Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-27-2009, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 10,323
Re: 1 Year Basjoo Growth in Mass.
Hi Bill
Your must be onto something, your plants and growth rate are outstanding. I'd be very interested in your future comparisons of similar plants with and without heat coils.
I think your right...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-16-2009, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,215
Re: Basjoo in bloom
Thanks
Last year's seeds were very small. I don't think it gets enough time to fully ripen. In zone 7 I'm just happy to get a flower.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-16-2009, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,215
Basjoo in bloom
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=23136&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=23136&ppuser=991)
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-18-2009, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,479
Re: Anyone in the northeast
Bob
It's very easy, if you want to purchase the plugs next year I'm sure I can dig out the receipt and remember where I got them from.
Jim
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-17-2009, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,479
Re: Anyone in the northeast
With the long range forecast calling for lows in the 40s, today was the day. With the cold winter we all had in the northeast (I'm in Staten Island,NY) I was afraid all we would see was mush. Happy...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-14-2009, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 98
Views: 9,287
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-14-2008, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,275
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Forum: Banana Recipes
11-11-2008, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 23,417
Re: Cooking the Banana flower bud
Chong: Sound like a great way to test for taste, before going to alot of work preparing a "banana heart" dish.
Does this work for edible bananas only? I'm curious about basjoo, one of mine flowered...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-10-2008, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,466
Re: Fruiting in NY, NJ...
BOB the pile must be covered, or it will just absorb water like a sponge, and rot the pstem and corm. You might have been looking at the pics after I opened the pile there are also pics of the...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-10-2008, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,466
Re: Fruiting in NY, NJ...
Vinny, Ref: how long to flower. I purchased 2 basjoos from a member (john_ny) on May 07, at the time the pstems were approx 4' and looked great. According to John this is their history: TC in 2005,...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-09-2008, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,466
Re: Fruiting in NY, NJ...
Hi Vinny, welcome. You're right about this board, it's the best. I'm in Staten Island and this summer got my Basjoo to flower, I've taken some pics of the flower and their in my "photo gallery"....
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
11-03-2008, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,856
Re: Where are you located?
I can understand about privacy issues, but what about just showing the zone where the member is from. Can't imagine how that would be an invasion of privacy. Sometimes it would help understanding the...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
10-01-2008, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,354
Re: Reaching another thousand members...
Thanks Jarred, your hard work really shows.
I'm sure you'll get the server issue straightened out, I'll wait no matter how long it takes. Congrates on your new property, is it on the east coast or...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-01-2008, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,661
Flag leaf on my basjoo
Unfortunately I'm in zone 7 and it's Oct 1, so there's no hope for that one.
I did get another one to flower this past July so at least I enjoyed that one.
(I'll try to post a pic of that flower...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-04-2008, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,827
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-27-2008, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 17,209
Re: The Potential of Musa Basjoo
Hi Austin
Everything looks great, it's nice to see the progression over time.
In one of your earlier photos you showed the replacement for the EE, (the ones with the upright leaves.) It's one of my...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-20-2008, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 17,209
Re: The Potential of Musa Basjoo
raggedy
I'd be very careful using house insulation, if that stuff gets wet it wont dry out and that's about one of the easiest ways to kill a mat in our zone 7. I'm in Staten Island and wintered over...
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-13-2008, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,464
Please help ident this banana
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=12324&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12324&ppuser=991)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=12323&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-13-2008, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 391
Views: 63,966
Re: Bananas.org Members Yard Photos
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=12322&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12322&ppuser=991)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=11576&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-13-2008, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 391
Views: 63,966
Re: Bananas.org Members Yard Photos
here are some pics of the plants in my backyard, more pics of the actual yard in my gallery.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=12331&size=1...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-22-2008, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,592
Re: Confessions of a lurker
Thanks for the kind words.
The basjoo that's in flower was wintered over using the cage method.
I took some pictures last fall of the cage, I hope to be able to get those pictures up (there on...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-21-2008, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,592
Confessions of a lurker
Hi guys
First of all I would like to thank everyone on this site for all the help I received. I joined last August and have been "lurking & learning". Of all the gardening sites this one really...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-19-2007, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 609
Views: 251,272
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