Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
07-04-2009, 01:53 AM
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Re: Post a Pic of Yourself!
Does this make you feel better, Randy? Got bored what with it being too hot to work in the yard and being caught up on work. I tried to get Olly's hair out of his eyes and he wouldn't let me til' I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
Farmers in Hawaii trim the corms completely to remove all roots when planting a new field. The corms are as bare and white as a baby's behind. The plants do fine.
Plus, when one exports live plant...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 03:52 PM
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Re: musa with no roots help
Your corm is lovely. Remember: bananas are not birch trees!
Plants with corms, bulbs, tuberous roots, etc. are often shipped that way. Think of what you get when you buy tulips, daffodils, crocus,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
kudos on petes advice....i think i should have done that to my thailand corm as well maybe it wouldnt have rotted..cause it seems reasonable that if the roots rot thats where the rot begins and will...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
These had very few if any roots. Bought in late October--first freeze in mid-November. All but the Goldfinger (FHIA 1)survived---it was in a plastic pot over the winter with some...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
Completely normal, and you have yourself a nice, big, healthy-appearing corm! This is a standard practice for shipping bananas. I keep roots on some smaller plants, just because some people freak out...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
Jazz, I would add some Perlite to the mix. Just to open it up a little. Do you have a heatmat you could pop it on?
Glad you have managed to track down one of the Bananas you were after:bananas_b
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
Yep that looks perfect, exactly how a banana should be shipped, especially coming from an area that grows lots of banana. Having no roots or leaves is no problem, there is enough starch reserve in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 29
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Re: musa with no roots help
Here's a link to the paper. They've changed it a bit, and I'm not seeing the bins of corms on there, but you can see that they not only clean the corm completelt of leaf and root, but they also...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
Jazz you've done it again, you've suprised me. Where oh where do you find things like that? Is it the Thai ebay? I'd love to know your secret.
As for the no roots thing, corms are essentially...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
I try to remove all of the roots when I ship. I also remove them when transplanting in my own yard! I wondered about this after veiwing an article (Posted here somewhere) about banana culture in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
Jazz please keep us posted on this either way, My own experience is that the plants I got with little or no roots did not do well one Ae Ae died. I've been tempted to order some ebay plans from...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,513
Re: musa with no roots help
even though there are no roots, it still looks healthy with no rot evident anywhere. i think it will grow back. there is a thread that talks about this situation somewhere around here. i would guess...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2009, 10:38 AM
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Re: musa with no roots help
Jazz when I separated pups last year I had one that was cut off with no roots. I put it in water and in a few days it started growing roots. I potted it up and it all but died back but started...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-22-2009, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: ensete maurelli,pups
jasmine if you go on uk exotic gardens, on one of the forums mark hall shows how to pup e maurelli.
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
06-20-2009, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 290
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Re: In Memoriam: Tog Tan
Guys, I wasn't about to reply till I could figure what else to say, but I can't help it when I saw this.. Of course you can have cigars as candles, this was taken on my dad's 52nd birthday last...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-20-2009, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 9
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Re: blue java,over winter in the uk?
Personally i would bring it in the house, rot is a big problem as well as cold here in the uk. If your not sure about watering I would get a moisture meter from B&Q or the like, they are about £5...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-20-2009, 11:16 AM
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Re: blue java,over winter in the uk?
Jazz, as long as you kept it above freezing and avoided saturated roots, it would probably be okay. In some old post Mark Hall shows how he successfully over-wintered bananas in a tunnel.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2009, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: is there a musa with blueish leaves or stem?
I believe the Ensete glaucum is called 'snow banana' by some. Here's a pic of min. It didn't get to be as full as normal this year. I've had this one for 3-4 years now. Now that it's blooming,I'll...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2009, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,545
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2009, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,545
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2009, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,545
Re: is there a musa with blueish leaves or stem?
Jazz, are you after a plant that has blueish leaves or do you already have one and want to know what it could be?
If you are after one, Try looking for Ensete Glaucum ( sometimes known as Snow...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-19-2009, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,545
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