Forum: Bananas.org Site News
10-12-2019, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,786
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-12-2019, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 858
Re: Questions about Dwf brazilian
Yes, this is true. Here in Hawaii, you can go to the Farmer's Markets and everyone sells "Apple", and you can also buy "Dwarf Apple" banana trees from nurseries here locally. They are not Manzano....
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-12-2019, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 635
Re: Nieghbors mystery banana
Definitely not in the class of Dwf Brazilian, as the petioles are too light in color. It's even too light to be a 'Iholene class. As for Raja Puri, the leaf structure is close (Fat and square-ish),...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-07-2019, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 234
Views: 42,521
Re: Florida Hill Nursery?
WOW! I guess that there's so much variance between experiences, in BOTH cases! lol This is Uncanny!
I had purchased two times with Wellspring, and BOTH times the experience was horrific, and highly...
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Forum: Banana Identification
10-07-2019, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 635
Re: Nieghbors mystery banana
To me, looks as it could be a Williams type. Good sturdy plant, and has nice oversized foliage. It can get up to 10' or so at the crown. I love this one for it's dense neutral flavor fruit for making...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-29-2019, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 234
Views: 42,521
Re: Florida Hill Nursery?
I wanted to post an update to all of the variables in Florida Hill Nursery.
I can say I've ordered from them for a very long time, and their orders are alwasy consistent, and seemed to have even...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-29-2019, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 141
Big Island (HI) Members - Check In Here
Requesting a check-in to all active Big Island, Hawaii Local Members:
Re-acquainting Big Island Hawaii Members new and veteran growers. A gathering place here in an active, updated thread where we...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
12-03-2012, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,753
Re: "hardy to zone"
If anyone understands PRECISELY what the "From/To" chart is about. Please let me know.
One theory is: Global Warming/Updated minimums.
Another is: Total Variance in that sub-zone.
Thanks!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-01-2012, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,952
Re: Someting wrong with my fruit tree
Over the last few decades there has been great research on citrus at UC Riverside, and in the last couple years I'd been able to piggy back on some of the student's research findings. There are many...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-17-2012, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,499
Re: Mini-super-hyper-dwarf ?
My goal in hybridizing new Super-Duper Micro Mini Dwarf Dwarfs would be that you will need a magnifying glass to actually see the plant, and that the fruit will be like ant eggs.
lol - kidding! :)
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
08-08-2012, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,080
Candy Cane Banana
Has anyone tried or have grown it?
Musa campestris var limbangensis
Musa campestris var. limbangensis (Dark)...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-05-2012, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,228
Re: California Gold Banana Flowering video
It's kind of a heartbreaking decision I'm sure. On one hand, if any of the roots are cut or disturbed from the mother plant, then it's possible the hands could fail during development because of lack...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-29-2012, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 67
Views: 9,771
Re: Coffee Grounds?
Coffee Grounds (fresh from the pot) suck up nitrogen from the soil and need to decompose to release the nitrogen, but once it's decomposed, it will add plenty of Nitrogen and other micronutrients. It...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-24-2012, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,725
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
07-01-2012, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,619
Re: A'eae pseudostem splitting
Hey Rob,
without checking for certainty, there's no better way to check for Panama Disease (or Black Sigatoka) than cross-sectioning it to see the tell-tale dark ring in the pseudostem. Since you...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
06-16-2012, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,351
Re: Pure sulphur for bananas ?
Hey Phil. I've used Elemental Sulfur (granules) in the soil mix when planting to help prevent fungus. Also Elemental lasts much longer, and is closer to the form it is in nature (seen formed on the...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-09-2012, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 7,172
Re: Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense)
I love this one Richard, and it looks like you got the thornless variety. I had the one with the thorns and they were QUITE obnoxious (like a cactus!), and made it hard to harvest the fruit, so I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-21-2011, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,015
Re: My Cal. Gold starts flowering.
This is great to know.... The Orinocos I had did seem a bit different, so maybe they really were CG. They definitely had the singular separated hands like that example. Thank goodness I rescued a few...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-21-2011, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,015
Re: My Cal. Gold starts flowering.
Looks great!
Sorry I know this is a little off-topic, but I'd like to know where I could get the "REAL" CA Gold. I've purchased it twice, only to discover that it ended up being Orinoco or...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-27-2011, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,885
Re: Asimina triloba "paw paw"
Great explanation Tony! In many ways, they are like Avocado trees. The self-sterile feature is a stumbling block, but I think what really helps is how they grow in groves in nature, so I've found out...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-27-2011, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,885
Re: Asimina triloba "paw paw"
PawPaw's are great!!!!! The fruit is delicious, and quite an experience. One you will never forget. I grow PawPaws here in Zone 10. People think I'm crazy, but really the only difference is when...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-27-2011, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,248
Re: This winter was PAINFUL
Even in Zone 10 here we had broken our frost records an unprecedented 9 times since December. We usually have one or two frosts ever 4 or 5 years, and this year in my city, we had 8 frosts in 1 year....
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Forum: Other Plants
02-15-2011, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,747
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Forum: Other Plants
01-22-2011, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,380
Re: Could not resist
If I didn't know any better, I would have said it's a cocos nucifera var. 'malay dwarf', because of the coloration and the triangular form of the crown. However, that would have been somewhat of a...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-03-2011, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 1,077
Views: 100,752
Re: Passiflora
thanks for letting me know, darn iPhone! LOL
-there's no app for that! :)
Great! Thanks for the tip Tony. I'm going to check it out.
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