Forum: Member Introductions
04-14-2015, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,177
Re: new and need help
Hi Dan .. Welcome to Bananas.org! First of all: Congrats on germinating your ensete seeds. You will see that many here have tried and failed at that, so you are already a banana growing prodigy! lol...
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Forum: Member Introductions
03-09-2015, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,178
Re: newbie
Hi Debbie - welcome to the site. With a little searching here you can find lots of answers to most of your banana growing questions. Even when I google search banana questions it often brings me back...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-13-2014, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,090
Re: Overwinter musa basjoo
Why remove them from the pots? In 8-9 yrs of overwintering I found it best to leave them in the pots (and I even pot the in ground ones for winter storage) put them on something like wooden crates or...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-13-2014, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 597
Views: 220,321
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-22-2014, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 7,946
Re: Deep Planted Basjoo Dying?
Rafael - You maybe overthinking or worrying a bit about this whole winter storage issue. I've been aflicted with the banana growing disease for like 11 years now. My experience in Western PA -...
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-02-2014, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: Hello from Annapolis, MD
Well I guess I can help answer this question. Any pup will wilt for a while when cut from the mother plant and replanted - especially a four foot one! In my experience - how long it continues to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-19-2014, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Siam Ruby an Borderlon issues
I always liked trying the red bananas, but found them much harder to over winter than any green ones - UNTIL I got a Bordelon some years back (that first plant is in my avatar). The next year I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-19-2014, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,278
Re: Chicago Area Project And Thanks!
After five years of growing a basjoo here in Pittsburgh in a pot (along with 5-6 other kinds), I planted it in the ground in the garden where it flourished more each summer after three pretty mild...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-20-2014, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,057
Re: Who's growing Passiflora incarnata ?
I am!!! and after none of my garage stored bananas (only some that were babied indoors iupstairs in pots) survived this brutal winter. I am so glad my incarnata - Monika Fisher and another 4 yr old...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-11-2014, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,723
Re: Peach Tree Giving Up on Life
When I was a kid growing up in Pittsburgh, my Dad brought home two peach trees 5-6' that were growing in a weed strip next to the parking lot at the bakery where he worked.
He determined that they...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-26-2013, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,200
Re: Desperately seeking Musa ae ae pups
Hey Gary
I have observed all the hype about the AeAe on here for years but was never convinced this plant could be worth the effort and expense and effort to obtain and grow until I saw an...
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-17-2013, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,121
Re: Hello from zone 6! never used a forum before
Hi Gavin
Pittsburgh here - a guy on a hill above the stadiums here once had a small forest of Basjoos for some years. You may be able to imitate that in your location, but a for a "forest" of ...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-12-2013, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,638
Re: Basjoo- Trim leaves?
Hey Rick - IMO one of the advantages that us Northern banana growers have is that the leaves on our plants often remain all season in pristine shape all season without the severe rips etc that I see...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-22-2013, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 7,336
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Forum: Other Plants
10-03-2012, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 2,511
Views: 270,960
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-06-2012, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 12,577
Re: Ae Ae Pup 5/6/2012
For a long time I had a hard time understanding all the hype surrounding the AeAe. The pics that I saw on here all made them look no more special than a straggly long leafed hosta on a trunk. Then I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-01-2012, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,753
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-24-2012, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,271
Re: separating pup from potted banana
Angie - My experience has been that when the plant is beginning active growth and the weather is warm and sunny it is almost impossible to hurt the mother corm. I have followed others' advice and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-24-2012, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,488
Re: I replanted my banana tree with bananas.
A very interesting post for us northern growers - On your youtube I started to recount a similar situation I had 2 years ago -Here's what wouldn't fit there: My experience was similar but a little...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
12-12-2011, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,169
Re: Strange people
Tony I have to laugh about how neigborhood problems differ from one part of the country to the other. I try very hard not to use chemicals etc in any season but since we are on a hill, when the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-04-2011, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 11,503
Re: Banana Trees Around The Neighborhood
The first time I visited New Orleans I marveled at the bananas growing in the Jackson Square across from the St Louis Cathedral. (This was before my banana addiction so I don't know what kind they...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-18-2011, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 1,077
Views: 108,264
Re: Passiflora
Hey Howard - that looks like a "Lady Margaret" to me. I bought one last year, and it looked like two small plants. I guess I got overly ambitious and greedy and separated them in the heat of summer...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-27-2011, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 761
Re: What is this plant ?
Greg - that is a very nice 98 cent plant! - It is kalanchoe - very easy to grow - do not over water it and you will have it for years!
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
03-05-2011, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,418
Re: Ensete Glaucum experiment
Thanks for sharing your experiment Eric - I got 4-5 varieties of banana seeds this year. Last year I had great germination success with Lotus seed I put to the electric grinder first before putting...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-05-2011, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,406
Re: A walk around the block
Thanks for sharing your pics Tony - I can hardly wait for a few more weeks when Spring has sprung around my block! - but then we might get snow again Sunday night - this year was the first time the...
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