Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-16-2019, 01:40 AM
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FaceBook Group Planet Musa
Hi! I have only been growing nanas for 3 years and the addiction has grown even more after using the FaceBook group called Planet Musa. There are some experts, and novices, just like this on this...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-15-2019, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,491
Re: Looking up in my Texas garden!
looks like Blue Java has blessed me with a 2nd flag leaf, ya baby!!
It pays to look up!!!!!!
happy growing, Darla
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64587...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-03-2019, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,491
Looking up in my Texas garden!
Well for most of us here in central Texas we have been faced with a lot of rain, storms, tornadoes, flooding, heavy winds etc. with a break in the weather this morning it was nice to go out in my...
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Forum: Species Bananas
04-09-2019, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,324
Re: musa thomsonii
Im fairly convinced the M. thomsonii I had were M. yunnanensis.
Everything Ive seen about ‘Mekong Giant’ seems to clearly indicated it is M. itinerans. Im doubtful there is anything particuarly...
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Forum: Species Bananas
04-09-2019, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,324
Re: musa thomsonii
I'm now in Yunnan studying M. yunnanensis populations, and doing some deep research and thinking. It seems to me that the true M. thomsonii (though what is "true" is difficult to say for sure as the...
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Forum: Species Bananas
12-17-2018, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,324
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Forum: Other Plants
05-31-2018, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 24
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Re: Asimina triloba "paw paw"
Looks like I have a few small shenandoah pawpaw fruits coming this year! Just wanted to share...
Erik G
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-20-2016, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,605
Re: 2016 fruit pictures
We are doing great. I believe all the plants I got from you were ornamentals.
It's the ebay "ice cream" which is probably Namwah.
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
08-17-2016, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 684
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-07-2016, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Funky cores of Praying Hands
This will happen from time to time, sometimes even in the tropics without cold temps. The best way I've interpreted it as is a case of incomplete parthencarpy, the pulp grows from the skin side...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
12-11-2015, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 1
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Re: Musa siamensis vs siam yellow
As I remember, 'Siam Yellow' was the trade name for this plant when it was on the market before it was formally described as a new species, Musa siamensis. In all likelihood, a short, slender plant...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-09-2015, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,957
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2013, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 105
Views: 26,807
Re: Veinte Cohol
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/VC082113_zps6223567d.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/VC082113_zps6223567d.jpg.html)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-18-2013, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 26,807
Re: Veinte Cohol
Wha Lah.. :^)
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/VeinteCohol081813_zpse6d00350.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/VeinteCohol081813_zpse6d00350.jpg.html)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-04-2013, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,633
Gros Michel Reunion
In spring of 2012, Terry aka Chance1945 purchased Gros Michel tc's from Agristarts so that we here at bananas.org could purchase them individually. How are yours progressing? What are your growing...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-23-2013, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,015
3rd time to fruit Ae Ae
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This is the third time that I have been...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-03-2013, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 35,515
Re: Hua Moa
Look at the size of that thing! Fourty eight days from a topped corm. The spacing between petioles along the pstem shows how fast it is growing. The first bunch should be amazing too!
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
03-23-2013, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 10,526
Re: Patty in Wisc
Patty, thanks for sharing your life with us. I haven't been here in a long time, but I have many wonderful memories of you and your delightful sense of humor. May God comfort your family and give you...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2012, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,819
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2012, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,819
Re: FHIA-17 and Hua Moa
Harvested the FHIA-17. Not a big bunch, but nice looking fruit.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-26-2012, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,799
Re: Ten more varieties I picked up
Aloha Harvey,
I trust you had a nice Thanksgiving. We have decided to build a house here. Danielle is researching builders and contactors. We like the 800 foot elevation so are looking in this...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-26-2012, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,799
Ten more varieties I picked up
I received my banana plant order yesterday from Aloha Tropicals. I ordered Kru, Red Iholena, Ebun musak, African Rhinohorn, Pitago, Enanao Gigante, Golden Pillow, Kaulau, Popoulu, Monthan. I have...
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Forum: Banana Recipes
11-18-2012, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,026
Puerto Rican Baked Plantain Surprise
Take your greenish plantains (what we call "pintos" in Puerto Rico becaue
they have splotches of lighter green or yellow on the skin and they're
softer to the touch), peel them, and cut them in half...
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Forum: Banana Recipes
11-18-2012, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,389
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Forum: Banana Recipes
11-18-2012, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,389
Re: Using Hua Moa to Make Tostones
Sounds like they are very similar to ARH's, which are less dense than the normal store bought platano.
Everyone tells me that they prefer them because they fry quicker and are more crispy.
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