Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-13-2022, 07:28 PM
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
06-13-2022, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 25
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-11-2022, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 416
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2022, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-09-2022, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 416
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-08-2022, 08:43 PM
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-10-2022, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Half 55 Ga Water Barrel
Thats a good point! I have had full size plants tip over in the pots after heavy rains and winds usually during the fall when they are full size. If I feel a banana may reach full size during the...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-07-2022, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Half 55 Ga Water Barrel
Hi Valor,
I think that is adequate. I am doing the same with a 55 gal barrel which is equivalent to some pots that I've used for fruiting orinoco and patupi.
The only problem is there isn't...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-08-2021, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 767
Re: Veinte Cohol Fruit in Pennsylvania
Thanks! It looks like I have one more week of "not so cold" overnight temps so my bunch is still hanging on outside. Last winter, I kept the plant indoors in a 15gal pot (it was 5' tall). I bent...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-30-2021, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 767
Re: Veinte Cohol Fruit in Pennsylvania
Thanks all!
Mary I wish you luck on that goal in OH.
My key to success has been to figure out the timing of the plant. The growing season in my area (zone 6) is too short for a plant to develop...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-27-2021, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 767
Re: Veinte Cohol Fruit in Pennsylvania
Thanks guys! The fruits are filling in even with the cool and short days....
Mike - Actually I flowered and fruited 4, The other is "velutina like" but the fruits aren't fuzzy. I also flowered a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-26-2021, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 767
Re: Veinte Cohol Fruit in Pennsylvania
Thanks!
The pot is about 20-25 gallons and is 30" diameter at the top and much smaller at the bottom. I half-buried the pot in the ground to prevent the wind from blowing it over.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-26-2021, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 767
Veinte Cohol Fruit in Pennsylvania
Hi all!
It took three growing years and perfect timing, but it is possible to get a VC to flower and fruit in Zone 6. I have over 8 hands and lots of tiny bananas. In another week, I will have to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-21-2021, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 10,027
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-19-2021, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 10,027
Re: Patupi!!!
Congrats. Hope it survives hurricane season this year! Then you'll be eating some tasty fruits!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-21-2021, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 10,027
Re: Patupi!!!
Yes, they are tiny! That is a regular size fork, not a caviar fork!
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-21-2021, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,034
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
07-20-2021, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,841
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2021, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 10,027
Re: Patupi!!!
Hi Akula,
Congrats on the Patupi recovery! Looks like you are in the running for some fruit in the future.
I am sorry, I didn't see your prior message. Yes, we did eat the fruits and they did...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
07-12-2021, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 25
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Re: Germinating Musa Velutina
I had a whole bunch of velutina seeds that didn't germinate over the winter even with the assistance of a seed heating mat. HOWEVER, the seeds decided to germinate when I threw them into my compost...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-20-2021, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 10,027
Re: Patupi!!!
Oh gosh, sorry to hear about that Akula.... Hope you can get a decent pup to produce fruit in one season!
Since you asked in another post, here's what my patupi did. Flowered indoors in March...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-16-2021, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Re: Flag on a dwarf chamaluco!
Thanks Yug! My Dwarf Orinoco previously did the terminal leaf stacking as well. So I've seen it once before but I don't grow many plants either...
Akula: Yes that is the patupi in the background....
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-15-2021, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Re: Flag on a dwarf chamaluco!
Hi Ty and SirD,
Thanks for the comments. The flower was beautiful and it produced 40+ finger size bananas. Unfortunately they didn't fill in before the cold weather hit. I was planning to bring...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-31-2021, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 21
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Re: Musa Velutina "harvest time"
No worries! This plant doesn't look like a traditional velutina to me. The underside of my leaves are not red. There is just a slight pink coloration on my p-stems. My stems don't have the white...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-29-2021, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 21
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Re: Musa Velutina "harvest time"
Looking very healthy for surviving the winter!
Based on my plants, the leaf/p-stem sizes look about right for a smaller banana plant like the velutina. You will know in a year or so depending on...
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