Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
06-15-2020, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 1
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Re: Self Watering Containers
Banana plant roots need air! So when the pot soil mix is course & fast draining, as needed by the plants, the soil will not have the capillary ability to draw water up from the bottom of the pot. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-11-2020, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 281
Re: Planting taller varieties in deep holes?
Actually, in the burning sun banana plants need shade. ... The Mother plant shades the new pups until they get big enough to take full sun. I've read a comment describing a typical banana...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-21-2020, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 196
Re: Filling a container frugally
I wouldn't advise it. decaying compost will rob nitrogen from the growing banana plant as well as harboring fungus bacteria and worms which help to turn the composition into compost. Compost...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-09-2020, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 1
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Re: cut down/leave main trunk, cut out/leave pups
I never cut down the pseudostem until at least all of the leaves have dried out, and even then usually not til the pseudostem has stopped being firm and green. As long as there are leaves, there is...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-27-2019, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 288
Re: Started flowering in winter
Nor more new leaves. The flowering cycle will continue to completion, even in winter. As long as the pseudostem is viable, they should ripen in the spring. You really can't alter the trajectory and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-16-2019, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 426
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-05-2019, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 858
Re: Questions about Dwf brazilian
In my cooler Southern California house that is only two miles from the beach (meaning low summer temps) DB only gets to 7-8' PS.
Bill
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-04-2019, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 858
Re: Questions about Dwf brazilian
Yes, DB is called apple in Hawaii. Manzano means apple in Spanish but is a different variety. Manzano is taller with a very skinny Pseudostem that falls over ridiculously easy.
Bill
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2019, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 230
Re: Is the fruit salvageable?
Not much you can or need to do except just keep them inside for awhile and eventually they will ripen. If you really want to try and speed them up, you can place them along with some apples or other...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-06-2019, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 346
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-05-2019, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 346
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Forum: Other Plants
06-28-2019, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 329
Re: Looking for more such forums and resources
There are many resources/forums for the subjects you are looking for.
Do an internet search for your subject and add the word FORUM after it.
You can pretty much type any word and type forum after...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-08-2019, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 296
Looking down in my Texas garden !
i noticed the most beautiful Dwarf Brazilian pup i've ever seen, just had to share. Her shading is stunning. Proud mom should bloom any time and stands proud at about 7ft.
happy...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-05-2019, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 311
I'm back! Picked up some Blue Java corms
Hey all, it's been a while! :nanadrink:
I dropped by the university garden this weekend where I was growing bananas a couple of years ago, and I picked up two large Blue Java corms from one of the...
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Forum: Member Introductions
12-22-2018, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 751
Bonjour de France
Good morning to all,
I’ve been on the forum for a while. I never showed up because I don’t speak English. I go through a translator to write this message. It’s not very practical to communicate. I’m...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-12-2018, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 390
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-04-2018, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 431
Causes To Eat A Banana
You'll never do with banana in the same manner again after knowing the many advantages and things to include them to your diet. Bananas battle depression symptoms make you smarter; treat hangovers,...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-27-2018, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 449
Re: Fruit ID
IDing by fruit alone is rarely enough. We need some information, such as where you got them from, who grew them, and where they were grown. Even then, photos of the plant itself, and the fruit on the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-08-2018, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 603
Re: White cotton under leaf, leaves
Looks like white fly. Soapy water and neem will work. If you can bring a hose to it and wash it off that will work great. They are attracted to dry hosts.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-02-2018, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 561
Re: Anyone ever get plants from here?
No, but the entire site appears to be a bunch of B.S. In particular, a phytosanitary certificate in Thailand is $90 U.S. dollars and the prices are far below that.
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-27-2018, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 586
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
06-28-2018, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,234
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-23-2018, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 550
Re: Picking unripe bananas
I would try cutting the bunch and hanging it inside to ripen.. Find out if they will... When it's about to freeze, cut it and bring it in.
Right now, though,fertilize it well (Nitrogen and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-18-2018, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 952
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
06-12-2018, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,128
Re: Persistent Herbicides EXTREME threat
Those herbicides listed are Auxinic herbicides which at non-lethal doses cause fast distorted growth. In bananas, the symptoms should be similar to calcium or boron deficiencies.
Auxinic herbicides...
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