Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-08-2020, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Help no suckers are growing!
[QUOTE=Jose263;330262]I would threaten them before doing physical harm. What are you feeding them?[/QUO
I used to feed 20-20-20 and had lots of suckers and even fruit. But i havent been able to...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-08-2020, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 387
Re: Help no suckers are growing!
Thank you. Are you suggesting I torture the plants a bit? I am afraid the plants are getting older and that they will be fruiting before they produce suckers. Then it will be too late. Perhaps I...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-08-2020, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 387
Help no suckers are growing!
Hello! I've been growing indoor bananas for about 7 years. I have had two harvests and I thought I was quite experienced already. However, the last year or so, I have not seen any suckers. I have...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2018, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 622
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2018, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 622
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-18-2018, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 622
How to get more bananas to grow?
This is the second time that I am excitedly expecting fruit from an indoor banana plant! This plant is the offspring of the first plant, which fruited 2 years ago. Last time I got 22 bananas and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-26-2017, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
Re: Transplant stress: Is there hope?
Thanks for asking. It has now been 7 1/2 weeks. They have fully recovered and I have recently returned them to their place in the sunny window. They have both grown three new leaves since...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-09-2017, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
Re: Transplant stress: Is there hope?
One is 12" and one is 15". I started watering twice a week (like I do with my healthy plants) and that seems to be what it needed. I had been too afraid to water due to the root rot I was trying to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-09-2017, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
Re: Transplant stress: Is there hope?
Halleluja! (Insert music)
The cigar leaves that were already there have finally begun opening! A sign of recovery, for sure!
I am SO THANKFUL for the advice that I ave received here. Without it,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-14-2017, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-06-2017, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-05-2017, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
Re: Transplant stress: Is there hope?
Here is an update:
I washed with bleach and trimmed all black roots. I tickled all the old soil away from the root system. http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62255&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-04-2017, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-04-2017, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
Re: Transplant stress: Is there hope?
They were very healthy, not fully grown, perfect candidates for transplanting, I thought. This condition started right after the transplant. Perhaps I didn't use the right soil. I bought typical...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-04-2017, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-03-2017, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-03-2017, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-02-2017, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,558
Transplant stress: Is there hope?
I am an indoor Dwarf Cavendish keeper. A week ago, I just transplanted two of them to new pots. Both of them are between 2 and 3 feet tall. Now they are both showing signs of stress: Limp,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-20-2016, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 5,435
Re: Too cold for bananas?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59559 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59559&ppuser=14868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59560...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-20-2016, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 5,435
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2015, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 5,435
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2015, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 5,435
Re: Too cold for bananas?
Okay, so now I know where these bananas are at! Thanks to pitangadiego, I now understand that these are male flowers that have emerged on the stalk. I was waiting for them to grow larger and have...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-30-2015, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 994
Are the bananas done?
If the flower at the tip of the banana has turned black, does that mean the banana has finished growing?
Picture:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58918&size=1
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-30-2015, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,224
Re: Moldy flowers
Here I finally have some pics to show:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58912&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58913&size=1
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-22-2015, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 5,435
Re: Too cold for bananas?
Ohhh. I don't want to take away energy. The newest bananas still seem so small. The red petals are dropping like crazy, but the bananas are growing very slowly. Do they still look...
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