Forum: Member Introductions
02-20-2013, 03:47 PM
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Organic Banana Sleeves
Hello everyone I'm pretty excited to join this group because I'm normally talking to Big farms about banana's i never even knew this forum existed and i just fell across it by accident. First and...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
02-19-2013, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,137
Re: fungus nat problem
What up Louis .I read a lot about the sand .
I went and got some and ended up with little sand castles all around my plants the gnats loved it .I guess my bugs love the beach lol.
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
02-19-2013, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,137
Re: fungus nat problem
I've had plenty of issues with spider mites and fungus gnats during winter with my plants. When I was living in St. Louis, I was using Miracle Grow soil and this is when I had the issues. Not sure...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-16-2013, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,339
Re: Anyone use heating cables?
We are relative we are a couple of years into bananas and still learning. I made a lot of mistakes last year. I did manage to save a couple of small pups brought in last year.
This year we managed...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-14-2013, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,339
Re: Anyone use heating cables?
I use heat-tapes, but I think heavy duty christmas lights do a good job. This heating cable keeps the soil @ 70F where as heat-tapes keep the plant or pipe between 38-45F.. :^)
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-13-2013, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,339
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-06-2012, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,672
Re: Questions about PH buffers with TC
You just need to adjust the pH. Why do you want to use a buffer? A buffer resists pH change, this would be a problem. You can use distilled vinegar and sodium bicarbonate just as easily, why...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
09-04-2011, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,436
Re: Composition of the media.
Try this:
To make 1 litre of media, use distilled water.
2.1 grams MS medium
30 grams sugar
5 mg of BAP (5ml of stock 1000 mg / L solution)
8 grams of agar
1 ml PPM
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
08-18-2011, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,395
Re: 2 TC questions
You can get good, pre-formulated Musa proliferation medium here (it has everything you need in it): MUSA (BANANA) MULTIPLICATION MEDIUM - Media, Basal Salts, & Vitamins - M462...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
05-13-2011, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,406
Re: Age of 'donor' plants?
it's really not that hard.
Just read, check and double check your work and go.
Phytotech even sells banana mixes already to go.
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-26-2011, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,113
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-25-2011, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,113
Another Banana ID
As a newbie I have NO idea what this is..
Sorry for the crappy pic.. It's a picture of a photo taken with my phone.. :|
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae9/YukonChick/IMG00808.jpg
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-19-2011, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,724
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-19-2011, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,724
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-18-2011, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,724
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-18-2011, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,724
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-18-2011, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,724
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-18-2011, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,724
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-18-2011, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,769
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2011, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,769
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2011, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,769
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2011, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,769
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2011, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,769
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-01-2011, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 1,651
Views: 191,544
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-25-2011, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 1,651
Views: 191,544
Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
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