Forum: Other Plants
04-13-2020, 02:20 PM
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Re: Tomatoes
I have had good luck with "thai pink egg" tomatos. This year I am trying homestead as they were available for purchase already started (I have a feeling this will not do as well with our heat and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-05-2020, 04:51 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-05-2020, 01:21 PM
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Forum: Other Plants
08-20-2017, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Registered Pawpaw varieties in USA
Thanks Charles (aka Darkman)
This year I met my 1st pawpaw fruit in person and now have sampled several pawpaws. The ones with orangey/canteloupe colored flesh seem to have more tropical/bolder...
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Forum: Other Plants
08-19-2017, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Registered Pawpaw varieties in USA
2017 Update
Finally I ate my first PawPaw grown on my tree. It was not without help that I achieved this milestone. Earlier this year Jose263 brought pollen sourced from a friend in Louisiana and...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-17-2017, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 35
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Re: Sourcing loquat varieties
Does anyone have any updates on whether you got what you purchased from Willis Orchard? Were they seed grown, grafted, or cuttings?
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-06-2015, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Dogs
I had the same problem. My dogs love the small banana pups. They step on the baby bananas, grab the young banana plants and shake and shred them. I had to put up a fence and separate them. :nanadrink:
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Forum: Other Plants
05-19-2014, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Who's growing cactus
:08:Who's growing cactus update
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/009-35.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/009-35.jpg.html):0519:
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Forum: Other Plants
05-17-2014, 08:39 PM
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Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
Hi Carl,
The clumpers take a little time to start sending up a lot of culms but they will. Mine are starting to grow some. In a few years they will look like Arachnotron's.
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Forum: Other Plants
05-12-2014, 06:32 PM
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Forum: Other Plants
04-29-2014, 03:43 PM
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Forum: Other Plants
04-25-2014, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 8
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Li Jujube
Here's a closeup of blossoms on my Li Jujube:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55885&size=1
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Forum: Other Plants
04-24-2014, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Other Plants
04-24-2014, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,267
Re: Who's growing cactus
I have some pear cactus and I am too ashamed of their condition to post a shot of them. I believe the soil I have them in is not draining well enough. Perhaps if i follow this thread I will get...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-24-2014, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,267
Who's growing cactus
:woohoonaner:http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-58.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-58.jpg.html):0519:
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Forum: Other Plants
04-21-2014, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 31
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Re: Who's Growing Grapes?
Pierces disease will kill the northern bunch grape vines in S FL in about 5 to 7 years. They will grow fine till then. So if you really love a certain variety just start new vines in the 3rd or...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-20-2014, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 31
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Re: Who's Growing Grapes?
I yanked out all my Muscadines and replaced them with seeded and seedless Concord. Pierce's disease will eventually wipe them out in S FL but I'll still get to enjoy one of my favorite varieties. ...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-20-2014, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 31
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Re: Who's Growing Grapes?
This will be the 2nd year for my grapes
Cold Spring, still waiting for things to start growing
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Gardens/0021600x1064_zps851e1eb2.jpg
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Forum: Other Plants
04-13-2014, 09:56 PM
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Forum: Other Plants
04-09-2014, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 51
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Re: Do you Pindo? :^)
Willis send me some bad stuff.. Dead stuff.. The reason I have 4 almond trees instead of 9 right now. I think I'd order trees from TyTy 1st if it were my last choice or only one, but Banana's from...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-08-2014, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 51
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Re: Do you Pindo? :^)
I don't know about larger fruit..
I had fruit last year, and I'm a good 3 hours North of you & West of course.. and some day hope to get fruit in Lower Arkansas.. :^)
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Forum: Other Plants
12-15-2013, 03:41 AM
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Forum: Other Plants
12-14-2013, 11:41 PM
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Re: What plants do Bee's love?
Bees love Rosemary, especially because in many climates it blooms nearly year-round. It can get aggressive if necessary -- although not to the extreme like Ficus b. etc. It grows equally well along...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-01-2013, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Registered Pawpaw varieties in USA
Yes on the suckers. (Almost too much - kind of a pain - I haven't tested but have been told that you can kill them with glyphosate as long as you only do it early in the year, like May, when all the...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-01-2013, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Registered Pawpaw varieties in USA
Carl - Jerry Dedon (pawpaw Jerry) has many trees growing wild along the river bank in his area -he says pawpaws will produce suckers from their root systems often a good distance from the mother...
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