Forum: Member Introductions
09-05-2016, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 776
Howdy from Nor Cal.
Hi all. I'm a backyard gardener (fruit trees and veggies) that has always wanted to try some bananas but here in the Sacramento area most of the garden stores say it's a waste because "you can't grow...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-28-2016, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,277
thoughts on musa velutina
for the last two years I have been working on fruiting bananas in zone 7 north Carolina with varying success my experiments with single plant earth sheltered
greenhouses met with more success than...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
08-11-2016, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,170
Re: My tissue culture experiment
Standard MS medium with PGR
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss279/kreos123/Home%20tissue%20culture/20151209_153049_zpscnghohgh.jpg...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-10-2016, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 766
Re: Use of stay-dri
The product your speaking about is a great soil amendment.
Napa auto parts makes a great product also....https://www.napaonline.com/napa/en/p/NFC8822/NFC8822_0007855165
An incredible mix that this...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-10-2016, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,023
Re: Pots indoors for winter?
Awesome question...
A great source of growing information is YOUTUBE......
HoW to grow cannibis .....same conditions as a banana....
How to grow cannibis indoors....same conditions as a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-06-2016, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 950
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-06-2016, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 744
New Banana Plants
My New Babies are doing great. :woohoonaner:
Manini
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60297&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60297)
French...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-06-2016, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 728
Re: Variegated Dwarf Nawma
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50572 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50572)
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-04-2016, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,871
Dwarf Orinoco Pre Flag
Hi everyone,
My 2.5 year old dwarf orinoco seems to be ready to flower. The last leaf was half size and now a strange leaf is poppin' out the toaster. Doesn't look like a cigar leaf to me. The...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-31-2016, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 616
Paring Suckers
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56967 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56967)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51351...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-30-2016, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,074
My first banana
After reading this forum, I decided I had the confidence and the burning desire to grow my own. Just came. A dwarf Gros Michel
I have to go out and get a pot and I'll be following the sage advice...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-29-2016, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 682
Re: Questioning type of banana
It's true to type, the first few hands on this cultivar will be long slender fingers which do not develop, followed by a variable and sometimes endless amount of tiny 1-2" fruit. Depending on its...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-29-2016, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,004
G.M. , Paggi and Mysore
A big thank you to Nick Naranja for having me as his guest to finally get to try a few varieties, including the GM I have been wanting to try.
I find the GM to be an excellent variety of the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-27-2016, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,094
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
07-25-2016, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,476
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
07-25-2016, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,476
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
07-24-2016, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,476
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-23-2016, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,281
Re: Robguz.. Be safe.
The last time we had big winds I had about 5 bunches that had just set blow down. I had some bamboo pieces already cut and cured, and made some "X bracing" by tying a little string loosely around the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-20-2016, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 706
Re: My yard in 2016
Better shot of the jungle:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60201&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60201)
Alligator coming out of the ditch with the new...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-17-2016, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 728
Variegated Dwarf Nawma
Underside of a new leaf. A variegated Mysore would probably be even more pink.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59414 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59414)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-17-2016, 01:42 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 605
Sharing is Caring
Aloha, I have been reading about this forum for a few months now. I feel it is time for a banana story of my own.
Today my wife went to a bee "workshop" at an infested home. The guy practices...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-16-2016, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 839
1000 Finger Flag Leave
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60187&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60187&ppuser=3875)
This is my flag leave on my 1000 finger banana here in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-16-2016, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 727
Variegated Tannee in flower
I've been growing this for maybe 5 years or so and it's now flowering for the first time. Supposedly not edible. I'm including a photo of a near mature plant from November 2014 which might be the...
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
07-15-2016, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,387
Ensete ventricosum Success!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60169 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60169&ppuser=20889)
It's apparent that most people go to considerably more effort to...
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