Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-11-2006, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
While the tomato enthusiasts have kept heirloom tomatoes alive and a diversity in seed stores, it's the grocery produce section that bananas reside and grocery managers that tend to stick with what...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-09-2006, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 86
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Re: Genetically modified bananas
Heh - you kidding? I keep wondering if the labs should be monitoring the government! :04:
The biggest problem is the tendency to focus on ubiquitous clones rather than even a diversity of clones....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-09-2006, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
That is a problem with a lax certifying agency and unscrupulous growers looking to make more money with a label and hoping not to get caught. As with everything else in this world, it's buyer beware,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-27-2006, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
Ironically, Washington State has a 1917 law that claims state ownership of rainwater and requires a permit to even put a barrel under a down-spout. Reason given - harvesting even a little bit of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-23-2006, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
Well, in the States, those sounding the alarm are the "crack-pots" afraid of change. After all, if it comes from a lab, it must be safe, right? Those in EU resisting GMO are now illegal in their...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-23-2006, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,045
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-23-2006, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
There is a cocaine plant that was developed to be resistant to Roundup that is doing great South of the Border nowadays. Anything is possible when there's a will - but farmers in the US typically...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-22-2006, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
The greatest "consumer" of produce is the food-processing industry. And they're by no means required to indicate what's GMO and what's not, at this moment. Laws requiring this have been snuffed by...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-22-2006, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
The rice is under license and not "free" even if the current terms of that license requires no financial compensation, and once you get them used to a product, it's a simple matter to begin profiting...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-21-2006, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-21-2006, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
I love salmon! Haven't heard much about GMO in concern with that. I've heard pros and cons about fish farming - but then, if done right that would alleviate the raping of our oceans, right? I think...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-21-2006, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
Americans are dying like flies. And so are the pets and animals Americans are keeping. Cancers, diseases, whathaveyou. No one is fingering GMO, but no one has discounted it's possible cause. You tell...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-20-2006, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 28,754
Re: Genetically modified bananas
If you live in the USA, unless laws change, you will most certainly not be notified if the banana you're buying is GMO. If the latest round in Oregon is any indicator, laws are proposed and struck...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-03-2006, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,596
Re: When protecting musa-stems for winter....
Semantical differences, methinks. My organic perspective has that mulch should both insulate the soil against the drying effect and feed the soil too - as the leaves and hay break down rapidly in a...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-02-2006, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,596
Re: When protecting musa-stems for winter....
that's a good plan. With the plastic covering it, I don't think there's a problem with the hay rotting - I use hay a lot here. Even if it rots some, it's just that much closer to becoming a very good...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-24-2006, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Uses for leaves/fiber
Many foods can be wrapped in nanner leaves when you cook/bake/steam them. Give it a Google for recipes and methods. You can also use spent pseudostems in your imu too if you happen to be having a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-23-2006, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,584
Re: Question
No - but when I move the bins out into the greenhouse I'll probably make more use of manure to feed them. I have been dumping collected rabbit scat into my containers tho. It's a mild manure that...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-22-2006, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Dug my Bananas yesterday and today!!
Jeepers but aren't you super neat - those are so organized looking and just... neat! Not even clumps of dirt and whatnot! They look very happy - looks like those rains gave them a last bit of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-22-2006, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,810
Re: Jamaican Red update
He sent me the one I have and it's a regular red. However, I also have a young dwarf red to and they're supposed to have similar fruit - so don't pout - you'll still get yummy nanners!
Be well,
Mike
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-22-2006, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,810
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-26-2006, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,479
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-25-2006, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,221
Re: greenhouse storage
Unless it's been very warm for a protracted period of time and the nanners are actively growing, I don't feed. A whole winter can go by without feeding if it's pretty cold. If they're not growing,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-25-2006, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,221
Re: greenhouse storage
With the heater - a 1500watt model, it stayed around 40F on the cold nights - maybe a little cooler, but above freezing for the most part. Those are only on the cold nights - of which there aren't...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-24-2006, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 1,325
Views: 152,489
Re: What did you plant today (bananas)?
You are aware, given the time of the year, that the only people that will be planting nanners in the ground will likely be those in Florida or southern California, donchathink? I'm getting ready to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-24-2006, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,221
Re: greenhouse storage
In the winter I water much less - let the soil dry out a little bit. So long as it's slightly moist a knuckle or two below the surface, the nanner won't desicate too much and you can monitor it too....
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