Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-19-2018, 06:45 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-08-2017, 10:16 AM
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Someting to think about grafting
Here is something new about the relationship of the root stock and the scion on grafting. https://www.salk.edu/news-release/grafted-plants-genomes-can-communicate-with-each-other/
Check it...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-12-2017, 02:44 AM
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Re: Do you know the plant Breakingnews in Japan?
Here in Japan too. I heard restaurants in Tokyo import them from Australia. Up to now, only one farmer in Japan was able to harvest some fruits. To grow this finger lime in Japan is quite a...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-10-2017, 11:41 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-04-2016, 05:58 PM
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Re: Musa Yunnanensis Fruit
Hi Remko! I have no idea which subspecies or variety it is. Mr. Markkus didn’t tell me which region in China he collected the seeds. He just told me they were M. Yunnanensis seeds. Now, the bananas I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-04-2016, 06:24 AM
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Re: Musa Yunnanensis Fruit
Thank you for your reply Melendez. The flavor is much like the Monkey Banana grown in the Bonin Islands, Japan. It is very sweet indeed!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-04-2016, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 7
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Musa Yunnanensis Fruit
Here is the story. About 4 years ago the late Mr. Markkus Hakkinnen of Finland sent me some seeds of Musa Yunnanensis and Musa Balbisiana he collected in China. I planted the seeds in Okinawa which...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-26-2016, 09:58 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-26-2016, 09:44 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-26-2016, 09:39 AM
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Re: Yunnanensis & Balbisiana Flower
I have two gardens. One is in Okinawa, a subtropical island in Japan where it doesn’t snow. The other garden is in mainland Japan where we do have snow and the temperature drops to minus 2 centigrade...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-24-2016, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 5
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Yunnanensis & Balbisiana Flower
Hi folks! Here is the flowers of M. Yunnanensis and Balbisiana flowers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFUwg8tNQM You can see that the color of the flowers are different. I grow them in Okinawa....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-22-2015, 09:50 PM
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-18-2015, 02:03 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-09-2015, 08:20 AM
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Re: Musa Basjoo Pollinated Bananas
Yuri Barros, the Basho we have in Okinawa is not the M. Basjoo. It is the Musa Balbisiana variation Liukiuensis. The real M. Basjoo is not grown in Okinawa. I have the M. Basjoo planted in my home...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-08-2015, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 3
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Musa Basjoo Pollinated Bananas
DSCF9282_zps5uzyfdmv.jpg Photo by sittingbull193 | Photobucket (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/sittingbull193/media/DSCF9282_zps5uzyfdmv.jpg.html?o=6) Here is some pictures of my Basjoo pollinated...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
06-10-2015, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 13
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Re: grafting ???
Hi jeffaroo! Here I am again! First of all, Greetings! I just made a new video today, if you have time please watch my video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDa2ZpedvXg
Thanks!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-09-2015, 08:05 PM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-03-2015, 05:19 PM
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
06-03-2015, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,670
Re: grafting ???
Hi, Jeffaroo! Here is some light on the history of the M. Basjoo in Japan. According to the "Hiyoshi Review of Natural Science", written by Isono Naohide of Keio University, the famous Budhist monk...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
05-21-2015, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 101
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Re: How to post images in your threads
Thank you very much Richard, I will try to post some photos. I don't know why but I already made many new albums but I couldn't upload any photo in the new albums like I used to do before. I'm kinda...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
05-20-2015, 02:30 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-18-2015, 06:14 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-10-2015, 10:52 PM
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An Interesting Article about Bananas
Greetings!
I found this article interesting, so I decided to share it with everyone in the forum. Banana Improvement (http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ae216e/ae216e0b.htm)
I hope you all enjoy reading...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
04-04-2015, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 13
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Re: grafting ???
Thanks Richard, My native language is Portuguese and sometimes I get mixed up. "Especies", in Portuguese means types, varieties. Much obliged! Muito Obrigado! Also joining two corms of banana plants...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
04-04-2015, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 13
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Re: grafting ???
Hi Jose263! Gardening has been my hobby for the past 40 years. About 30 years ago I learned how to graft citrus fruits and other kinds of tropical fruits such as mangos, avocados, jabuticabas, etc.,...
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