Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-25-2020, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 3
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Most leaf cold hardy variety
What is the most leaf cold hardy (least frost tender) variety? It seems that when people talk about cold hardiness it is always about the roots.
When we get light freezes here in Austin, some bananas...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-24-2020, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 482
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-07-2020, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 329
Clarity concerning how to measure pstem?
Hi. I've gotten a lot of great information from lurking and posting on these boards - thank you all for your expertise! I don't understand exactly how to measure the pseudostem height. The base until...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-12-2020, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 486
Fruit Pic
Any idea what it is? The plant is really dwarfish and fruits are little too.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50466239267_407937d9ec_b.jpg
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
10-02-2020, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,439
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2020, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 424
do I get bananas without pollination?
Hello everybody,
I am new here.
So I have had bananas in my garden for 4 years now, they were sold to me as Musa basjoo from a nursery.
Since winter here usually kills them or at least causes...
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Forum: European Section
04-21-2020, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,400
Dwarf fruiting varieties?
I'm looking for seeds or [whatever the tubers are called] for dwarf varieties of fruiting bananas that I can get hold of in the UK, or get shipped here.
I'd particularly like to get the dwarf Blue...
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Forum: Member Introductions
12-26-2019, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 456
Harvesting what we call Chinesse Platains-Bananas
Hello Folks,
I'm Fantoine from Panama. Were the Panama Canal is, not Florida.
I can't imagine why, but I'm allergic to commercial bananas. Like Chiquita.
In the other side, I'm not allergic to...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
12-16-2019, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,216
Getting musa velutina to flower
I have a 3' pstem tall musa velutina that is currently inside for the winter, recieving bright light and this summer I would really like to see it bloom (or even indoors?).
I know many people who...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-10-2019, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,394
Best dwarf banana to grow indoors?
Hi, so I want to grow dwarf banana indoors with grow lights since where I live there isn't enough sunlight. I need it to be at most like 2.1 meters (around 7 feet) and I want it to be as tasty as...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-06-2019, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 680
Super Dwarf Banana ???
They have grown 7 month and 0.65 ft or 7.8" tall.
http://i67.tinypic.com/2d7vn6w.jpg
thanks for help
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-03-2019, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,282
Re: some thoughts about hybridizing Musa basjoo
At least Basjoo is technically in the same genus (Musa) as regular bananas.
Some of the other common hardy banana species, like Abyssinian banana, are in the genus Ensete. Or the very hardy Musa...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-03-2019, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,282
some thoughts about hybridizing Musa basjoo
This thread is not going to be so much about bananas, specifically, but about other plant varieties that might be applicable to trying to hybridize bananas.
There has been much speculation about...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
05-19-2019, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,283
Looking for original 'Truly Tiny'
Howdy all,
I'm looking to get ahold of an accurately named 'Truly Tiny'. It's a super dwarf Brazilian originating from Truly Tropical nursery in Boynton Beach FL. If you got your plant directly...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-16-2019, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 629
12 in tall basjoo blooming
the mat of basjoos beside my drive way put out a shoot from last years sudostem and immediately put out a flag with no other leafs i never protect this mat and they just freeze down every year i...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-09-2019, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 467
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
05-06-2019, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 547
Looking for Musa Sikkimensis
Want to plant it in ground in North Georgia, 7b. Basjoo is easy to get here (Lowes has them now) but I think it gets too big for the area I want. Only reputable place I see it is plantsdelight...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-01-2019, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,097
Too late to fertilize?
Do banana plants have all the energy/nutrition stored in the Pstem when the flag leaf emerges or will they still uptake fertilizer as the rack matures?
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-21-2019, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,090
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-21-2019, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 387
Re: Tissue Culture Problem Question
Sword and water suckers are genetically indentical and especially for TC, there is no difference between them. They can both be removed and produce healthy plants, they just need to be treated...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-20-2019, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,090
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
04-11-2019, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,035
Re: tissue culturing with other parts of plant?
If the fate of bananas depended on it, with enough money and specilalists, theorhetically it might be possible technically, but it would be very difficult with no meaningful gain.
You need actively...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-03-2019, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 594
Re: How long until I see bananas maturing?
From the appearance of the first hand to maturity is about 6 months. If weather is warm enough, ripening will begin then.
I have half of a bunch Ice Cream hanging currently. The first half ripened...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-03-2019, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 594
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