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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-12-2020, 05:39 PM
Replies: 4
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Cool Re: Valor_X & Backyard Banana Joe - Who can fruit a Praying Hands pup first?

And here is my plant! Let the race begin! AND.... Valor_X is ALREADY CHEATING with a bigger plant!!! Gggrrrrrr!!...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-12-2020, 05:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 154
Posted By Valor_X
Bananas Brindando Valor_X & Backyard Banana Joe - Who can fruit a Praying Hands pup first?

This thread is a contest between Valor_X & Backyard Banana Joe to see who can get their Praying Hands pup to fruit first!
There are no rules and cheating is encouraged ��. <-- (BBJ Wrote that LOL)
We...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-03-2020, 04:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 173
Posted By CraigSS
Indoor Banana Bloom

Took 4 years but finally Bananas in the indoor Arboretum.
Forum: Banana Identification 03-21-2020, 08:26 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,093
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: Dwarf red?

Looks like it..

Better identification can be had with a photo of the mature parent plant though.

A photo of the parent plant would better ........ the small plant could pass as any red stemmed...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-01-2020, 08:35 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,093
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo

46-0-0 was applied to the plants today in the home landscape.

A general 16-16-16 is being applied to commercially maintained basjoo plantings during the next few months as well as touchup ...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 01-07-2020, 07:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,093
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo

This plant works well under low light conditions for overwintering.

My plant is in a shallow (planted low) 14 gal black landscape container.
Indor grow.....which is harder than an outside grow...
I...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-27-2019, 09:54 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,093
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo

I had to go to the mulch store...:08:
5 scoops to the roof of the F-150

I got a few loads...
Photo is through the wind shield

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49076781536_5392f9e5a9_z.jpg...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-23-2019, 07:32 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,093
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo

Just a photo of the plants together.

The plants look the same.....except the mekong has tossed out runners in a few directions

Next season plants will be of same size for comparison.



The area is...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-11-2019, 06:33 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,093
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo

Mulched both plants today....:woohoonaner:

I have a small plant under cfl's.

I had grown the other new plants under cfl till safe outdoor size and had good results...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-10-2019, 10:10 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,093
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo

Plant are next to each other.
Exposed to the same double digit temps a few days ago.
Both plants are a beast in good/best conditions..
Temps were 22 degrees /5 celsius for about 3 hours before...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-22-2019, 04:05 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,093
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Mekong Giant vs Basjoo

A few Mekong Giants were planted inground a month ago is a well prepared
tilled 5x5x1bed.
Plants were container grown to increase size over the past year...they did not respond well to the lower...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-30-2018, 11:21 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 807
Posted By gmichael403
Re: Head starting indoor pups during Winter

Thanks, they are all hangin in there pretty decent. I move them around quite a bit to make sure they all get some sun rotation from the south window.

http://i64.tinypic.com/2r2526f.jpg
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 12-30-2018, 12:07 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,798
Posted By druss
Re: Container collection

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64247&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64247&limit=recent)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64246&size=1...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-29-2018, 03:47 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 807
Posted By gmichael403
Re: Head starting indoor pups during Winter

His counter part is a little behiend but catching up fast that does have a few pups starting. As an aduly..this plant had many pups.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-27-2018, 09:39 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 807
Posted By gmichael403
Head starting indoor pups during Winter

I cut the main plant down to just over soil line and split to plant indoors for Winter to see if I could grow a few. Main plant I believe is Mysore. Always a big, beautiful tree, was difficult to...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 12-17-2018, 09:05 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,798
Posted By druss
Container collection

Some of my collection in (hopefully) temporary pots. They are ibc's cut down to 400l. Using liquid fertilizer and soon plumbing in...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-17-2018, 12:28 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 759
Posted By aruzinsky
My Fruiting M. 'Truly Tiny'

I previously posted about my M. 'Little Prince' here:

http://www.bananas.org/f2/my-blooming-musa-little-prince-48387.html

There was a larger plant on the...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-14-2018, 09:15 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 585
Posted By imclumbi
Re: No, not a no go. It's a Pitogo!!!!!

Updated Pitogo pictures!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64195 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64194)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64194...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-08-2018, 10:08 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 585
Posted By imclumbi
Re: No, not a no go. It's a Pitogo!!!!!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64169 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64168)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-07-2018, 09:19 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 585
Posted By imclumbi
No, not a no go. It's a Pitogo!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!
Been waiting since last year!!!! Planted this field dug pup from Going Bananas. Don and Katie saved this baby for us. We planted it One week before a hurricane! This pup...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-29-2018, 04:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 624
Posted By kaczercat
Winter report

We are now entering the winter season so it's time for a new thread. These bananas took their first frost last week causing minimal damage. I planted them in June so I hope the p-stems are big enough...
Forum: Member Introductions 11-24-2018, 07:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 642
Posted By Lexion9
Hello Banana Group!!

Hello Group, My name is Bill and I live in Roseville, CA. I am a newbie in the Banana and Tropical fruit growing world, but is definitely my new passion. Just built a 25' Dome this year to grow my...
Forum: Member Introductions 11-17-2018, 07:10 PM
Replies: 3
Ed
Views: 390
Posted By edtoroba123
Joy Ed

hi, a newbie in this forum. i'm Ed from davao del norte, philippines. i have a farn planted with cavendish bananas and i would like to know the protocols of producing organic banana fruits by...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-12-2018, 07:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 741
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Some Cool Pics

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52907 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52907)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-12-2018, 07:00 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 741
Posted By PR-Giants
Re: Some Cool Pics

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57198 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57198)
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