Forum: Member Introductions
12-22-2018, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,214
Bonjour de France
Good morning to all,
I’ve been on the forum for a while. I never showed up because I don’t speak English. I go through a translator to write this message. It’s not very practical to communicate. I’m...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-16-2018, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,913
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
06-17-2018, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,898
Re: Contamination problem
It could be coming from anywhere really. It is not enough to autoclave your tools if they are improperly handled afterwards. In fact, autoclaving your tools is not necessary as it's much better to...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
06-12-2018, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,898
Re: Contamination problem
We need a lot more information on your technique before any useful advice can be given.
Do you use an autoclave or pressure cooker to sterilize your media? Do you have a functioning laminar flow...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-26-2018, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,286
Re: Volcano Erupted in Hawaii!
We lost our property yesterday. It really pains me that my collection of plants is no more. Looks like I am no longer a nanner-head. My 50 varieties were lost along with my other ultra rare...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
05-12-2018, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,103
Re: MRFC Rare Fruit Tree Sale
I have asked the tree sale committee for a list, but I don’t think they are planning to release one. I know we will be there (Sulcata Grove) and Starry Nursery, and Wayne Clifton. These vendors have...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
11-19-2017, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,119
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-27-2017, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,753
Re: What should I do
I am cycads collector not palms, especially encephalartos species, they are prehistoric plants very rare and of course also...
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-27-2017, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,802
Re: Is this AeAe ?
The Florida and the Manini (aeae) look very different.
Leaf habit and petiole wings.
The Florida often has purple to pink stains on the leaves although it's more difficult to notice when it happens...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-27-2017, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,904
Re: VC Flowering a little early
Thanks everyone! As of yesterday, I can see the first hand with 3 fingers. They are already fatter than my dwarf orinoco fingers were when that flower opened last year. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-26-2017, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 395
Views: 38,125
Re: New house, new chapter
It's 3/4" professional miniature golf turf on top of a 4" cement pathway. For more details see:
Home Renovation II (http://growingfruit.org/t/home-renovation-ii/9567)
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Forum: Other Plants
06-26-2017, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,007
Re: Got Artichokes?
Just transplanted the tubers from a 25-gallon pot into their new home ...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
06-26-2017, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,405
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
06-14-2017, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,468
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-14-2017, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,140
charlie brown banana? zebrinus?
had to get some thinner and hardener for automotive paint, that required a trip to Jacksonville Fla. on the way there is an ace hardware that has a nursery. figured I would stop on the way. they had...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
06-11-2017, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,468
For Trade: Musa 'Milky Way'
This corm comes from a mat that has bloomed and verified to be Milky Way. This is a hard-to-obtain cultivar. It has two psudeostems starting plus at least 3 more starting to swell.
It is up for...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-09-2017, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,221
Re: Bougainville PNG catalog and report
Maybe, but we weren't there to watch them grow, so we have no way of telling that kind of stuff when collecting. Some donors reported insanely fast fruiting for many of the varieties, but I think it...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-09-2017, 01:42 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,221
Re: Bougainville PNG catalog and report
Must be a problem on your end, so I don't know how to fix that, but here are the links directly:
catalog: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6WMCDtu_Ljpc0VjcGFUQ2FfYWM/view?usp=sharing
report:...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-08-2017, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,221
Bougainville PNG catalog and report
As promised earlier, the catalog and trip report are finally available from the Bougainville PNG collecting expedition I was a member of last year....
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-31-2017, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,090
Re: Super Red Variegate?
The picture is definitely a Siam Ruby. I have found them to be difficult to raise, but I have difficulty raising anything.
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
05-29-2017, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,815
Re: M. 'Milky Way'
29 May 2017
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61737&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61737)
And I may have a small pup available from this plant for trade...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
05-26-2017, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,815
Re: M. 'Milky Way'
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61689&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61689)
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
05-22-2017, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,815
Re: M. 'Milky Way'
22 May 2017
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61643&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61643)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61642&size=1...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
05-20-2017, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,815
Re: M. 'Milky Way'
20 May 2017
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61601&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61601)
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-19-2017, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,571
If you go to Disney world in Florida
Look closely, especially around Animal Kingdom as they seem to have purposely planted several different varieties of banana there. I couldn't positively identify many, but you can tell they have...
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