Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
01-10-2022, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,175
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-04-2021, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 1
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Anyone successfully grown musella in Florida?
Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone has successfully grown musella lasiocarpa (yellow Chinese banana) in south Florida. I've planted one in sun and shade here in SW Florida and they are just...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-18-2021, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 0
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ID Help
Does anyone know what this banana variety is? It was growing in our yard in SW Florida since the previous owner must have planted it....
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
10-10-2009, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,965
Questions about media
Hi everyone,
I am a horticulture major at Penn State and would like to start experimenting with banana tissue culture. I have a few questions. First, when tissue culturing bananas, do you tissue...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-10-2009, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,813
What tropical fruits can I root cuttings of?
Does anyone know what tropical fruit trees are possible to root cuttings from? I can obtain several types of commercial rooting hormones. I am wondering if trees such as citrus, avocado,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2009, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,641
Re: How to stop root rot?
Ok thanks everyone. I will give the cinnamon a try. One more thing, I always thought that peat moss was the best media for seed starting, since it drains well and has a lot of air in it. Would pure...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2009, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,641
Re: How to stop root rot?
Yes, I believe they are damping off. That sounds interesting. Do you know what's in the cinnamon or what it does, that prevents damping off?
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-19-2009, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,641
How to stop root rot?
I have a lot of ensete v. seedlings coming up as well as some musa beccarii. However, a lot of them are getting root rot and dying. They are in pure peat moss, the temperatures are warm, and I am not...
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Forum: Species Bananas
04-07-2009, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 22,425
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Forum: Other Plants
03-17-2009, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,930
Re: Germinating Travelers Palm
A few are already starting to sprout! I did remove all of the blue stuff and soaked them first. I will post a few pics after I get my camera working.
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Forum: Other Plants
03-09-2009, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 885
Re: Can anyone explain this?
Actually, they have cracked the shell over a year ago! And only one of them sent out the radicle. I figured that the rest should have rotted since its been so long, but they are still very firm and...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-09-2009, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 885
Can anyone explain this?
I had about 20 sago cycad seeds that I planted about two years ago. Since then, one germinated and is growing nicely. However the rest of the seeds have swelled up and keep getting bigger but there...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-02-2009, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 366
Views: 26,812
Re: Agri-starts..
If these are still available I will take:
Musa bordelon-2
musa siamensis ruby-2
musa ice cream-5
ensete m.-2
musa kru-4
thia black-1
Thank you!
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Forum: Other Plants
02-27-2009, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,309
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Forum: Contests!
02-22-2009, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 139
Views: 14,385
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Forum: Other Plants
01-15-2009, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,604
Re: Four-leaf Clover
Yes, they do exist. Both 4-leaf clovers and 4-leave shamrocks exist My brother and I used to look for them when we were younger and we found lot of them over the years in fields. We even found a...
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Forum: Other Plants
12-03-2008, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,176
Longan Cuttings?
Does anyone out there know how to root longan cuttings or anything similar like lychee? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-23-2008, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,051
Ensete Superbum question
I recently bought some ensete superbum 'Thailand rock' seeds from the banana-tree company in PA and noticed that they were very small, much smaller that the ensete glaucum. They are about the same...
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Forum: Other Plants
11-16-2008, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,930
Germinating Travelers Palm
I have a bunch of traveler's palm seeds. Does anyone have any tips on how to germinate them? I hear that they are pretty hard to start. Do I have to scarify them?
Thanks
Dave
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
10-03-2007, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,658
Re: Musa balbisiana x velutina
Just wondering, how do you get musa balbisiana and musa velutina to interbreed? I thought that seperate species could not do this.
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Forum: Other Plants For Sale & Auction
04-08-2007, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,789
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Forum: Other Plants For Sale & Auction
04-05-2007, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,789
Lots of Fresh Tropical Seeds for sale/trade
Hello everyone,
I have a bunch of the following fresh seeds to sell or trade. (The price listed would include the price of the seeds and postage)
Hawaiian Papaya 'Strawberry' -25 seeds for...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
10-26-2006, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,738
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-16-2006, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,762
Re: Musa basjoo?
I agree, The pictures on the right, especially, look like a dwarf cavendish because of their redish colored pseudostem and tightly compacted leaves. Both pictures on the left side might be something...
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Forum: Species Bananas
09-25-2006, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,233
Re: Musa x paradisiaca
I believe that the Musa x paradisiaca is just the name for the species of cooking bananas. There are many seedless cultivars inside this species including the French plantain, however, what you...
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