Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-24-2014, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,051
Re: Dying Leaves
Indoors or outdoors? If indoors - tidy up the plant by cutting off the dead and dying leaves leaving any with green until they are dead. Outdoors - you might want to leave the dead leaves before...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
02-05-2014, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,430
Re: Worlds Largest Bunch of Banana's
Sunfish - 3260 I believe!! I didn't weigh mine but I don't think they came close to their weight - so they must have been regular bananas of some sort.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-10-2013, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,236
Re: 1000 fingers
Not happy!! Cold (26c), wet 6.5 inches today and it's getting dark at 4pm!!! Need some hot chocolate!:ha::ha: I need hot sun!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-10-2013, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,236
Re: 1000 fingers
Pics perhaps later! We are benefiting from TS Chantal at the moment and it has been raining at the rate of 1 inch an hour - up to nearly 4 inches now. But not much wind! I will have a root around...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-10-2013, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,236
Re: 1000 fingers
Luckily it curved south overnight and now will miss us completely in the north, just touching the south coast.:woohoonaner:
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-09-2013, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,236
1000 fingers
The 1000 fingers has a good sized bunch again - probably over a 1000 by now. However with TS Chantal about to grace our shores possibly as a cat1 hurricane, they might not survive the next few days...
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Forum: Banana Recipes
07-09-2013, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,308
Pibil pork - mmmmh!
We recently spent 3 weeks in Central America and the most delicious meal out of all the yummy food we had, was Pibil Pork!
So I cooked it last night and it was awesome. Slow roast pork marinaded in...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
07-07-2013, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 2,183
Views: 114,787
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Forum: Other Plants
05-15-2013, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,406
Re: Jade Vine flower
Ooooh! I am so jealous I could cuss!!! Always wanted one of them - congratulations!:woohoonaner:
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Forum: Other Plants
04-09-2013, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,182
Re: Cashews
Sorry to be so late to the party - we have a cashew tree that has loads of fruit/nuts. You know of course that each fruit only has one cashew nut which is why they are so expensive (apart from the...
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Forum: Member Introductions
02-12-2013, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,059
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
02-05-2013, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 8,999
Re: A message from Cherokee Greg
Howard - thanks for letting us know - we had been really worried about him as it didn't sound good! Let the power be with you Greg!!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-01-2013, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,461
Re: Saba A Plantain ?
I grew them for many years for their architectural appearance which is spectacular, but although they are heavy croppers (70lb bunches) the flavour is nondescript even when fully ripe, and we used to...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
01-16-2013, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,154
Re: Big bug eating the roots
Thanks Andrew, I am going back to England for a brief visit shortly and I will see what remedies I can find there.
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Forum: Other Plants
01-08-2013, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Making pothos bloom?
Once it starts to climb and gets about 4ft tall the leaves change to dinner plate size, but the early small leaves stay the same. And once the aerial roots come down it really takes off. Mine has...
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Forum: Other Plants
12-24-2012, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 791
Re: Bougainvillea plant
Matt - bougainvillea root really easily from cuttings - so if someone you know has a nice plant, ask for a few snippings! Semi-hardwood is best!
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Forum: Tiki Hut
12-18-2012, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 2,183
Views: 114,787
Re: Current weather
Midnight and the weather has warmed up to 78f/25c after weeks of cold rain - about 20 inches this month so far!! But it keeps the island green and we don't have to bother with rain catchment from...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
12-17-2012, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,346
Feliz Navidid - Merry Christmas
It is that happy time of the year, and I would like to wish all the members (old and new) of this great site a very happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year. Special good wishes go to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-04-2012, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 17,273
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Forum: Species Bananas
12-04-2012, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,130
Re: What is your favourite banana plant and why?
A really good cultivar of Orinoco when the fruit is left to ripen on the plant until the skin goes orange - takes some beating! Just delicious! After that I guess the Tall Red and the Orito are...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-04-2012, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 13,498
Re: Photos of Puerto Rican Morado
Sorry - missed that question the first time around!:ha: Dominicans call any banana that they cook, a rulo. So Orinoco (which they never let ripen) and Saba, but they don't regard them as plantain...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-04-2012, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 13,498
Re: Photos of Puerto Rican Morado
Keith - I agree with you that people pick the reds too soon, and are then disappointed. You need to leave them on the plant until they have turned all the colours of the sunset, and then wait until...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-01-2012, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 13,498
Re: Photos of Puerto Rican Morado
K J - those look like the reds we have here - great tasting bananas as long as you let them ripen on the plant, and then let them ripen some more, as when fully ripe and almost soft, they are...
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Forum: European Section
11-09-2012, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 1,738
Views: 115,942
Re: Weather forecast
Ha!! Joker - let me tell you that at night the temperature plummets down to 72f/22c!!! Even the dogs are shivering and the Dominicans have their jackets and warm hats on.
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Forum: European Section
11-09-2012, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 1,738
Views: 115,942
Re: Weather forecast
At last it has cooled down a bit here thanks to a cold front coming down from the USA. 27c/81f and 75% humidity - blanket on the bed last night!!!!
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