Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-05-2009, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,037
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-03-2009, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,667
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-03-2009, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,355
Re: Mom and her pups
Even up here in Ontario Canada we have never had overnight temps this low. We are usually past the 50F night temps this time of year...We have frost warning tonight also. My Banana's already look...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-01-2009, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,574
Re: Got a zebrina!
Nice looking plant, but from the picture it looks more like a cavendish variety as the underside of the leaves are green. Zebrina has red under the leaves....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-30-2009, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,547
Re: banana leaf folded over
Strange timing to see this thread here. We just had a thunderstorm tonight and it broke a bunch of leaves off my banana's too. :(
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-25-2009, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Crazy canadian
I chop the top half of mine off and dig it up. I over winter in a heated basement in a pot of Cocount Husk Chips and water very lightly. I place a shop light on a timer over head and light them for 8...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-25-2009, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,584
Re: Is it because I am in Canada?...
I agree with Kaczercat you can find a Dwarf Cavendish, Basjoo, or more commonly Super Dwarf Cav. at almost any nursery or even grocery stores in the summer up here. If you become more interested in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-15-2008, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,490
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-13-2008, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,490
Re: Anyone ever bought from this site??
Thank-you for the heads up. That is terrible news. I work as an insurance adjuster so I see that all to often and it never gets any easier. My heart goes out to his family and I will hold off on any...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-13-2008, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,490
Anyone ever bought from this site??
Tall Pines Greenhouses Home (http://www.tallpinesgreenhouses.com/)
Or maybe even know this seller from the world of Ebay.
They are offering Rajapuri for $3... I am a little afraid the plants are a...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-12-2008, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 27
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Re: Basjoo growth progress
Ya, once those are a few years old you will have a zone 5 banana plantation...lol. looks really good, I am looking forward to seeing how big they are by first frost.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-12-2008, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,301
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-20-2007, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,200
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-18-2007, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,453
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-17-2007, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,453
Re: It came in a coconut
Thanks, I was thinking the same thing as it is pushing out pups and it is only two months old. I want a banana that will grow bigger for my bay window in the winter. It is just too damn hard to find...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-17-2007, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,453
It came in a coconut
I know that it is a Cavendish... but I am not sure if it is DC or HCM. When I got it is was about 5" and growing in a coconut cut in half ( you take what you can get in Canada ). I thought at the...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-14-2007, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 17,311
Re: question on winterizing basjoo
WOW, frost already! I live in Canada and our first frost date is around Oct. 15th. I wish you the best of luck in over wintering, and beating the frost! I will be in your situation next month!
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Forum: Tiki Hut
09-14-2007, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,831
Banana Comic Strip
... With Halloween only a month and a half away I thought this would kick off the season...
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/comichalloween2.png
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-14-2007, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,122
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-14-2007, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,122
Re: Time to break the ice...
I live in Guelph, Ontario. Its is a suburb outside of Toronto. Our unofficial motto is " Its like Toronto without the guns."
http://www.ngfcanada.com/images/area.gif
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-13-2007, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,122
Time to break the ice...
... Literally in about three months! Hi, I have been lurking this site for most of the summer now and have learned a lot about bananas. I come from Zone 5b, Canada. I have some Dwarf Cavendish right...
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