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Forum: Species Bananas 10-27-2014, 07:13 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,688
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Birth of a New Hybrid Musa: Musa sp. aff. aurantiaca (Trebrown seeds) x velutina

Tis is astonishing, that 4 years old seeds still are germinating. I am now thinking about the old seeds from Musa hirta, peekelii and other species from PNG and Borneo. I will try this in Brazil in...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-13-2014, 05:57 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,481
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Musa sp. yangtse ........ which variety is this?

Hi,

Musa sp. Yangste is difficult to get, so that I recommend you to buy Musa basjoo and also Musa sikkimensis, they are also hardy for your area with winter protection! Also in Germany there are...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-11-2014, 09:09 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,869
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Veinte Cohol

Also for me is Veinte Cohol one must for my chácara here in Brazil, but it is prohibited since 2005 to import pups to Brazil. But I do have Dwarf Brazilian here. Dwarf Brazilian is one other name for...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-11-2014, 08:55 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,191
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Musa Mysore

Very ornamental. I also have Mysore in my chácara in Brazil, recently I separated and transplanted 2 pups. In next november I will plant also one more Mysore into the corner of the new yard border...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-02-2014, 11:19 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,634
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Cold damage Jan 2014

Hi,

also in Brazil I had in June 2011 frost damages at my bananas in my chácara, see also Bananas Raras (http://bananasraras.org/frostschaedenengl.htm) The climate in the southern Brazilian state of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-11-2013, 05:52 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 778
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Brazil banana suggestions?

Hi,

if you go to the state Sao Paulo, then you can go to Angatuba, there is also a collection of bananas under A MAIOR COLEÇÃO DE FRUTAS DO BRASIL (http://colecionandofrutas.org) , the banana...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-30-2013, 02:37 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,489
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: How Sun and Drought tolerant are Musa Ornatas?

Hi,

the Musa ornata does best at the half shaded location and needs much water, it does best at my pond, it grew 2 metres tall. Other specimen on my lawn at my 3 coconut palms grew only to 50 cm...
Forum: Species Bananas 07-30-2013, 02:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,879
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: A new species

Are also seeds available? I want to try it at my pond in my chácara in Brazil.

Joachim
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-07-2013, 03:52 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,686
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Selecting seeded acuminata/balbisiana

Hi,

why not cross Musa basjoo and yunnanensis with pollen from AAB, ABB, e. g. Mysore, Dwarf Brazilian? This might be more successful, and then the hybrids will be seedless, edible and hardy! Seeded...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-22-2013, 09:46 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,737
Posted By Basjoofriend
How I can store banana pollen to cross bananas later?

Hi,

I will try to cross bananas in Brazil and to start the breeding program "Cold Hardy Fruit Banana". Formerly I bred rhododendrons and crossed different species and cultivars together...
Forum: Species Bananas 02-05-2013, 04:03 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 16,816
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: The ripe fruits of Musa Basjoo and its seeds

Hi,

in 2011 I gave Helton one pup from my basjoo in Brazil. Now he informed that it has already flowered and is now setting fruits. But the seeds will not result pure basjoos, because the basjoo is...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-04-2013, 12:52 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,803
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Since I moved to Hawaii

Hi,

to import plants to another country is not easy, there are many restrictions by import laws, many foreign plants spread alien diseases, other are invasive and further other plants are so rare...
Forum: Species Bananas 12-23-2012, 09:20 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,909
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Who's growing Musa Itinerans?!

Helton and I are growing Musa itinerans "Indian Form". Musa itinerans "Indian Form" does form runners, be careful because of the neighbourhood. Do not plant too close to the house or to the border of...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-18-2012, 05:50 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,567
Posted By Basjoofriend
Joy Musa basjoo flowers in Brazil!

Hi,

for the first time the pup of my Musa basjoo is flowering in the nursery of Helton in Campo do Monte Alegre!...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-16-2012, 06:50 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,799
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Ten more varieties I picked up

Hi,

but the volcanic soil is very fertile, see also Tenerife and the Canary Islands! The Canary Islands are the banana growing area of Spain. I saw many banana plantations in the north of Tenerife,...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-10-2012, 06:35 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,799
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Ten more varieties I picked up

Congrats to your collection, we are bananists and bananaholic.

I live partielly in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. I also have one banana collection, but it is not possible to get your cultivars...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-09-2012, 12:55 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 13,440
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Soloman Islands bananas

Yeah, there are very interesting banana varieties, my Brazilian friend and I want them also to grow here in Brazil, but the problem are the import restrictions for bananas to Brazil for pups and...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-30-2012, 12:51 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,693
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Article on banana fertilization and nutrient deficiencies

This might solve the problem in my chácara here in Lucianópolis. My housekeeper Antonio said to me that the soil here in my yard is not suitable to grow bananas, he was formerly banana farmer, 5...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-23-2012, 05:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,194
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: How to break the dormancy of the banana seeds from Borneo and Papua New Guinea?

Hi,

did you also try to germinate the very stubborn banana seeds from Borneo and PNG by this method with success?

But it might be one try. At first I wait for one reply from Markku Häkkinen, it is...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-23-2012, 03:40 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,194
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: How to break the dormancy of the banana seeds from Borneo and Papua New Guinea?

No, Tobias did not germinate the seeds, but he knows this paper. You are right :nanadrink:, Markku Häkkinen is the best person to ask him how to break the dormancy of the seeds, he should answer...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-23-2012, 12:18 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,194
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: How to break the dormancy of the banana seeds from Borneo and Papua New Guinea?

Hi Gabe15,

this might be, but not all have this possiblity. Are also there alternatives which are also successfully? Helton, my Brazilian friend, does not have this possiblity and I am actually only...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-23-2012, 12:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,194
Posted By Basjoofriend
How to break the dormancy of the banana seeds from Borneo and Papua New Guinea?

Hi,

in another thread I already wrote about the germination problem of Musa peekelii, hirta, schizocarpa, voonii, bauensis, campestris, textilis and others from Borneo and PNG, and one member has...
Forum: Species Bananas 11-11-2012, 05:40 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,909
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Who's growing Musa Itinerans?!

I got seeds from Rarepalmseeds and sent them to Helton to Brazil. Helton also has Musa balbisiana, sikkimensis, sikkimensis "Manipur", cheesmanii, Helen`s Hybrid, acuminata ssp. microcarpa, beccarii,...
Forum: Banana Identification 11-11-2012, 05:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,254
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Not Musa schizocarpa but perhaps Musa velutina?

Yes, it might be. It is more like Musa "Anestor". I will watch my both plants in my special garden at my pond. Gabe15, you might be right, it is not one clearly pure Musa velutina.

Best...
Forum: Species Bananas 11-10-2012, 07:24 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,909
Posted By Basjoofriend
Re: Who's growing Musa Itinerans?!

My friend Helton and I also growing Musa itinerans "Indian Form" with success in Brazil, in the state of São Pàulo, in Campina do Monte Alegre and in Lucianópolis.

Here the...
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