Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-30-2020, 08:14 AM
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Re: Musella Lasiocarpa Question
I believe the Musella lasiocarpa should still be able to eventually flower where you are, since Virginia is still far enough south that it has plenty of heat.
However, giving it some protection over...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-10-2019, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Cold hardy good tasting dwarf banana's
There are some bananas that are borderline edible (but not really good eating equality) down to 8b, maybe 8a with a little bit of protection, but that is in climates further south. In Northern France...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-22-2019, 04:29 AM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-22-2019, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,068
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Forum: Banana Recipes
09-06-2019, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 19,432
Re: Banana leaves in cooking
The reason for using banana leaves mainly has to do with the utility of the cooking method.
It holds in the moisture during cooking, or in the case of steaming, prevents the inside from absorbing...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
09-05-2019, 02:37 PM
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-04-2019, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 616
Re: Thomsonii or cheesmanii
Helen's Hybrid is a hybrid, so the offspring seedlings, even if it was self-pollinated, may not look exactly like the parent. They could resemble Sikkimensis or Chini Champa more in different...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-04-2019, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Helen's Hybrid Update
Here's one of my Helen's Hybrid seedlings I grew from seed
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65275 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65229&ppuser=28688)
I'd show...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-04-2019, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,234
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-29-2019, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,209
Re: Bananas in the Pacific Northwest?
I have some Madake (Giant Timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides, not a species commonly grown in cultivation) which is not particularly cold hardy but survived here. I could tell it maybe wasn't...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-29-2019, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,209
Re: Bananas in the Pacific Northwest?
A correction about basjoo bananas surviving here; that was 2017-2018 an exceptionally mild winter. By contrast, the first half of February 2019 was definitely a colder winter than normal, with an...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-26-2019, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Musa Pisang Ceylon
It's now huge, 8 to 12 feet tall (depending on how you measure it)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65229&size=1...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-23-2019, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
07-03-2019, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 1
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cold periods to increase seed germination rate
I read that cycling cold hardy banana species seeds through warm and cool temperature differences while they are in the process of germinating can help increase germination rates.
This might even be...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-03-2019, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: some thoughts about hybridizing Musa basjoo
At least Basjoo is technically in the same genus (Musa) as regular bananas.
Some of the other common hardy banana species, like Abyssinian banana, are in the genus Ensete. Or the very hardy Musa...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-03-2019, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 4
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some thoughts about hybridizing Musa basjoo
This thread is not going to be so much about bananas, specifically, but about other plant varieties that might be applicable to trying to hybridize bananas.
There has been much speculation about...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-03-2019, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-03-2019, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,234
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-30-2019, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,234
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-15-2019, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,062
Re: California Gold Banana in Portland Oregon
It's called the "banana belt" of Oregon for a reason. I've heard accounts of Meyer lemon trees surviving outside along that sliver of coast.
Just to clarify, you're saying your California Gold...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-15-2019, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,584
Re: Musa basjoo never makes it
Olympia, WA, here and the Winter before last year (2017-2018 ) was unusually mild here on the West Coast. (This was the same year you had a devastating freeze on the East Coast that killed back a lot...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-15-2019, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-15-2019, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,062
Re: California Gold Banana in Portland Oregon
I've done some past research (mostly shifting through past threads of other people's accounts), and from what I gathered I can tell you that California Gold is going to be very borderline, and most...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-21-2018, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 35
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Re: Greenhouse bananas
In the Pacific Northwest, zone 8a
I bought a cheap vinyl circular greenhouse tent, about 8 feet in diameter, that would be really good for growing a banana in-ground.
Put a 55 gallon water barrel in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-21-2018, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,081
Re: Musa Pisang Ceylon
Pisang Ceylon growing in Southern California, zone 10
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63998&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63998&ppuser=28688)
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