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Forum: Member Introductions 05-01-2020, 11:17 AM
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Posted By TinaOB60
Hiya Greetings

Good morning and thank you for allowing me to join.
I have so much to learn about banana and have soooooo many questions, but for now.... Hello
Forum: Member Introductions 04-08-2020, 10:37 AM
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Posted By ShipOfFools
Joy New to bananas

Hello. I live in Hollywood, FL and grow lots of edibles in my yard.

Interested in growing Hua Moa, Ele Ele, Fe'i, Mysore, Pitogo, Praying Hands, and Ae Ae. Possibly Blue Java.

I have some kind...
Forum: Member Introductions 03-27-2020, 12:36 AM
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Views: 119
Posted By Kilstud
Hey All!!

Hello fellow nanner heads! :) My name is Nick and I too have a problem. My wife thinks I’m cheating on her so I’m trying to convince her to join the party... The answer was no but at least she’s...
Forum: Member Introductions 08-16-2019, 10:12 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 245
Posted By rj3d
New to bananas!

Hello there!

My name is Rob. I hail from California, and I'm new to both the forum growing banana plants! My apartment has lots of natural light and is full of orchids, succulents, bromeliads,...
Forum: Member Introductions 08-16-2019, 08:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 333
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Hello there!

Banana Nation ..

Welcome to the Jungle.....:woohoonaner:


Have fun here,,,:08:
Forum: Member Introductions 08-15-2019, 03:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 333
Posted By HMelendez
Re: Hello there!

Welcome to the banana gang!......:2723::bananarow::2723:
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-10-2019, 08:17 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By brianrumsey
Re: Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

Thanks for the soil advice. I have a nice pile of leaf mold that sounds like could work well for this application. If I have time maybe I'll be able to prep a bed before winter.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-09-2019, 03:53 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

For inexpensive soil amendments you may use aged wood chips, leaves or any organic matter which you can get. Broken bags of material at the big box store work as a amendment. Some beds are prepped a...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-07-2019, 08:03 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By Iowa
Re: Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

[QUOTE=brianrumsey;325691
What are dry storage temperature requirements? Unfortunately I don't have access to anything cooler than a 55-60F basement over the winter right now except for outdoor...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-07-2019, 07:51 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By brianrumsey
Re: Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

Thanks for all of the great feedback so far. With a clear consensus on Orinoco it sounds like that's a definite direction for next year. I actually did have a Veinte Cohol when I lived in Kansas, and...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-07-2019, 07:21 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By Iowa
Re: Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

As said Orinoco may be the one to work for you and from time to time even fruit for you.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63973&size=1...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-07-2019, 06:29 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

Basjoos are still your best choice for a low maintenance cold hardy banana plant which you can leave outdoors.
If your plants are sited well and planted in rich great draining soil then a thick...
Forum: Banana Identification 08-07-2019, 12:33 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 676
Posted By eddiemunozep
Re: Unknown variety from Mexico

This is the mother plant with fruit.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65100&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65100)
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-06-2019, 10:42 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By Akula
Re: Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

Best shot is probably Dwarf Orinoco.

Its gets about 5-8 feet of pstem (easier to dig up and move around), cold hardy (slightly longer growing season than other varieties), and people have had good...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-06-2019, 09:41 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,622
Posted By brianrumsey
Best bananas to dig each winter in the north

I've been growing M. basjoo for a number of years in NE Iowa, zone 4/5. I was able to overwinter it with good protection in 2017-2018 but it did not grow all that well in 2018, certainly not well...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-19-2019, 10:56 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 665
Posted By mackmccaleb
Monoculture and Panama Disease

https://theconversation.com/amp/the-quest-to-save-the-banana-from-extinction-112256

Interesting article about the susceptibility of monocrops to disease. The article goes pretty in depth and I...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-30-2018, 10:43 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,235
Posted By aruzinsky
Re: How to breed (seedless) Bananas for Temperate climates

If your idea is original, you should consider patenting it. By first posting your idea here, you put it into the public domain. Somebody else might steal your idea and get it patented before you...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-29-2018, 02:13 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,235
Posted By SoCal2warm
Re: How to breed (seedless) Bananas for Temperate climates

I was thinking about trying to breed Helen's hybrid with Viente Cohol, and then backcross with Helen's hybrid again.
(Viente Cohol is very early ripening but not at all cold hardy)

or Sikkimensis x...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-29-2018, 11:32 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,235
Posted By SoCal2warm
Re: How to breed (seedless) Bananas for Temperate climates

There may be another way of obtaining a tetraploid banana without Colchocine or Oryzalin.

"Crossing of a triploid banana with a diploid variety generates diploid, triploid, tetraploid, aneuploid and...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-27-2018, 10:58 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,140
Posted By aruzinsky
Re: My Blooming Musa 'Little Prince'

Update:

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/FakeLittlePrince7-26-18.jpg

Other Truly Tiny has flag leaf:
http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/TrulyTinyFlagLeaf7-26-18.jpg
Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 09-14-2017, 06:26 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,799
Posted By PR-Giants
Talking Variegated bananas

We have been removing about 50 variegated Manini/A'ea'e each week and replacing them with the variegated Thai Florida. These two cultivars compliment each other perfectly, one has arching leaves and...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 02-25-2008, 08:48 AM
Replies: 353
Views: 196,300
Posted By jpfloors
Re: BananaBucks

I'm new to the musa family and came here by chance. Glad I found this website and hope to learn a lot and in the future! Thanks for the "banana bucks" system as well. Hope it doesn't get abused.
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 02-25-2008, 01:50 AM
Replies: 353
Views: 196,300
Posted By xavierdlc61887
Re: BananaBucks

awesome jarred this is great i am looking foward to see how the outcome of this and hope it is a success :D
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 02-25-2008, 01:47 AM
Replies: 353
Views: 196,300
Posted By MediaHound
BananaBucks

I just installed a new feature called BananaBucks.

You earn BananaBucks for posting and replying to threads. You also earn for referrals and for other actions and interactions with the site (if you...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-22-2007, 11:36 AM
Replies: 130
Views: 73,913
Posted By Tropicallvr
The cold hardy list

I haven't seen one of these yet on this forum so here goes from my experience(and things I have heard) in a cold northern Califonia zone 8a, but probally closer to zone 7b(walked on the frozen pond...
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