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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 06-11-2020, 03:10 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 117
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Banana Pups Blue Java, Dwarf red, dwarf namwah, tall namwah

you sir are a kind gentleman! hooking up the locals!

so, dwarf namwa or blue java plant and fruit... what one do you like better?
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-03-2020, 09:42 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 401
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: where to buy blue java plants

private party with proof of fruit/parent plant pictures or well know banana farm.. any online shop is probably not selling real Musa blue java.... if you can't find them, don't be to upset there is...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 06-01-2020, 11:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 257
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Two new leaves from the core competing ... why? (With photos)

i'm betting you are gonna have a double flowering plant there.
i've seen it on dwarf cavendish 2 times at a friends property.
Forum: Banana Identification 05-27-2020, 01:27 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 478
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Finally fruits so time to get ID on this mystery Banana or Plantain...

i'm leaning toward the promusa data..

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=66028&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=66028)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-26-2020, 04:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 279
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: My "apple banana" from florida hill nursery

I've seen plants marked Manzano's at the big box stores that had the blood spots and the TC I purchased as "manzano" also has the blood spots when it was young but they faded away as the plant got...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-26-2020, 03:54 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 350
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: received damaged banana plants

I emailed a couple different email addresses and called multiple numbers.. left messages.. NEVER got any replies. sorry but you are wasting your breath with them.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-23-2020, 04:47 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 350
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: received damaged banana plants

I use PayPal because they will dispute with the seller with issues like this. When I got crap from Florida hill I got all the $ back for damaged or incorrect plants. Try wellspring gardens. They are...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-22-2020, 08:23 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 587
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
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...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-21-2020, 06:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 318
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Dwarf Cavendish Leaf Clump Problem

[QUOTE=mari@adams.net;331218]Is this what you are talking about? ...This happened to one of my Dwarf Cavendish.....rather than cut the clump off the stalk, I took a knife and did surgery. Just...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 05-21-2020, 06:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 175
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Separation of plant

Water sucker will grow and fruit also, give em both a piece of the pie and have double the fun!!
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 05-21-2020, 12:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 127
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Corm or root rot?

pull the plants and inspect roots/corm.. if mushy then yes it was rot. I'm sub tropical so I don't have experience with container growing but i'm aware to much water in winter is a bad thing for them.
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 05-21-2020, 12:10 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 175
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Separation of plant

wait till fruit is done, then cut off the mother pstem and slice that pot right in 1/2 leaving 1/2 of the mother corm with each pup and replant. i'd imagine that 1/2 of the mother corm would provide...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-20-2020, 12:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 318
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Dwarf Cavendish Leaf Clump Problem

Yes, it does happen but fruits normal non the less. Seems to happen more often on the "water sucker" plants than the "sword suckers".
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 05-19-2020, 08:15 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,425
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Mulching banana leaves/trunks

chop up the leaves so they break down faster and let rain soak through better. Pstems small chunks or if I want them for putting around my fruit trees I cut them 12"-20" long sections then slice them...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-19-2020, 12:59 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 137
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Dwarf Banana Requires Identification

I recall seeing those color flowers in some pics as I was binge surfing the web for help id'ing one of my plants.. I don't recall what variety it was, but i'm sure the pro's will know.. if I come...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-18-2020, 09:10 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 280
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Planting taller varieties in deep holes?

you'd really just have to dig a couple test holes to know for sure. just a shovel width holes at different depths to test water table. If you see water in the bottom the next day its to deep of a...
Forum: Member Introductions 05-18-2020, 09:04 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 208
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Brand new to gardening and banana's

Probably because that's just how banana plants grow when left to themselves.

If you have the time to thin out and keep a mat within check do it, it will give better fruit production and airflow/sun...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 05-15-2020, 02:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 150
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Need help saving sad pup

Thats a pretty small corm for that size of plant. it's gonna have a chance of dying no matter what you do.....

i'd almost go extreme and cut off the Pstem and just plant the corm in some well...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 05-14-2020, 08:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 168
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Does anyone know if closely planted bamboo and banana plants compete for root spa

Mexican sunflower ( Bolivian sunflower ) Fast growing, looks good with lots of yellow flowers.. and can be chopped and dropped as organic fertilizer on trees or banana mats.. Easier to control than...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-13-2020, 10:49 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 478
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Finally fruits so time to get ID on this mystery Banana or Plantain...

Anyone? I researched and searched to use characteristics to narrow it down but nothing stuck out as a positive ID for myself. Are posted pics to big? maybe some people aren't seeing them because they...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-13-2020, 06:41 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 280
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Planting taller varieties in deep holes?

Have you ever dug down that far before? not sure how your side of the state is but on the gulf of mexico side here if I dug down 3-4 feet i'd have a pond in the summer lol... i'd guess if you did...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-13-2020, 06:38 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 142
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Trying to get feedback and share info on fertilizers

probably just a paid "promoter" for the youtube video. tons of fake accounts on facebook do the same in some plant/tree groups also.
Forum: Banana Plants Wanted 05-12-2020, 12:36 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 479
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: SH-3640 High gate Wanted.

I was gonna say isn't the SH-3640 and "High Gate" 2 different varieties??

I got a High Gate in the ground now from sddarkman619.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 05-10-2020, 11:16 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 143
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: organic IV sunblocker

Try building a simple PVC rectangle with some shade cloth for a roof.. Maybe 3ftx3ft width and 4ft. high? anchor it down with some tent stakes and move off plant once its established and grown a...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 05-05-2020, 08:29 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 219
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Re: Two questions on two different bananas from a newbie

I've had similar variegation at young plant stages. Grew out of it within a couple months though.
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