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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-26-2017, 09:44 PM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

It's 3/4" professional miniature golf turf on top of a 4" cement pathway. For more details see:

Home Renovation II (http://growingfruit.org/t/home-renovation-ii/9567)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-25-2017, 12:41 AM
Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
Posted By Richard
Re: New house, new chapter

Complete with 9-hole miniature golf course through the fruit tree orchard.

http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/c/9c986f53bbb55ee91aa667ea4220e77f991676b6.jpg
Forum: Other Plants 05-23-2016, 06:00 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,368
Posted By Richard
Re: Arapaho Blackberry

The 3 grape vines are all running across the top of the trellis now and so is the blackberry. The Magnolia vine is growing very slowly. The Frederick's passion fruit is of course going absolutely hog...
Forum: Other Plants 05-23-2016, 03:30 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,368
Posted By Richard
Re: Arapaho Blackberry

I've been eating about a half dozen a day for two weeks and there's a hundred or more still in the green stage on the vines. :)
Forum: Tiki Hut 05-12-2016, 08:07 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 9,715
Posted By sputinc7
Re: Rant of the Day..

Critters in my yard. Raccoons eating all the fruit scraps I put around my bananas for potassium and nitrogen and digging up all my piles of grass clippings. Then there's tree rats (AKA squirrels)...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-29-2016, 01:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 593
Posted By crazy banana
Banana tea against insomnia

Not that I would need it ( I am usually exhausted in the evening from day work and working in my yard), but interesting article.

Boil Bananas Before Bed, Drink the Liquid and You Will Not Believe...
Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes 03-14-2016, 05:08 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 7,953
Posted By Richard
About Richard

I am a median baby boomer. My father's side of the family went up the Hudson River in 1605 and established a family farm there. Subsequent generations expanded to Wisconsin, Iowa, and then by horse...
Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer 01-12-2016, 02:54 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,809
Posted By Richard
How plants interact with beneficial microbes in the soil

How plants interact with beneficial microbes in the soil (http://m.phys.org/news/2016-01-interact-beneficial-microbes-soil.html)
Forum: Tiki Hut 11-08-2015, 06:29 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 9,715
Posted By Kat2
Re: Rant of the Day..

People who join this forum, never bother introducing themselves in the Welcome section, post pictures asking members to ID their plants and then get huffy when nobody jumps to attention to do so. All...
Forum: Tiki Hut 11-02-2015, 08:54 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 9,715
Posted By G.W.
Re: Rant of the Day..

WHY CAN'T A COMPANY MAKE THE SAME PRODUCT FOR THREE YEARS STRAIGHT?
BECAUSE IT'S A PIECE OF JUNK AND IF THEY STILL MADE IT I'D BUY A NEW ONE, SWAP PARTS AND RETURN IT AS DEFECTIVE !!!!!!

THAT AND...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-19-2015, 11:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,079
Posted By Richard
Re: New variety of Banana discovered

These have been previously documented in at least two textbooks and one website but only recently has the story come to surface in the media -- hence the article's title "new variety".
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-19-2015, 08:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,079
Posted By akravindran
Re: New variety of Banana discovered

The reason these haven't been discovered so far is that parts of the Andaman Islands are pretty remote, with very few people inhabiting it.

There are seed-bearing varieties in the mainland as well...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-19-2015, 05:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,079
Posted By Red Sky
Re: New variety of Banana discovered

Those things are monsters! Eleven meters? How have they not been "discovered" by the world at large yet when they can grow that huge? I'd love to see one in person, and of course taste the fruit. ...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-18-2015, 09:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,079
Posted By buddyguygreen
Re: New variety of Banana discovered

looks great, i hope i get to try one of those in the future
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-18-2015, 04:28 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,079
Posted By akravindran
New variety of Banana discovered

Hey Everyone,

A new variety (species?) has been discovered in India's Andaman Islands:

Feast on the sweetest banana, courtesy the Little Andaman...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-02-2015, 07:36 PM
Replies: 336
Views: 52,509
Posted By robguz24
Re: What did you kill today?

A friend down the road off the Red Road has a whole Rambutan farm, so they can definitely thrive here. He has the best rambutan I've had. My longan is 7 years old and has yet to flower, though it...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-02-2015, 06:06 PM
Replies: 336
Views: 52,509
Posted By voyager
Re: What did you kill today?

I've found the same up here above you on the hill, longan and lychee are doing very well. The rambutan is dragging its feet. I'm inclined to think part of the problem is all the high winds we've had...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-02-2015, 05:57 PM
Replies: 336
Views: 52,509
Posted By voyager
Re: What did you kill today?

I've found the same up here above you on the hill, longan and lychee are doing very well. The rambutan is dragging its feet. I'm inclined to think part of the problem is all the high winds we've had...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-18-2015, 11:26 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 5,436
Posted By Kat2
Re: Too cold for bananas?

Don't be confused. Playing pollinator for non seeded bananas does nothing but make the human bee feel like they're contributing to the eventual crop. Carry on as you have. Male flowers give nothing...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 09-17-2015, 10:14 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
Posted By merce3
Re: Sensitive plant around banana pstem?

i keep mine in a pot... i wanted to plant it out, but i guess that isn't a good idea. they have it planted as ground cover at one of the local universities. seems to be in check.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-17-2015, 06:26 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 5,436
Posted By Kat2
Re: Too cold for bananas?

I was under the impression that flowers were only for show on non viable seed producing bananas--the ones you eat without breaking your teeth chowing down. Am I wrong? Common figs are essentially...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 09-17-2015, 05:18 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
Posted By chris_zx2
Re: Sensitive plant around banana pstem?

It is actually an invasive species. I feel kinda dumb for buying a weed, but it makes me think of Avatar.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-17-2015, 04:11 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,100
Posted By edzone9
The FHIA Monster Musa In Africa..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QuifJnSYKU


Looks at the Size Of Those Bunches, Also The PS is Super Thick !..

Ed
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 09-17-2015, 09:45 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
Posted By JP
Re: Sensitive plant around banana pstem?

Thorns or no thorns, pulling it off your land breaks your back for sure!
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 09-16-2015, 11:53 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
Posted By robguz24
Re: Sensitive plant around banana pstem?

Ours does the same, but just painfully thorny and can become a ground cover thicket.
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