Forum: Other Plants
02-07-2013, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 15,587
Re: The Pineapple Diaries
Many of the pineapple companies will pierce the growing point. On the Del Montes I have noticed that if you start peeling the leaves off you will find a hole right through the growing point.
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Forum: Other Plants
01-08-2013, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,034
Re: Making pothos bloom?
Once it starts to climb and gets about 4ft tall the leaves change to dinner plate size, but the early small leaves stay the same. And once the aerial roots come down it really takes off. Mine has...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-07-2013, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,034
Re: Making pothos bloom?
I had one I stuck in the ground (I live in Hawaii), and at first it just attached to a nearby tree, and grew upward. At some point, it began putting out longer thicker brownish looking roots. When...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
12-28-2012, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,604
other propagation "grafting experiment"
1/2 DC corm and 1/2 orinoco corm..sorry no pics.. but they have fused together tightly..corm from both cleaned scraped and cut in half..bound together with grafting tape..started 2 months ago[all...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-12-2012, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,781
Re: LED Grow Light
Thank you dsws for your excellent write up.
This is the best explanation I have seen on that topic and it would make a wonderful addition to the wiki.
I'm coming back with a large edit but nothing...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-07-2012, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,765
Re: Could someone explain the banana groups?
When breeding with anything parthenocarpic, the resulting progeny can vary in their ploidy. So a 2n x 4n will produce a number of 3n as expected, but can also produce 2n, 4n, 5n, 6n, or 7n progeny....
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Forum: Member Introductions
12-06-2012, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 913
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-06-2012, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,267
Morphology of banana plant
Promusa - Mobilizing banana science for sustainable livelihoods | Morphology of banana plant (http://www.promusa.org/tiki-index.php?page=Morphology+of+banana+plant)
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Forum: Hydroponics
08-13-2009, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,045
Re: Deficiency In Essential Minerals
This is a great list. Note that the mineral composition of plant materials can vary widely depending on the source. For example, wild alfalfa hay is close to the value above, whereas commercial...
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Forum: Hydroponics
08-13-2009, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,045
Re: Deficiency In Essential Minerals
I have a list of pretty much all I can think of that states the NPK %, for those of you doing compost teas or soil amendments.
Alfalfa Hay: 2.45/05/2.1
Apple Fruit: 0.05/0.02/0.1
Apple Leaves:...
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Forum: Hydroponics
08-08-2009, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,045
Deficiency In Essential Minerals
I am sorry I don't have pics of bananas with deficiencies, but I think a tomato plant will be descriptive enough.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=20770...
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
04-08-2009, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 42,969
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