Forum: Member Introductions
06-15-2020, 12:25 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-12-2020, 12:33 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2020, 06:18 PM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
I've just got to tell someone, I'm going BANANA's. I cut down the plants to about 3ft and heavily mulch them for the winter. Here it is June and one of the plants has thrown out only a flower. I've...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2020, 04:19 PM
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Finally got My Hands on some Praying Hands!
Pun intended
Finally! I really wanted this one!
Check out the PHAT roots on this beautiful sword pup! w00t!
No more TC for me, sword pups all the way!
:woohoonaner::woohoonaner:
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
06-03-2020, 06:01 PM
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-25-2020, 05:10 AM
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Re: Growing 2 Blue Java Banana Plants
I second this.. I bought 10 "blue java" from wellspring gardens, and they are either tall namwah, or dwarf namwah. Seems to be almost no nurseries selling actual TC blue java plants. Either way have...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-24-2020, 03:56 PM
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Re: Growing 2 Blue Java Banana Plants
That is because of an naming error made years ago by a supplier who sent plant stock to Agristarts for Ice Cream/Blue Java. Agristarts has admitted that they are aware of the error, but continue...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-24-2020, 02:40 PM
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Re: Growing 2 Blue Java Banana Plants
There have been numerous threads over the years about people buying an "Ice Cream" or "Blue Java" from a major supplier (just pick one) and getting all kinds of plants except Blue Java. More often...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-23-2020, 08:43 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-23-2020, 07:22 AM
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Re: 2020 tropical garden pics!!
Darla
You know those blooming nana plants wont be coming back net year. So keep at least 2 pups that comes up per each one until next spring. ... I would keep them all. I hate needless...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-22-2020, 09:49 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-22-2020, 09:31 PM
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Re: 2020 tropical garden pics!!
looks great Darla!
is the ensete ventricosum in those pics?
mine is not doing that great at the moment but i am going to bring them outside tomorrow
thanks for the update
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-22-2020, 03:03 PM
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 02:05 PM
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Re: Texas back roads id help?
You take quite good care of your plants! My point is that just because the Namwa is flowering at a short height it does not mean that its a dwarf. There are posts in the archives of people saying...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 09:22 AM
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Re: Texas back roads id help?
Could be an undernourished tall namwah. I've seen tall namwas (original planting) without proper resources (sunlight, water, fertilizer) fruit at heights of 5-6'.
My understanding is that most...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 08:23 AM
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Re: Texas back roads id help?
Yes, would be a dwarf. if there wasn't so much leaf removal from winter damage the Pstem would be alot thicker and look the part of a dwarf in the pictures better. You can also see the leaves are...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 05:41 AM
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 03:46 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-21-2020, 08:57 PM
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Re: UPDATE 2020 Season of my Nana Patches
2 New Blooms ... I've had a computer problem for the past week so I couldn't update this thread until today.
Last Wednesday I found the 1st bloom in the large nana patch. It is a Dwf...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-21-2020, 12:33 PM
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Re: Patupi!!!
Update as of May 19, 2020
Patupi is now 28" in height with 10 leaves plus a cigar. Much thicker in the pstem at this point in the year vs. last year. I separated the small pup on the left from the...
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Forum: Member Introductions
05-20-2020, 05:45 AM
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hello, I am new here
....and I don`t find a sitemap anywhere?
How can I see all the different boards so that I can put questions into the right board?
To find this board I had to go to "new posts" and since there were...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-18-2020, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 1,651
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
So my Mona Lisa (FHIA-02) decided it was a good time to bloom. Image 1 is huge flower and image 2 is 10 days later. About 8 hands so far! Just planted it in July last year so about 10 months to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-04-2020, 10:37 AM
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Raja Puri!!
I'm starting this thread to collect data and post progress on my Raja Puri. If you are growing an RP post up in the thread so we get a better understanding of this plant in different zones and...
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