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: 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: 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
11-04-2017, 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
03-22-2017, 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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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-18-2017, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,939
Re: Absolute best tasting banana
Just a dumbass idea, not something I have tested. Could you dig a hole for the plants - ei, grow each mat in its own well, while you the grower walk around at ground level 4 feet above. Make...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-07-2017, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,860
Re: Rosemary
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61117&ppuser=1448><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61117&size=1 border=0></a>
Chinatown bundles - not always...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-07-2017, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,860
Re: Rosemary
Banana leaf flavor - yes, but it is subtle and I don't notice it in the meat loaf. Luau imu bundles of course, same thing, too many other flavors. Where it is a great flavor is in the steamed ~rice /...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-06-2017, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,860
Re: Rosemary
I started like you, finding a neighbor's rosemary, now grow my own. Best use if I have lots is meatloaf, which I wrap up in banana leaves to cook. Between the banana leaves and the loaf are 6" sprigs...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-17-2016, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 871
Re: Is this total bunk? Japanese banana growing.
I'll jump - I bet your suspicions of fake news are true. Zero info about how to not bust up cells that freeze full of water..... but if not, maybe he can freeze-thaw me and make Iowa winter seem...
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