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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-07-2019, 11:53 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 497
Posted By all43
Re: My first inflorescence! Dwarf Orinoco, Zone 5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

That looks great,a sight I can only dream of!!:bananas_b
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-07-2019, 11:47 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 497
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: My first inflorescence! Dwarf Orinoco, Zone 5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

woohoo!
right on !

are they inside the house or in a greenhouse?

how many varieties do you have these days?
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 05-30-2018, 01:27 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,861
Posted By pmurphy
Re: Musa Basjoo in Canada

Nothing listed but I know he had a whole list of plants that he had available from other vendors - this was in 2013 but I'm sure he still has his sources for importing (the plants he brought in for...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 05-30-2018, 12:38 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,861
Posted By pmurphy
Re: Musa Basjoo in Canada

I actually bought a couple (as if I really needed any more) last summer on clearance from Walmart, with a 4ft foot stem, for $10 each

Perhaps m. basjoo are so common in BC (Vancouver) is because...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 05-22-2018, 07:13 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,645
Posted By geissene
Re: Spring is here finally

A greenhouse should work ok. Since basjoo produce lots of pups, it should be possible to keep smaller plants alive indoors, dry store large corms in a cool dark basement, and cover some corms...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-04-2018, 01:35 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 6,622
Posted By Tytaylor77
Re: bananapups.com, tytailors fe'i aiuri tc's

Thank you Beam!

They arrived great! Just drink your v8 and they will look straight haha. I hope they grow great for you. Not sure how many millions of musa I have shipped (feels like it) but as you...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-03-2018, 01:49 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 6,622
Posted By beam2050
Drummer bananapups.com, tytailors fe'i aiuri tc's

start this thread out with a song. or two. johnny cash; folsom prison blues. er more or less

I hear fedex a comin
its rollin round the bend
they aint seen sunshine....since....I don't know when
I...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 01-17-2015, 07:10 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,662
Posted By geissene
My indoor 'nana collection surviving winter.

Hi all

Just wanted to share a few pictures of my banana plants that I'm over wintering in my house.

I have a large SDC in my living room. It has lost a few leaves since I brought it inside and I...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-01-2014, 07:31 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,239
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

Good job over-wintering in Ottawa!!! Have you considered wrapping the Pstem with a narrow, heated seedling propagation mat? There are plenty of controllers available for them. Depending on the size...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-13-2014, 09:41 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,206
Posted By austinl01
Musa velutina - A 5 Degree Banana

Musa velutina plants can take 5 degrees without protection here in Arkansas. That was the temp at ground level last winter. They emerged in the spring perfectly. Here is a photo collage of my...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-23-2014, 09:00 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Things just seem to be starting to take off now, was hoping for better but there's still time. Seems like its just finally getting hot. Also once I get my new place Aug 1, I will be able to move a...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-27-2014, 05:09 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Basjoo #3 - Oct 29, 2013 after first frost, time to wrap it up.
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20131029_172842_zps5f201380.jpg...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-19-2014, 09:28 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Basjoo mat #1 uncovered today. All p-stems are toast but main stem is semi-solid underground, so corms gotta be good, she's burried two feet deep. Time will...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-11-2014, 11:32 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Finally we had a warm day where I was home and could put the plants outside.
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Mobile%20Uploads/20140411_155603_zpspo1zio3k.jpg...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-09-2014, 09:05 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

i dont know
i was at work and saw a banana plant in a big window and asked the gardener about it..we got to chatting and i mentioned that i had seen banana plants for sale at a convenience store on...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-09-2014, 08:49 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Thanks for the pic ed, those baby nanners look pretty big already at that point! Hopefully I will have some someday close to that.

Subsonicdrone do you have any idea what type of plants they have?...
Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 04-09-2014, 08:28 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,360
Posted By abjones116
Re: Looking for Veinte Cohol

Yeah .... mine died back this winter. The main stalk has pretty much rotted out luckily it sent me a pup.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-09-2014, 08:22 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

apparently there are good deals on banana plants at the food terminal in the west end on queensway
its probably close to the right time to check it out, i have not yet been there personally
Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 04-09-2014, 08:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,360
Posted By Abnshrek
Re: Looking for Veinte Cohol

You might want to think about waiting till Mid-May since they are very cold sensitive..
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-09-2014, 02:32 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Well that's not all of them haha, just some favourites or ones I baby. I'll do a dragon fruit post once I get them on their new trellis, love them too.

It is great to see other's like me near by. I...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-07-2014, 03:20 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Now that were caught up, it's time to boil down some maple syrup!! If you don't like spider dogs, you're no friend of mine!! (lol just...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-07-2014, 02:33 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
Posted By Hammocked Banana
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Some more plants waiting to go out after a winter that was way too long. All these pics were taken yesterday.

Giant Birds of...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-10-2014, 04:48 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,907
Posted By pmurphy
Re: uncovered bananas all winter anyone????

We finally got nice weather this weekend so I uncovered everything in-ground that had been covered: m. Gran Nain, musella lasiocarpa, m. Mekong giant.....everything else went inside. (I also...
Forum: Other Plants 03-08-2014, 07:34 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 16,863
Posted By I_GROWER
Re: Pineapples....

Here my first naturally flowering pineapple

3 years later
http://i.imgur.com/PeEjSlk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wQRnokV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tUyMCbJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yMgipxe.jpg
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 01-11-2014, 04:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,760
Posted By Olafhenny
What even Edward Snowden could not reveal is…

…that devious Canadian meteorologists have sent this recent cold wave to the States,
so that people in the southern states could finally be trained in low temperature banana
culture
:ha:
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