Forum: Member Introductions
07-08-2022, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 600
Re: Hello
Sounds like you are doing something right having those still around after all those years. Overwatering can be a problem with root rot. I would try putting some compost on the top and then mulch to...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
09-15-2021, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 578
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-04-2021, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 681
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-15-2021, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,378
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-19-2021, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 876
Re: Brown leaves reasons? Zone 11a (Malta, EU)
Touch the surface area with your hand in the place that your pot is during the hottest part of the day if it is too hot for your hand or barefoot it is transferring that heat to the roots and maybe...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-14-2021, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 666
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-28-2021, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 629
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2021, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 334
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Forum: Other Plants
06-17-2021, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 613
Re: Pindo Palms, I want a fruit bearing one
From what I am reading all Pindo Palms give fruit . From my experience it may take a few years to get fruit. Last year mine put out two fruiting spikes but none of the fruit got large enough to...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
06-09-2021, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,264
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-15-2021, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 808
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-10-2021, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 947
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-31-2020, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 947
Re: Mice eating harvest!
If the pseudostem can be isolated from other access points you can place a metal band around it . The idea is to keep them from climbing . The metal
will deter their claws from climbing up. Of course...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
09-21-2020, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,147
Re: Can I use wood ash in soil?
I would not use wood ash unless it was from unpainted and untreated lumber. Some wood was painted with lead paint and some lumber has been chemically treated. Not all charcoal is the same as well.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-05-2019, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,113
Re: Containers and fruit
I have had White Iholena and Raja Puri fruit in 45 gallon pots . I used potting soil mixed with perlite. I would advise staking any fruiting pseudostems . Given our California Santa Ana winds.
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-28-2019, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 995
Re: Going bananas for El Salvador, Central America
pineapple, watermelon, mango, breadfruit, cherimoya, sapote, breadfruit,jackfruit, coffee, palms for oil, Lucuma, passion fruit, rambutan, longan, Litchee and of course bananas and plantains to give...
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Forum: Other Plants Wanted
10-25-2019, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,392
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Forum: Other Plants Wanted
10-25-2019, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,392
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-04-2019, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,794
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2019, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,969
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2019, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,969
Re: Chronic problems with Sunburn and Rot
I would refrain from using coffee grounds unless they are fully composted first (allelopathic ). Last year 114 F temperatures and afternoon sunshine totally fried some of my banana and avocado...
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-05-2019, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 759
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Forum: Tiki Hut
11-10-2018, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 847
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Forum: Tiki Hut
09-03-2018, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,263
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-18-2018, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,028
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