Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
12-30-2018, 09:46 PM
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 1,389
Re: Redneck media
Gabes got some points.
The Medium at phytolabs is what I used when I was doing TCing. I found that growing mushrooms was much easier than Tcing Bananas. so I stopped. :)
However I was also checking...
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-30-2018, 12:06 AM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 679
Re: Height
The fact that Cavendish bananas are often planted in large monocultures, doesn't mean that they must be. If you intend to produce them in a mixed cropping system, then they will not be a monoculture,...
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-28-2018, 08:24 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 679
Re: Height
Most commercial varieties of bananas and plantains are less than 16'.
Galiltec
Address:
Av. San Ramon Mza. A, Lote 6.
Urb. San Dionisio al Costado del Colegio Santa Maria.
Piura, Peru
Telefono:...
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-28-2018, 03:38 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 679
Re: Height
BTW, our member Nicholas Naranja (http://www.bananas.org/member-nicolas-naranja.html) operates a banana farm in S. Florida and has experience with central American sources of wholesale banana starts.
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-27-2018, 10:27 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 679
Re: Height
Looks like a wind-swept region. It appears you will want a stout variety.
Another consideration is your customer for the fruit. If the consumers are in Latin America then take a look at Dwarf...
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-27-2018, 07:55 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 679
Re: Height
When we speak of height the usual meaning is pstem -- not total height. For the latter, add 4-5 feet to pstem height to accommodate emerging...
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-18-2018, 11:28 PM
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 463
Re: Fe'i BBTV
They are not fe'i, but are a wild species that is of the type fe'i was domesticated from. Not all fe'i have totally straight and erect bunches, some have erect bunches but pendant or horizontal...
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-17-2018, 06:53 PM
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 463
Re: Fe'i BBTV
They can get it and are very sensitive, and because they take so long to grow they are particuarly difficult to have them remain healthy enough to fruit if you are in a high pressure area.
|
Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-26-2008, 11:51 PM
|
|
Replies: 197
Views: 85,964
Re: Water suckers
Here is an example of the huge difference in root development and corm size between water and sword suckers. Both are Goldfinger pups removed at the same time from the same parent...
|