Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-26-2018, 02:25 PM
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Microclimate for Banana
Moved the banana to the back which gets more wind and chill exposure than the front yard provided. It's zone 9b here, but there's a wind tunnel along the back and side of the house so I'm creating a...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
02-28-2018, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 2
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Touring Costa Rica Food Forests
If you haven't already been watching - Pete Kanaris from Florida is producing some fantastic video tours of Costa Rica farms. Very interesting and in his latest he provides some history on an...
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Forum: Banana Identification
01-29-2018, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Re: ID Help: Bananas in Salto, Uruguay
In watching videos of people tending their Apple banana trees, I noted that the leaves on their plants don't have the red color on the leaf edge as mine does. Not an Apple banana? Or,maybe the videos...
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Forum: Banana Identification
01-29-2018, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Re: ID Help: Bananas in Salto, Uruguay
Okay, I received three nanners that come from the same stock that I am growing. Upon tasting these ripe beauties I detected a slight tart or tangy apple flavor, the flesh is smooth and creamy. The...
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Forum: Banana Identification
01-15-2018, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Re: ID Help: Bananas in Salto, Uruguay
I have more information about my banana now and a new photo of the fruit from the source and a recent photo of my banana, which is growing nicely.
"bien dulces, apenas ácidas y de cascara bien fina"...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-29-2017, 04:41 AM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Please help me ID this.
If those don't turn out to be fruiting or edible bananas, use them to improve your soil, chop & drop... trunks can be transformed into planters that don't require much watering as they decompose over...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-27-2017, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Please help me ID this.
I wouldn't know about that specimen, but, as a former landscaper and garden center manager, it helps to know what your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is and any micro-climate data you might have (winter...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-26-2017, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Re: ID Help: Bananas in Salto, Uruguay
Okay! Thanks for the feedback.
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That gives me something to go on for personal research... I needed a starting point, there seemed, to me, to be so many possibilities and searching for Uruguay...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-25-2017, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Re: ID Help: Bananas in Salto, Uruguay
I've asked the folks that gave me the banana what the fruit tastes and looks like on the inside, in case that might help people take a stab at identifying it.
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Danilo and Dahiana...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-20-2017, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-24-2017, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,942
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Forum: Banana Economics Forum
09-23-2017, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,999
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
09-23-2017, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,843
Re: Had an idea on a greenhouse for bananas
Hi, couple weeks ago I found a tour of the Climate Battery Greenhouse at 7200 feet on a mountain in Colorado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKMi4Vlt_Ys JEROME OSENTOWSKY Indoor Forest Gardens using...
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Forum: Banana Economics Forum
09-23-2017, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,999
Re: Looking for partners
and maracuya, guanabana, and other highly prized fruits. Grow a food forest and sell to nearest markets & restaurants. Be local. Anything else (exporting) just supports the disastrous trade models...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
09-23-2017, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,162
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-22-2017, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 11
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Re: ID.........???
I came across this article (https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/species/banana) and I think if you contact the Rainforest Alliance with that video, they may be able to refer you to someone who knows...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-22-2017, 09:45 AM
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Views: 194,377
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-22-2017, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 843
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-22-2017, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 843
Re: Uruguay small banana fruit
Here's a couple photos of the young banana I was given last year (as winter commenced). The youngest sprout is growing, the larger one not. I moved them to a sunnier location with more wind...
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-22-2017, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 843
Re: Uruguay small banana fruit
What a warm welcome from all of you. I have typing issues so I won't reply to all of your responses, but I do appreciate every one of you.
I forgot to note the zones I'm in here - Central and South...
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Forum: Member Introductions
09-21-2017, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 5
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Uruguay small banana fruit
Hi, I'm Pia and I live in NW Uruguay, subtropical (it feels a lot like Santa Rosa, Calif. though a lot more heavy rain and hotter summer days here). Was given a banana start and told it has small,...
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