Forum: Other Plants
10-22-2019, 02:32 PM
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
10-14-2019, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,199
Re: Is the website under attack?
This site is now officially a joke. It has been down, I think, 5 or 6 of the last 7 days! Maybe we should all move our discussions to the tropicalfruitforum.com site. It is reliable and ad free....
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
10-12-2019, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 524
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-12-2019, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 426
Re: in ground vs container
I got the 3 way meter from lowes. measaures light ph and moisture. I wouldn't rely on the other two but moisture works good on it. its also the only one ive tried.
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-06-2019, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,897
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-05-2019, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 426
Re: in ground vs container
Bugs are always a problem. Depending on what bugs will probably depend on the ways of eradicating them. For example Fungas gnats - 1 part 3% hydrogen peroxide with 4 parts water mixed together when...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-05-2019, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 426
Re: in ground vs container
I think the moisture meter will help a ton in the future. What i used to think was dry is actually showing moisture. Ill try the rocks at the bottom to see if it helps. The mix im using now will...
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-05-2019, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 292
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-05-2019, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 238
Re: New Member
Welcome to the banana gang!.....:2723::bananarow::2723:
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-04-2019, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 292
Re: Hello from the mountain regions of the PNW
WOW! Wish you were closer by - sounds just like us with all sorts of everything (most just weird and wonderful, but got a new one which is doing fantastically this year - the Ziziphus - delicious...
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Forum: Member Introductions
10-04-2019, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 292
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
10-04-2019, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 575
Re: Are my plants diseased?
trim the plants without fruit to 4-5 leaves and throw away the leaves. I would cut down the one with the diseased fruit. also any trees that have fruited and the fruit is harvested. in case you don't...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-01-2019, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Transplanting Musa Basjoo
Thanks for the reply. I’d have to disagree though. Not all plants move better in the spring. Fall is the best time for dividing, transplanting, and planting new beds. Certain species you can only...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
09-29-2019, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 280
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
09-28-2019, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,199
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-25-2019, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 786
Re: Icecream banana?
They are Musa tall namwa.
The name “Ice Cream” should never be used with bananas. It causes so much confusion! Especially with Musa blue java and Musa namwa. Neither taste like ice cream. Taste...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-02-2019, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 591
Bringing Dwarf Cavendish inside for winter?
Hi y'all,
This is my Dwarf Cavendish's first year in Seattle, and it's been outside all summer in a ten gallon plastic pot. It gets watered daily, and I've been fertilizing it one every two weeks...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-09-2019, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,897
Re: backyard pics 2019
i loaned a few larger banana plants out.. this was probably the largest
drove really slow on side streets with it in the bed of his pick-up truck
anyhow i went over there today and saw a flag...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
11-17-2017, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 735
Manini Mountain - Sharing Your Bounty
In the days leading up to Hurricane Maria we harvested over 80 cultivars and had plenty of bananas to share with the less fortunate.
Bananas were the only plants flowering after the storm but there...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-31-2017, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,687
Re: pineapple plant sources?
I purchased the large greenish red one with the sawtooth edges from Florida Hills, the Variegated white and green from Wellspring, and the green one from the grocery store.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-22-2016, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 505
Sharing the joy
I've been giving away fruit to friends and neighbors for many years. This year I brought Pisang Klotek fruits to a clients office for his office workers to enjoy. It was a big hit and one of the...
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