Forum: Member Introductions
11-25-2019, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 283
Re: A newbie with a tree problem :-(
As mentioned above, you can damage the trunk - every move probably breaks a few more capillaries trying to get water and nutrients up from the roots. I doubt if anyone knwows just right, the balance...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-25-2019, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 283
Re: A newbie with a tree problem :-(
Your picture makes it look like the trunk bent over about halfway up. I would grab 2 poles about 8 to 10' long, tie them together loosely about 6" from the top end, and support the trunk near the...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-25-2019, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 866
Re: Spider Mites
I'll 2nd the high humidity. I used to get crazy spider mites - then hung a plastic curtain around the plants, and within the curtain made a DIY humidifier - hung a towel half in a tote of water and...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-15-2019, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,426
Re: Mulching banana leaves/trunks
Me, too on just chop and leave on the surface. I do have a fair population of the corm borers, but the bananas still grow fine. For chopping the P-stems I use a battery powered reciprocating saw -...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-05-2019, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 413
Re: Thin or Fertilize more or ?
A fourth thing you might try is adding fresh dirt. I had a patch that would not respond much to the usual big 3 you mentioned - culling, fertilizing, and water. It was in a very rocky area. I started...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-05-2019, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 389
Re: Yield in dwarf varieties vs tall ones
Ripening - dwarf Brazilian tend to go off all at once more often, meaning all the bananas in a bunch get ripe at the same time. Talls can do it too, but less often for me. I prefer a gradual...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-04-2019, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 389
Re: Yield in dwarf varieties vs tall ones
Let's wait for answers from people who know what they are talking about, but my backyard observation is that dwarf (Brazilian) out-yields the talls by a whopping double or something. I still prefer...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-12-2018, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 527
Re: Help IDing this one Please
While we are waiting for the real experts, I can tell you to rule out dwarf Brazilian. They have "persistent bracts" - the male flowers and purple covers do not fall off like those have.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,783
Re: What is your favotrite banana?
I don't have near the experience of most of yall, but I will weigh in between our two "apple" cultivars. The tall Brazilian are a little tastier and I have never gotten tired of them. The dwarf...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2018, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 364
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-27-2018, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 561
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Forum: Other Plants
05-12-2018, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,884
Re: Asimina triloba "paw paw"
OK, a little more ...
The producers of the grafted Neal Peterson trees is Forrest Keeling. Link: https://www.fknursery.com/page/Forrest-Keeling-s-RPM-produced-Peterson-Pawpaws
Of those 6...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
04-27-2018, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 686
Re: New plant turning brown after transfer to pot.
My guess is salt somehow, but compost is not usually salty. It is hard to wet, maybe it is pulling water somehow. I get this effect in taro plants if I move them to bigger pots with a little too much...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-26-2018, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,925
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Forum: Banana Identification
03-14-2018, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 895
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-23-2018, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,093
Re: my pad has spread too far
I use a few drops 41% glyphosate after whacking the unwanted keiki / pup / flag / BBTV infected plant. It takes a few rounds sometimes to kill a healthy sword. And sometimes a few drops just on the...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
02-23-2018, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 699
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-31-2017, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,571
Re: Companion plants to bananas
My favorite is laua'e fern (Microsorum grossum ‘Laua’e', synonym Phymatosorus grossus). It is tough enough to handle my tromping around, and when I pile chopped up trunks and leaves on top it just...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-25-2017, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,320
Re: Time from Flower to Harvest for bananas.
With your two seasons it sounds like something is selecting for flowering time. It could be the keiki grow in one of the seasons better. If you have lots of keiki and sometimes thin them out, you...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-04-2017, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,513
Re: Hazards of Banana Juice
I have never tested it but a friend Morgan says that if you keep the shirt wet, never let the banana juice dry, it will not stain. He suggested having a 5-gal bucket of water to drop the shirt into....
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-28-2017, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,287
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-07-2017, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 894
Re: Rotocompression Pup Remover
Bit about bits ... we use that tip in building to run electric wires thru the studs, generally called a "speed bit" as they go fast and pull themselves. We break them by hitting hidden nails ... in...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-31-2017, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,873
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-28-2017, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,472
Re: Desuckering and Suckericides
Not sure of this one's effect on bananas, I was going to test it on apples, etc. this season. You can find it at Ace Hardwares and probably other places. Bonide Sucker Punch - controls sprouts...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
03-22-2017, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,629
Re: please help me with my banana tree
Just to throw out another possibility I will mention salt (excess fertilizer). I don't grow bananas indoors, and in many years of growing them outdoors I have never seen salt damage. However, those...
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