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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 12-06-2024, 01:59 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,727
Posted By jbclem
Re: What is the *smallest* container you've ever gotten a banana to fruit in?

I know this thread is a year old, but I wanted to note that I had a similar metal pail (about half the size of the one pictured) from Home Depot, and the bottom rusted out after a few years...used it...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 01-04-2021, 10:03 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 7,685
Posted By jbclem
Re: Spider Mites?

I'm curious if anyone, in this discussion, has actually looked with a handheld led microscope (10x-15x) to see if these are really spider mites. You need to be able to see how many eggs there are....
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 11-13-2020, 09:50 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,100
Posted By jbclem
Re: bringing the plants inside for winter

In the last picture, the stem still looks green. I wonder if the black/deadish leaves might have some insulation value, perhaps wrapping them around the green stem...

Where are you located...is...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 06-01-2020, 05:29 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,931
Posted By jbclem
Re: Building/buying a container for a dwarf namwah?

Look for pot grower supply stores in your area, they're sometimes called hydroponic stores. The ones in my area, Los Angeles, usually have larger plastic pots in stock or are happy to order what you...
Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 05-31-2020, 03:10 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 851
Posted By jbclem
Re: Gros Michel and Dwarf Brazilian pups

I sent you a pm...

John
Topanga, Ca 90290
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-04-2019, 08:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,663
Posted By jbclem
Re: Temperaturewise, when to move banana plants outdoors?

When I've planted bananas outside, they've been in 4'x4' raised boxes with 24" sides. The soil here is sandy silt/silty sand, and no one would ever accuse it of holding moisture for very long. I'm...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-03-2019, 06:04 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,663
Posted By jbclem
Re: Temperaturewise, when to move banana plants outdoors?

Could you tell me how cold (and for how long) you get in the winter? And do the in ground bananas get rained on, or watered, during the winter?

I've had a few in ground bananas survive the winter...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-03-2019, 05:19 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,663
Posted By jbclem
Re: Temperaturewise, when to move banana plants outdoors?

Do you leave them in the ground for the winter, or dig them up? And do you ever measure the ground temperature?

I've been bringing my containered ones inside when the night temps start getting...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-01-2019, 07:09 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,663
Posted By jbclem
Temperaturewise, when to move banana plants outdoors?

Raja Puri, Calif. Gold. Zip 90290, zone 9b.

1. I have two banana plants indoors in 15 gal containers. What is the minimum night temperature I should wait for before moving them outside. Since...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 10-28-2018, 11:24 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,675
Posted By jbclem
Re: Best potting mix for containers

Aruzinsky, since you're paying attention to these things, have you considered the amount of arsenic present in rice (hulls, especially).
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-24-2018, 12:26 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,809
Posted By jbclem
Re: dwarf namwah grow report in COLD Northern California

I'm also surprised by my bad luck, especially after reading about meizzwang's groove that survives long spells of cold wet weather. It's warmer down here (Los Angeles area) during the daytime...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-22-2018, 10:13 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,809
Posted By jbclem
Re: dwarf namwah grow report in COLD Northern California

I know it's a year later, but I'm curious to know how the "not namwah" fared after a winter of cold and rain. I'm in S. Calif, a 9b zone where it gets down to 24-28F a few times each winter. I've...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 11-13-2017, 10:54 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,005
Posted By jbclem
how to encourage pupping

Is there a way to encourage a banana plant to pup, or is it strictly a genetic limitation in certain varieties?

John
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 10-20-2017, 06:21 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,588
Posted By jbclem
Re: fruit in container

Anita, I'm really interested in your papaya growing technique. How large a container are you using and can you say how thick the landscape fabric is around the inside of the container? Does this...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 10-17-2017, 04:34 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,588
Posted By jbclem
Re: fruit in container

Have you checked the banana roots in a laundry basket with landscape fabric...does it prevent them from circling? I wonder if 3 or 4 layers of landscape fabric might have an air pruning effect...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 10-02-2017, 05:18 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,588
Posted By jbclem
Re: fruit in container

I'd like to know more about this idea. Does the weed fabric keep the roots from circling, does it promote air pruning inside the plastic laundry basket? Are you using layers of weed fabric or just...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 07-17-2017, 06:13 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 11,427
Posted By jbclem
Re: Fruiting in container

Tytaylor, could you name (or link to) the source of the high quality landscape fabric that you use to make your own grow bags.

Thanks, John
Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 06-23-2017, 05:10 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,132
Posted By jbclem
Re: 'Veinte Cohol' banana plant for sale

Do you have any more of the Veinte Cohol? How much are you selling them for?
Forum: Other Plants 10-13-2015, 08:48 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,684
Posted By jbclem
Re: Anyone have a dwarf papuya tree?

I think that would eliminate the Hawaiian Solo (Sunset and Sunrise) variety. Take a look at the photos on this papaya seed selling website, see if anything looks familiar.

papaya seed Aloha Seed...
Forum: Other Plants 10-13-2015, 07:25 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,684
Posted By jbclem
Re: Anyone have a dwarf papuya tree?

If you can call the nursery, you might try to find out what the fruit looked like that the seeds came from. Round, long, thin, fat, all of those could give a clue as to the variety...or at least...
Forum: Other Plants 10-11-2015, 04:04 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,684
Posted By jbclem
Re: Anyone have a dwarf papuya tree?

Assuming that's a plant and not a 4 foot long fruit, that's more like it...you've saved yourself about a year's worth of watching it grow. Was that from a nursery or private party?
Forum: Other Plants 06-10-2015, 08:40 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,684
Posted By jbclem
Re: Anyone have a dwarf papuya tree?

I'm not sure why home grown papaya seeds would be any different than farm grown, or university grown...as far as growing true.

The U of Hawaii seeds are the best deal in town. Instead of $5-7 for 5...
Forum: Other Plants 03-31-2015, 02:45 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,772
Posted By jbclem
Re: Thai Plumeria Seedling

Thanks, I didn't think about that. All the auctions I saw were from Thailand and I assumed that's just how things were.

But is it illegal to buy seeds from overseas?
Forum: Other Plants 03-30-2015, 04:32 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,772
Posted By jbclem
Re: Thai Plumeria Seedling

When I looked in eBay for plumeria seeds, and I just double-checked...100% of the offerings were seeds from Thailand. I didn't think twice about it. But I just read that it takes 3-4 years to get...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 03-30-2015, 12:01 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,784
Posted By jbclem
Re: Potassium sulfate any good to use?

I've been reading here about bananas needing fertilizers with high potassium numbers (15-5-30, etc...). I haven't seen any such fertilizers at the local nurseries, big box stores, so I thought I...
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