Forum: Banana Identification
11-06-2012, 11:04 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-16-2012, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,218
Re: Questions about dwarf bananas
Dwarfing is done by selective breeding over multiple generations or by crossing with a naturally short variety. Unless the genes are changed no change would be permanent.:nanadrink:
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-20-2012, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-01-2012, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 15
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Re: 'Compact' Saba
Saba is available, just have to keep an eye out. I got mine from a fellow on the forum (last summer). It's about 7 feet tall now with 3 feet of clear pstem.
I find them to be a very pretty plant,...
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Forum: Species Bananas
03-06-2012, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,176
Re: Maurelii; Question about pronunciation.
To paraphrase an expert on botanical latin, "botanical latin is primarily a written language, it doesn't really matter how it's pronounced as long as it sounds pleasant and you get your point...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-12-2012, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: How many bananas do you eat in a week?
1 a day usually, store bought. Still waiting on mine to get big enough to produce. With any luck my Dwarf Cavendish will bloom in the next six months or so (and maybe the M. dasycarpa...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
11-15-2011, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,814
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
11-01-2011, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,975
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
10-25-2011, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,975
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-19-2011, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Attack of the hole diggers - help!!!!!!!
Here is everyhting you could wnat to know about armadillos
Nine-banded Armadillo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-banded_Armadillo)
They are not particulalry...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-12-2011, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 0
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does this look like Manzano?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45651
The stalk barely survived Irene, leaf and trunk picks are in my gallery under "mistery nanner".
:woohoonaner:
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-09-2011, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Which do you like, and why?
If you are looking for a small banana that does well indoors and is likely to fruit I would go with velutina (aka dasycarpa). The fuzzy pink banana is hard to beat for manageable size and goofy...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-24-2011, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Black Thai - Color Loss
If your 3 are not clones it may be just a bit of the old genetic variability coming in to play, otherwise I would check that all are fertilized well and have good drainage. Poor soil conditions can...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-16-2011, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 27
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Re: A more better digging bar - much more
thnks for the heads up. I've never had to dig out a banana pup, but I do have a digging bar thats 1" steel. If you live in Maryland and garden you have to have one. Our soil here is rocks, and clay,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-15-2011, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 27
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Re: A more better digging bar - much more
You've re-invented the tree planting bar, available at any forestry supply
e.g. Musser Forests, Inc. - Product Info (http://www.musserforests.com/prod.asp?p=OST)
or
Sheldon Hill Forestry...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-08-2011, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-08-2011, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-07-2011, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,824
Looking for Saba and Velutina/Dasycarpa
Hello all,
Now that Spring is getting here I was wondering if someone had a small Saba and some Velutina/Dasycarpa they'd be willing to sell.
Chuck T.:0519:
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-04-2011, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Musa Balbisiana 'Gigantea'?
Hello, It doesn't look anywhere near dark enough for Black Thai. I have 2 that are growing in fairly deep shade and the stems are much darker than yours. There is so much variability in some of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-21-2011, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,268
Re: My mystery nanner
I looked at Orinoco pix also, but the trunk and stipe color looked more like Saba than Orinoco to me. But thanks for the heads up, we'll see how tall it gets and what the flowers look like. From my...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-18-2011, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,268
Re: My mystery nanner
:sumbrero::sumbrero:Thanks for looking folks, sorry I didn't have flower pics. After looking around the net and here I have come to believe that it is most likely Saba. The largest should bloom this...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-18-2011, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,508
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-10-2011, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,194
Re: Trying to identify this bug
photo is not close enough or clear enough to easily identify the critters but spider mite almost always have webbing associated with them and tend not to do well in humid environments, there are...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-07-2011, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,268
My mystery nanner
A friend who lives near Washington D.C. gave me two plants last fall (they keep pupping and he has more than he wants to overwinter now). Pstem gets to about 6 + inches in diameter and 8 feet tall,...
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Forum: Other Plants Wanted
09-14-2010, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 2
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