Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
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Re: Will Dwarf cavendish bear fruit in zone 8?
Cavendish is not as cold hardy as the varieties mentioned above - Zone 8 is iffy depending on how protected it is - Zone 9A here and cavendish isn't dependable - namwa, orinoco, raja are a better...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-30-2020, 10:06 PM
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-17-2020, 08:13 PM
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Forum: Member Introductions
04-25-2020, 05:58 PM
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Re: New Member from Houston Texas!
Welcome - What varieties did you buy? You've come to the right forum and I'm sure members from Houston area will be helpful. Are you zone 9 or 8? Happy Growing
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-08-2020, 07:43 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-07-2020, 09:59 AM
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Re: Good start for the season
Nice looking healthy plant - I'm no expert on 'ice creams' having unsuccessfully purchased or traded for a blue java 4 times now. Your ice cream looks like a namwa to me.
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Forum: Other Plants
04-07-2020, 09:52 AM
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Re: Apricot pest
Nothing is better than eating ripe stone fruit (peaches, apricots etc. ) from your backyard tree But, stone fruit are very prone to diseases and pests and will almost always require following a spray...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-12-2020, 06:16 AM
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
02-26-2020, 07:24 PM
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
02-09-2020, 06:57 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-03-2020, 09:43 AM
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Re: What banana to grow
I would find a local grower's market and do some taste tests. You're living in nana paradise ...:woohoonaner:
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-02-2020, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-31-2019, 04:33 PM
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
12-27-2019, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Getting musa velutina to flower
A little more about my veluntina and other musa - i obtained my original veluntina seeds from a fruiting plant in Crystal Springs, MS zone 8a in October several years ago. i'm in 9A and the veluntina...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
12-27-2019, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: another fertilizer question
Here is a link to website for building your own N-P-K with common commercial ferts NPK Soil Fertilizer Calculator<span class="metric"> - Metric</span> (http://aesl.ces.uga.edu/soil/fertcalc/)
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
12-18-2019, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
12-18-2019, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 593
Re: Getting musa velutina to flower
velutina blooms pretty early every year at my house zone 9a but they are in ground. They die back each winter and return the following spring. your zone 10a? Musa like lots of potassium and it seems...
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-13-2019, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-13-2019, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-11-2019, 06:07 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-09-2019, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Banana Circles
Never heard of a banana circle til I read your post. Although I've had great success planting nanas in old horse manure piles. Looked on line for example - Yes lots of permaculture sites on banana...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-07-2019, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 17
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Re: Tall orinoco cold hardiness
Now you've got me interested.
You might want to consider burying some type of heating element or other heat pipes.
Around here,(deep south) people often use pipe heating cables to keep exposed...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-05-2019, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 892
Re: Tall orinoco cold hardiness
Zone 9A sometimes 8B - Orinoco and namwah are the most cold hardy I've experienced but our ground doesn't freeze - I doubt it would work -
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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, 05:40 AM
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