Forum: Member Introductions
04-25-2011, 10:11 PM
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Re: Howdy Bananas!
No clue... He doesn't know either. Looks like I will have something to post in the ID forum. Folks here are nice... Glad to meet you, Kat!
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-25-2011, 09:51 PM
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Re: Howdy Bananas!
Paxton is in the middle of the Panhandle 45 mins North of Ft. Walton Beach. A local fellow and I were talking and he told me not to buy any more banana plants and to come dig them out of his yard....
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-07-2011, 09:02 PM
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Re: Hello from SE Ohio
I'm in the North Panhandle just south of Alabama... Not ideal, but better than farther north for Bananas... I am moving down to the Santa Rosa Beach area eventually... which will be somewhat...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-07-2011, 05:33 PM
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Re: Kiwi matrimony
I just planted 3 Kiwi plants today in a line |female|male|female| with bamboo posts between them 5 feet apart since I was told they can be trained up like grape vines. Is 5 feet too far apart for...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-07-2011, 03:54 PM
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Re: Hello from SE Ohio
That's awesome that you have no mush this year... I just planted my first 3 plants this year, so I came across that article when researching. Come on down to FL... the weather's fine :)
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-05-2011, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 26
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Re: Hello from SE Ohio
You should check out this article for some ideas, Don. It's about bananas growing in Ohio. Mush sucks :)
Bananas move north of the tropics | Flower & Garden Magazine | Find Articles at BNET...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-05-2011, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Hi
Here is the article I was referring to...
Bananas move north of the tropics | Flower & Garden Magazine | Find Articles at BNET...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-05-2011, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Hi
I'm not 100% sure, but I have read that is a way people in the North here keep them from freezing and turning into a pile of mush. I read a nice article about someone in Ohio getting plants from...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-05-2011, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Hi
You know we don't really have pub rock here... unless you consider Jet pub rock haha! You're hard pressed to find a pub at all in my neck of the woods... It's all beachy tourism to the south and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-05-2011, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 2
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Break it off or prop it up?
I planted some small banana plants 2 days ago, and wouldn't ya know it, a massive thunderstorm hit with damaging winds and pelting rain last night! So I went outside to survey the damage, and some...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-05-2011, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Hi
You are right about FL (Wikipedia is mostly), but they are referring to South FL where it is subtropical and 12 hours southeast of where I am in the northwest end of the state. We have short, mild...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-04-2011, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Hi
G'day Skids! Welcome to you too :) I thought you might find it interesting that the place I became interested in growing bananas was in Oz. I lived there for 3 glorious months and couldn't secure a...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-04-2011, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Howdy Bananas!
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I decided to plant them 6' apart in a triangle (roughly) around my pond. Hopefully they don't get drowned by this crazy storm we are having right now. Figures it...
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-03-2011, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 8
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Howdy Bananas!
Hi All,
I'm Dave of Paxton, FL and you can call me Zorro if ya like. I'm finally in a place where I can grow some tropicals here in FL (Born in Montgomery, AL and lived over half my life in Atlanta,...
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