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Forum: Main Banana Discussion Yesterday, 09:04 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 138
Posted By edwmax
Re: Potting Soil for Florida Variegated

I agree with Iowa ... commercial potting soil is OK ... with or without fertilizer. Some of the Dollar store brands do not have or has very little fertilizer.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics Yesterday, 08:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 63
Posted By edwmax
Re: Pale Stunted Leaves on a Raja Puri

This is lack of fertilizer ... specifically nitrogen. Apply granular balanced fertilizer for vegetables to the ground and then foliar spray with urea at 2% nitrogen or Miracle Grow (24-8-16) mixed...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-15-2020, 08:20 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 173
Posted By edwmax
Re: 3 sick bananas

The corm is the white potato looking thing. IT IS the banana plant. the pstem is just a growing limb & a collection of leaves. The soil line is where the pstem turns white at the bottom. It...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-15-2020, 08:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 43
Posted By edwmax
Re: Self Watering Containers

Banana plant roots need air! So when the pot soil mix is course & fast draining, as needed by the plants, the soil will not have the capillary ability to draw water up from the bottom of the pot. ...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-15-2020, 03:16 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 173
Posted By edwmax
Re: 3 sick bananas

Looks like a bug infestation to me. ... 2 things will cause the leaves to droop: lack of water or high radiant heat from the sun.



Next ... did you set the plant/corm deeper than it was in...
Forum: Member Introductions 06-15-2020, 03:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 89
Posted By edwmax
Re: New banana owner

Welcome to the Bunch.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-15-2020, 08:34 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,111
Posted By edwmax
Re: Moving bananas in Oct/Nov/Dec?

Option 1 ... the plants can start regrowing and establish themselves by next spring. Then next spring cut off the upper part of the pstem that froze (soft mushy) and leave the lower part that...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-15-2020, 08:25 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 212
Posted By edwmax
Re: Yet another new guy?

It would help if you post some pics of the plant. .... I don't grow basjoo, but you may have that. However the female finger while it is small, it should grow some and fatten up as the seeds...
Forum: Banana Identification 06-14-2020, 06:39 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 207
Posted By edwmax
Re: My Name - Banana Plant

The leaves are stacked really close together and there is a hint at 'wine stains' on the leaves, ... so these are SDC or may be Truly Tiny. Real Truly Tinys should not have wine stains but many SDC...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-11-2020, 01:20 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 502
Posted By edwmax
Re: Has anyone bought plants from this seller?

Their growing instructions is solid for banana plants taller than 30" and mirrors those given by other forum members & myself. .... But if their plants are TC's in 2", 4" or 6" pots & only about 6"...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-10-2020, 11:21 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 502
Posted By edwmax
Re: Has anyone bought plants from this seller?

Keep us posted and ask for their banana growing instructions.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-09-2020, 06:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 114
Posted By edwmax
Re: My little banana plant burned up...

Just mist the plant and move it out of the direct sun; just give it bright light. Only water the pot IF the bottom of the pot is near dry. Check the soil though the drain holes.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-09-2020, 01:59 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 219
Posted By edwmax
Re: Water ?

haha ... thought so....
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-09-2020, 07:26 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 140
Posted By edwmax
Re: Winter Planning

You can try ....
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-09-2020, 07:20 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 137
Posted By edwmax
Re: Dwarf Cavendish and Blue Java tree pests help!

OH ... Good, then you don't need a mongoose!
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-09-2020, 07:15 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 502
Posted By edwmax
Re: Has anyone bought plants from this seller?

I haven't heard of them before. They are in South Carolina. ... Looking at their BJ listing and the statement under 'pollination info' is pure BS. So they are just trying to push their sells....
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-08-2020, 04:59 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 219
Posted By edwmax
Re: Water ?

Yea .... well living in central FLA is like living in a hothouse/greenhouse. The water table is about 24 inches down and one can see steam/evaporation raising from the surface. So Bananas can get...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-08-2020, 01:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 193
Posted By edwmax
Re: Tropical Storm Damage June 7-8, 2020

All is well in South Georgia. My Large nana patch has standing water.
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-08-2020, 06:42 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 219
Posted By edwmax
Re: Water ?

Short answer ... lots .... Do a forum search for 'water needs'. I've wrote several post about bananas water needs. ... Bananas transpire 1 to 1 1/2 gal of water per day; may be more. So...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-08-2020, 05:59 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 158
Posted By edwmax
Re: Cold hardy / Heat hardy variegated ?

Zone 9 is good for most banana varieties. The dwarf varieties usually have a shorter vegetated growth period. ... Lookup the different types in the forum wiki to see what has been reported and...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-08-2020, 05:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 137
Posted By edwmax
Re: Dwarf Cavendish and Blue Java tree pests help!

hummm .... put out a feeder & water for the squirrels; then get some cats. ... 4ten shotgun???


Where are you located?
Forum: Member Introductions 06-04-2020, 04:11 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 93
Posted By edwmax
Re: New Member in SW Florida

Welcome to the Bunch!
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-03-2020, 10:17 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 214
Posted By edwmax
Re: Banana not growing taller

Musa acuminata Colla is a wild ancestral plant to the modern cultivated Bananas. Your photos clearly show wine stains on the leaves. Therefore I believe you may have a Super dwarf Cavendish...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-02-2020, 10:34 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 115
Posted By edwmax
Re: Blue java ice cream banana seeds or plant

Commercially grown and all dessert type bananas DO NOT HAVE SEEDS. They are sterile. Wild type and ornamental bananas do have seeds. But these are not considered desirable as eating type of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-02-2020, 10:26 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 214
Posted By edwmax
Re: Banana not growing taller

What type of banana do you have? Apparently it is a dwarf of some kind.
So how tall is the pstem? 5 ft to 8 ft is about the max. height the pstem will have.



The plants need water or shading...
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