Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-18-2022, 10:12 AM
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
05-16-2022, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,944
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-15-2022, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 138
French Red Plantain SWFL
Hello Members,
Loooong time I haven’t post , hope everyone is doing well and safe .
Just wanted to report that the FRP Do very well in SWFL
This is my 2nd Harvest! , best Tostones Iv tested in my...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-14-2022, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 1,754
Views: 227,007
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-13-2022, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 10,069
Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo
The planting gets about 5+ hours of mid afternoon full sun.
Once the basjoos mature at about a month or two they will provide a canopy for the ferns.
Both plants do very well grown out of normal...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-12-2022, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 258
Views: 28,292
Re: Keep looking up!!
In three days a lunar eclipse to be seen.
Most of the World will be able to see this one.
https://www.space.com/15689-lunar-eclipses.html
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
05-12-2022, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 1
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Re: looking for Veinte Cohol Banana
I wish you much luck on that one.. I have shipped some corms previously and there are very reliable recovering corms and then there are some that just won't. Your frieght charges if you find a place...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-11-2022, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 156
Re: Welcome CValentine as moderator!
Thank you, Jarred!
Glad to be a more integral part of, and contribute however I can to Bananas.org.
I appreciate the vote of confidence and look forward to serving this community forum!
Thank you,...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-11-2022, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 156
Welcome CValentine as moderator!
I am proud to announce CValentine as our newest addition to our amazing moderation team! Everyone give ~Che a warm welcome and congratulations on her new role with our community. Having been an...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-10-2022, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 255
Re: Fabric grow bag advice
Hi! Lancelot is correct about the grow bags breaking down with time as well as algae growing on one side. But that hasn’t stopped me.
I use them and like them. I have 2 bay leaf trees each in 7...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-10-2022, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 438
Re: Is that a flower!? o_O
Here's the pup I got from Akula last summer. It's trying to get on a roll, pstem around 5-6 feet. Not sure if I'll get a flower this year or...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-09-2022, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 438
Re: Is that a flower!? o_O
I got it as a very small pup mid 2020 and then it died back some in the 2021 texas winter storm but continued to grow.
It got to about 7ft pstem last year but after winter I cut it down to 6ft and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-07-2022, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 1,754
Views: 227,007
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-04-2022, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 278
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-01-2022, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 870
Re: Uncovering winterized bananas
So the basjoo is looking pretty good overall:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=68208 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=68207&ppuser=18984)
Not all the pups made...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-01-2022, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,635
Re: Helen's Hybrid Update
Uncovered the HH today and the P-stems definitely didn't make it. I think the corm was protected better this year than last, so we will see if it comes back in any way that makes it viable as an...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-01-2022, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 255
Fabric grow bag advice
So I "might" have gone a little bananas this spring and bought 5 new banana plants... a couple dwarf Cavendish, a sumatrana cross, and a basjoo. I also have another Cavendish I got last year that I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-01-2022, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 278
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2022, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 278
Seedlings from a variegated A'ea'e bunch
First seedling from this a'ea'e bunch.
It's important to understand that seeds from an a'ea'e fruit do not produce a'ea'e plants, similarly to the seed that produced the original a'ea'e plant...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2022, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 694
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-30-2022, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 150
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
04-29-2022, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 386
Re: Soil admedments for Desert soil
Hi Ted,
I also live in Phoenix. See below for a pic of my banana area. I may not have done the best thing, but for me, it seems to be working. What I did here was take a pick-axe to the ground,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2022, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 438
Re: Is that a flower!? o_O
https://i.postimg.cc/pdqjJJ9X/Blue-Java-Flower-4-29-22.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/xd0Hm414/Blue-Java-Flower-4-29-22.jpg
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2022, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 302
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-28-2022, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 193
Re: Highgate and Dwarf Nam Wah
Other good short varieties that don’t need propping and do well here are Dwarf Red, Gold Finger and California Gold. I sell all these varieties mentioned but I just don’t have any available now....
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