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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-19-2017, 10:45 AM
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Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

The part about the trees made sense, and I get the tornado part, but the rest of this paragraph seems to be missing something...

"This was the coolest thing I've ever seen in a storm and would of ...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-18-2017, 03:22 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

First of all, welcome back... I hope you fared well thru the storm... Did anything survive down there or did it all need to be stumped?
Thanks for your input... When I dug out the VC and cleaned it...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-17-2017, 10:19 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

O.K.
I have begun implementing steps to control nematodes and give my poor plants a fighting chance. I only wish I had done this nearly a year ago. Here are some of the hilites...
I dug out the sand...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-15-2017, 09:50 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

The sites I read claim that if you split a PS down the middle and lay it on the ground, they will be found readily on the underside. Also, another way to catch them which is supposed to be better yet...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-15-2017, 08:01 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

I have looked into that. It may be a good idea for some things but not so sure with bananas. This one sentence ruined it for me..
. "Intercropping marigold with other crops to reduce plant-parasitic...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-13-2017, 02:09 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

So far I have done little as I only very recently identified them as the issue. From what I have read, there is no cure, only treatments. Nematicides are not only expensive, they are very toxic. I...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 11-12-2017, 10:15 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

I am quite certain it is not weevils. Still have not caught a single adult. Most likely nematodes, being here in Florida and all... Anyway, I wanted to share what seems to me to be a characteristic...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 10-23-2017, 09:56 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

I have set the traps for the weevils with the piece of PS split and laid on the ground as well as the one where you cut the PS and put the stump back on top of where you cut it from and after several...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 10-14-2017, 10:11 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

That is what is odd, I found no worms at all... if nothing else, they should have been in the bleach dip I kept dipping it in while doing surgery... Maybe I caught them between cycles of eggs and...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 10-12-2017, 04:58 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
Re: I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

I was afraid it was some boring insect, I thought I read they weren't an issue this far north... Thank you. I will do much research. Anyone wanna gimme a shortcut and just tell me how to kill them...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 10-12-2017, 10:55 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,762
Posted By sputinc7
I guess I am now a banana surgeon... Any ideas what it is?

For almost a year my Paggi banana has been making leaves pretty regularly, but they never got any bigger and the plant wasn't getting taller or thicker. I finally dug up my Paggi today and this is...
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