Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-07-2019, 11:53 AM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-07-2019, 11:47 AM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-30-2018, 01:27 PM
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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...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-30-2018, 12:38 PM
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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...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-22-2018, 07:13 PM
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-04-2018, 01:35 AM
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-03-2018, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 57
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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...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-17-2015, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 4
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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...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-01-2014, 07:31 AM
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-13-2014, 09:41 PM
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-23-2014, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 83
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-27-2014, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 83
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-19-2014, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-11-2014, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 83
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-09-2014, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 83
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-09-2014, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 83
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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?...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
04-09-2014, 08:28 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-09-2014, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 83
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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
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
04-09-2014, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-09-2014, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-07-2014, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 8,160
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-07-2014, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 83
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-10-2014, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 15
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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...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-08-2014, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 105
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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
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
01-11-2014, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,760
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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