Forum: Banana Identification
06-12-2020, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Unknown variety needs ID
Im a little stumped actually, it has a rather unusual bunch appearance, very few but very large fruits. At first I was thinking Cavendish upon seeing the fruit, but the bud is not right. It could...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-07-2020, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 145
Re: New Banana pup - Blue Java I think
Yes, it’s ‘Ice Cream’ aka ‘Blue Java’, fairly common in Hawaii. They pseudostems snap often, they are quite weak, even if they have small bunches, so I recommend to always prop them, but even then...
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-05-2020, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 177
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
05-30-2020, 01:57 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 240
Re: Banana Bunchy Top Virus?
I don't see any symptoms of BBTV, and unless you are growing this plant in a banana-growing region with BBTV such as Hawaii, some parts of SE Asia, Southern India, Northern Australia, East Africa,...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-28-2020, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 1
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Re: Will this little guy bear edible fruit?
Where are you located? Location can give a lot of context and narrow down possibilities. Its very hard to say with precision from a plant that young, and the photo itself doesn’t give much to go on....
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 587
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-14-2020, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 478
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-08-2020, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 231
Re: Bali Banana
There is no way to ID it at this stage, and Indonesia has a very high diversity of bananas, not even everything is documented, if you forgot the name you're very unlikely to come across on the...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-07-2020, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 1
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Re: Help Identifying Mystery Variety Box?
Not 100% sure on all these as it's very hard to tell just from a few fruits for some cultivars, better to see the whole plant, or at least the whole fruit bunch, but my best guesses going clockwise...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-07-2020, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 186
Re: Real Blue Java or bust???
Your plant is far too young to ID with any accuracy as far as it being real 'Blue Java' vs. 'Namwah', which are often sold as 'Blue Java'. You'll have to wait for fruit for a 100% confirmation.
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-04-2020, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 203
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-01-2020, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 256
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-14-2020, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 624
Re: Backyard discovery
The number of ridges has to do with where the finger is in the hand, how they press against each other as they grow, its not a diagnostic trait. You have to look at the whole plant.
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-13-2020, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 624
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Forum: Banana Identification
03-27-2020, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,093
Re: Dwarf red?
Too small of a plant to give ID. But Dwarf Red doesnt have persistent bracts, and the fruit is normally very dark red when young and only sometimes gets a little bit of green towards maturity, but...
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Forum: Banana Identification
03-10-2020, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 277
Re: Uganda cooking banana
Matooke is the name of the food/dish made from those bananas, but the plants themselves have specific cultivar names.
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Forum: Banana Identification
03-10-2020, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 277
Re: Uganda cooking banana
Matooke bananas have nothing to do with FHIA bananas. Matooke are traditional landraces, Mutika/Lujugira subgroup, AAA genome. FHIA bananas are all hybrids from a modern breeding program. Some of the...
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Forum: Banana Identification
03-06-2020, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 214
Re: Identification assistance
Are these photos yours? They are all different varieties.
Tall bananas with narrow and strait leaves is not very specific, there are many varieties with those traits, they are not unique traits....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-25-2020, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 541
Re: The infamous Florida Hill's Nursery
Just get from Going Bananas, (Welcome to Going Bananas of Homestead, Florida! (http://www.going-bananas.com)), might be a little bit higher price, but you get what you pay for, and if you are set on...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-22-2019, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 270
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-15-2019, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 440
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-13-2019, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 440
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-12-2019, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 440
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-09-2019, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 281
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-20-2019, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 818
Re: funguscide dip for REPLANTING SUCKERS
Paring the corms and inspecting for weevils is more important than bleach, if you aren’t doing that and making sure they arent already infested, then the bleach wont do much. If you do that, and also...
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