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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-26-2018, 02:25 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 511
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes 02-28-2018, 09:49 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 890
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Banana Identification 01-29-2018, 01:10 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Banana Identification 01-29-2018, 10:47 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Banana Identification 01-15-2018, 06:56 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Posted By Pia
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"...
Forum: Banana Identification 10-29-2017, 04:41 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 911
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Banana Identification 10-27-2017, 05:44 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 911
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Banana Identification 10-26-2017, 05:12 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Posted By Pia
Re: ID Help: Bananas in Salto, Uruguay

Okay! Thanks for the feedback.
:08:

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...
Forum: Banana Identification 10-25-2017, 10:08 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Banana Identification 10-20-2017, 10:46 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,402
Posted By Pia
ID Help: Bananas in Salto, Uruguay

I received photos of the parent plants of the banana I was given a few months back. My plants (their offspring) are still very...
Forum: Banana Identification 09-24-2017, 06:34 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,942
Posted By Pia
Re: ID.........???

Hope it works!
Forum: Banana Economics Forum 09-23-2017, 01:08 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,999
Posted By Pia
Re: Looking for partners

Ah! Thanks, that makes sense. Well, he sure didn't do a quality job of thinking up his pitch!
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 09-23-2017, 12:43 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,843
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself 09-23-2017, 08:13 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,726
Posted By Pia
Re: Really really thick st. augustine lawn

Why is lawn so important when it does so little in return? Feed it, water it, cut it... or... throw down flattened cardboard, build raised beds, grow food! Unless your local agencies have laws...
Forum: Banana Economics Forum 09-23-2017, 07:57 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,999
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 09-23-2017, 07:30 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,162
Posted By Pia
Re: Hurricane Prep

Sweet! Lovely colors. How is this beauty now?
Forum: Banana Identification 09-22-2017, 11:34 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,942
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-22-2017, 09:45 AM
Replies: 578
Views: 194,377
Posted By Pia
Re: Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter

Amazing! I had no idea what lengths northerners go to for their bananas. My first experience with live bananas (as an adult) was in Costa Rica, then Nicaragua. Never knew you could cut the leaves...
Forum: Member Introductions 09-22-2017, 09:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 843
Posted By Pia
Re: Uruguay small banana fruit

So far, what I've read I have to say this is true! Lots of good banana cheer going on. :08:
Forum: Member Introductions 09-22-2017, 06:52 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 843
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Member Introductions 09-22-2017, 05:15 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 843
Posted By Pia
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...
Forum: Member Introductions 09-21-2017, 12:22 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 843
Posted By Pia
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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