Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-21-2011, 12:06 PM
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Re: Mail order recommendations
The squirrel problem was completely solved by this: Squirrel, mink, rat, and other pests traps (http://www.kania.net/2500.htm)
Use sunflower seeds; anything like peanut butter and you'll have it...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-09-2011, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Mail order recommendations
I normally whacked them off about 36" from the ground when frost killed them, then put two frost cloths over the stand. In spring, those things shot right up from the center of the stems and grew at...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-09-2011, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Mail order recommendations
Thanks. I did try that and they still seemed to want to flag in August or September anyway. Also, I had major squirrel problems; rascals actually KILLED a couple of plants completely by chewing to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-09-2011, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Mail order recommendations
Yeah, dudes, I really loved my Blue Java. The plants were just awesome and beautiful.
I had no real problem keeping them alive; when it frosts here, the plant simply come up the next year and are...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-06-2011, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Mail order recommendations
I wish I'd thought of that before I dug them up. :)
Actually, though, these things were humongous, and I mean really huge. Several of the corms were over a foot across, and it wouldn't have been...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-06-2011, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,281
Re: Mail order recommendations
Actually, the Rajapura did great insofar as the plant was concerned. Got HUGE and flowered every year, just wasn't enough time for the fruit to mature before freeze hit.
I will definitely try and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-06-2011, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,281
Re: Mail order recommendations
I probably didn't phrase myself very well, sorry. I guess what I meant to say was I am replacing my banana stand with some that possibly have a shorter fruiting season. The dilemma I've had is that I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-06-2011, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Mail order recommendations
Thank you for the recommendations and the warning. This is exactly what I needed. :goteam:
As for the Blue Java, they are situated on a fence row (privacy fence 6') and they are in sun all day. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-05-2011, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 28
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Mail order recommendations
I moved to north central Florida several years ago and have been trying to get bananas to fruit ever since, but we have too short a growing season here before they freeze. With the help of some...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-14-2010, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 12
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Re: WTF? Why no bananas???
Well, my bananas certainly haven't been "cold stressed" since winter. In May, when they began growing, the temperatures went into the 90s, and they are still in the 90s. This has been the hottest...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-13-2010, 12:52 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-13-2010, 12:08 PM
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Re: WTF? Why no bananas???
Thanks so much for the help! I'll try this. You'd think that bananas growing in the wild with no one to take away the pups or feed them wouldn't do so well, but I guess it's like everything else: ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-13-2010, 11:11 AM
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Re: WTF? Why no bananas???
Well, I'm not sure I know the difference in the flowers; here is the photo: http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36580&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-13-2010, 06:54 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-13-2010, 06:29 AM
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WTF? Why no bananas???
OK, finally time to get serious whassup with my bananas. They grow beautifully; they are 15 feet tall and look like something right out of the rain forest. I have two varieties: rajapura and blue...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 20
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Re: Question on the fruiting process
Seven months would put it into November. It normally doesn't freeze until late December, early January here, but who knows what "normal" is these days.
So I guess there's still a chance, but I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 02:30 PM
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Re: Question on the fruiting process
Well, again, that would be RAIN. It's 85 degrees outside with 1,000% humidity in north central Florida. The only ice around here is in one's refrigerator.
It was actually pouring down rain when I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 02:21 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 01:29 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 12:34 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,475
Re: Question on the fruiting process
Well, I'm bummed!!!! Mine have looked just exactly the same for months now. They get hot sun, plenty of water, food, humidity. Don't know what else I can do.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 12:04 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2009, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 20
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Question on the fruiting process
My third banana year. I live in North central Florida, which does freeze, so I've had blossoms and fruit before that didn't make it before freeze.
This year, however, one of my ice cream banana...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-01-2009, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 22
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Re: The squirrel wars
I'm using peanuts AND peanut butter in the Kania. The ants love the peanut butter, but NO squirrels.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-01-2009, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 22
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Re: The squirrel wars
Thanks, Patty. I don't care if they live or not, I just want them the hell out of my banana plants.
I was just concerned that a) like everything else I've tried, it wouldn't work; and b) the...
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