Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-26-2017, 09:44 PM
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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)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-25-2017, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 395
Views: 34,852
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
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Forum: Other Plants
05-23-2016, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 6
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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...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-23-2016, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,368
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. :)
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-12-2016, 08:07 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 9,715
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)...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-29-2016, 01:08 PM
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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...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
03-14-2016, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 7,953
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...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
01-12-2016, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,809
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Forum: Tiki Hut
11-08-2015, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 9,715
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...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
11-02-2015, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 9,715
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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-19-2015, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 6
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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".
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-19-2015, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 6
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-19-2015, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 6
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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. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-18-2015, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,079
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-18-2015, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 6
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2015, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 336
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2015, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 336
Views: 52,509
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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2015, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 336
Views: 52,509
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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-18-2015, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 72
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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...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-17-2015, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 17
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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.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-17-2015, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 5,436
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...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-17-2015, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-17-2015, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,100
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-17-2015, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-16-2015, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
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