Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
Yesterday, 09:34 PM
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Re: Pale Stunted Leaves on a Raja Puri
Looks like Boron or Calcium deficiency.
Although present in the soil, the uptake of these minerals may be impaired due to rapid growth caused by excess nitrogen or rainfall/irrigation. High PH can...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-12-2020, 12:23 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2020, 09:23 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-11-2020, 09:21 AM
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Re: Has anyone bought plants from this seller?
Namwa's pup like crazy with proper resources so no sense in taking a chance on another one. I get three pups per plant every couple weeks during the grow season. I've received a couple plants from...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-10-2020, 08:47 PM
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
06-10-2020, 08:14 AM
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Re: Water ?
Sacramento doesn't get much water compared to the Gulf Coast and Florida (20" vs. 60-90") so irrigation by hand using a hose or on a meter system would be necessary. My city gets from 60"-90" of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-08-2020, 10:05 AM
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Tropical Storm Damage June 7-8, 2020
Bring out yer dead!
Lost one of my big namwas which I was expecting to fruit this year. Broke near the mid point of the pstem and fell across the fence into the neighbor's yard. Severed the...
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-05-2020, 04:17 PM
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-05-2020, 04:16 PM
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Re: Questions about Dwf brazilian
I was under the impression male bract retention/separation is one of the key indicators to determine whether a plant is a dwarf or a tall for the particular variety. I'm sure there are some...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-05-2020, 07:35 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-03-2020, 09:02 AM
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Re: Banana not growing taller
In my opinion it depends on your objective, zone you are growing, and space/# of plants available.
I'm on the edge of zone 9 and get a pretty good freeze every winter and I don't have a huge amount...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-02-2020, 08:06 AM
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Re: Banana not growing taller
What BBJ recommended above.
Your plant looks pretty good but the soil looks very hard, dense, and difficult for the plant's roots to grow and spread out. Soil remediation with either black cow...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-31-2020, 05:08 PM
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Re: Pruning and Forming Thicker Pseudostem
I only prune banana leaves after they lose rigidity and fold down to the pstem and turn brown. I like to see a green pstem so remove old layers as they turn brown and dry out. I try to maintain...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-31-2020, 09:37 AM
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Re: Donetta
That's awesome! You are going to be a gardening legend in your neighborhood!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-31-2020, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 293
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Re: Donetta
First couple leaves after winter dormancy are always weak for me. As the weather warms the leaves improve.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-31-2020, 09:31 AM
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Re: Raja Puri Necrosis Repetition
What BBJ said. More potassium and leave more room after the last banana before cutting off. Maybe a 1' or run the flower out if you have four plus months of good weather ahead.
I have had the same...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-28-2020, 11:38 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-28-2020, 11:35 AM
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Re: My Backyard Nana Plants, 2020
The only difference that I have heard in regards to fruit as I recall is that the tall namwa fruit is suppose to be "cleaner" whatever that means (fewer blemishes, dings, odd shapes, maybe?) and less...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-27-2020, 03:45 PM
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Re: My Backyard Nana Plants, 2020
Fantastic! Great collection of banana plants.
BBJ, what's that vine-like plant you are growing under the canopy? Squash of some sort or watermelon? Will it grow after the canopy fills out (more...
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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: Member Introductions
05-24-2020, 01:22 PM
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Re: Growing 2 Blue Java Banana Plants
Got some bad news for you bro...probability of about 90% that you are about to take delivery of tall namwahs and 100% probability that they will not be Blue Java. Good news is that namwahs are just...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-24-2020, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 9
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Re: My "apple banana" from florida hill nursery
When you say "Apple" do you mean Manzano or Brazilian? Both are commonly referred to as "Apple" and leads to confusion.
I don't know what you have there in your photo. Good luck in getting an ID.
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 11
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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: Main Banana Discussion
05-22-2020, 09:33 AM
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Re: UPDATE 2020 Season of my Nana Patches
That's amazing how the Orinoco bunch is developing without any leaves. Tough nanner!
Although not many leaves, I think you've got plenty of time with the best months to come to mature those...
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-22-2020, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 11
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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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