I wouldn't know). I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-22-2016, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,636
Just a regular serrated kitchen knife...
I remember trying all kinds if things and found banana pseudostems resistant to sharp knives and saws of all kinds. One day I was visiting my parents and they were throwing out two old kitchen...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
01-10-2016, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,295
Re: Mini Banana Farm for Sale with 3BR/2BA Home
I was going to ask the same thing! I see dawn redwood planted around but never for sale (same for China Fir...must have been sold 40 years ago). I've tried cuttings before with no success. I even...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-07-2016, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,520
Re: Stuttgart Canna
I bought one as a rizome but it came up green...then died. I think they have a tendency to revert to green and the white can burn in the sun but I've seen some nice ones as well.
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