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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics Yesterday, 04:33 PM
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Smile Re: Banana repotting question

need more details, pictures, ect....
Forum: Main Banana Discussion Yesterday, 01:15 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 174
Posted By Sundra
Re: Potting Soil for Florida Variegated

Thanks everyone for your very helpful replies :bananas_b


I found some potting soil called NK Organic Seed Starting Mix that doesn't appear to have any fertilizer, the ingrediants look good and it...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-16-2020, 03:38 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 61
Re: Dwarf Cavendish Brown and Yellow Spots

It’s just angry for repotting, it has to allocate its resources to its roots and not to the leaves until the roots are more strongly established. Usually after repotting the plant requires less...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 06-15-2020, 08:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 52
Posted By edwmax
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. ...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 05-10-2020, 07:15 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 289
Posted By ammoun
Cigar leaf emerges with dark burned spot?

Hi,

First time growing bananas, 3 other plants are doing ok, but this one seems to do this for the third leaf so far.

Thank...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-22-2020, 11:44 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 356
Posted By markhillis
My First EVER banana bloom, with hands forming! I am so exicted.

Just had to share. I'm in Mesa, AZ; I have five varieties. This is Pisang Mysore. Hoping to get blooms on my Ice Cream bananas this summer also.
Besides that I have Goldfinger, Mona Lisa, Pisang Raja...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-20-2020, 07:08 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 576
Posted By pjkfarm
Re: Went to uncover in PA

We are in Virginia, zone 6b (this year 7 for sure). We uncovered 2 weeks ago. Low since then has been 29.8 F. no damage to plants which had already leafed out (maybe a tiny bit of burn at leaf...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-14-2020, 10:05 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 221
Posted By Wade
Pinwheel Need some advice Blue Java

My Blue Java started unfurling leaves before emerging about 2 weeks ago. After reading up on it and deciding it was bunching or choking and the only way to fix it was to cut the P stem down below the...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-05-2020, 12:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 669
Joy My Backyard Nana Plants, 2020

Hello everyone, I have been wanting to make a constant-update type thread for awhile now, so here it is!


Just planted another section in my yard. Front to back: Raja puri, dwarf red?, dwarf...
Forum: Banana Identification 04-04-2020, 08:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 478
Posted By Mikemooreflorida
Finally fruits so time to get ID on this mystery Banana or Plantain...

8ft. high at crown when flowered. About 7.5 inches wide at base.

Hated the low flood prone area its in, late last summer was wet there (fhaia-03 next to it didn't mind the wet, but this one had some...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-03-2020, 04:30 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 173
Re: Indoor Banana Bloom

:pics::pics::)
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-01-2020, 08:22 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 223
Posted By babywantsbling
Is my Banana Tree Blooming?

I bought this banana plant from someone here last year. I’m in Pensacola Florida.
I thought it froze but I guess not. Now I’m seeing this. Not sure what it’s called.
Can someone tell me if it’s...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-14-2020, 05:39 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 806
Posted By bushwack
Re: Musa basjoo in Midwest winds

here is what I did to them
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65790><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65790&size=1 border=0></a>

they were all...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-10-2020, 09:02 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 154
Posted By csentell1902
Overwintering in North Alabama

Hello everyone! I am new to growing bananas and would like to grow a type other than Musa Basjoo. Lots of people around here have Musa Basjoo, but I was looking at planting lady finger, gold finger,...
Forum: Banana Recipes 03-09-2020, 11:14 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 530
Posted By sddarkman619
Re: Find me on the map! Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 5 Banana

Those fruit will not be indistinguishable. Each are different, as well as the plant looking different.
I have all three of those available.
Forum: Banana Recipes 03-09-2020, 04:44 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 530
Posted By anhy123
Find me on the map! Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 5 Banana

I live in Santa Barbara, and currently have a small, longstanding mat of FHIA-01 Goldfinger, purchased from a grower in Carpinteria many years ago. It produces reliably and is a great banana, but I'd...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-07-2020, 06:36 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 448
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Fungus flies?

I have a small zoo of them.:)
A Youtube search will reveal some interesting ideas on how to combat gnats.
Most of them do work quite well if a name brand product is not available locally.

Use...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-06-2020, 12:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 448
Posted By ljos-alfar
Re: Fungus flies?

Thanks, I'll see if I can find something like that in the UK. I forgot to say I also have a fly zapper.
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-06-2020, 11:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 448
Posted By Iowa
Re: Fungus flies?

I use yellow sticky traps, they can be found online and in plant stores. I also use a couple bug zappers I purchased on ebay.
I also water with Microbe-Lift BMC It helped with control of the larva in...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-06-2020, 10:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 448
Posted By ljos-alfar
Re: Fungus flies?

Sorry, yes, they're inside (this is England and it's winter :)). How are you using peroxide? And can you tell me more about the yellow sticky pads?
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-06-2020, 09:51 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 448
Posted By all43
Re: Fungus flies?

I use hydrogen peroxide food grade plus yellow sticky pads for my inside banana plants,seems to keep them at a low level.
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-06-2020, 09:44 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 448
Posted By edwmax
Re: Fungus flies?

Are these plants inside or outside? ... Use a spray for quick knock down of the flies and spray the area to eliminate the flies. If the plants are outside, the use of a repellent would help to...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-02-2020, 06:54 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,070
Posted By pjkfarm
Re: Spring uncovering!

Devil's advocate: make enclosure twice as big so root are is covered and warms up quicker - 2 feet should get most of them (4x4 rather than 3x3).
I would like to try the same on some. ...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-01-2020, 08:00 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,070
Posted By cincinnana
Smile Re: Spring uncovering!

Fertilize before they come up for the spring flush.
I did mine today.
It will take 3-4 seasons before they are mature and in the 10-15 foot range providing you have given the plant a good growing...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-01-2020, 07:48 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,070
Posted By cincinnana
Re: Spring uncovering!

Dear windy...
Save your money and time.
Basjoos spring growth is determined by ground temps.
Not air temps.
The plant is growing under the surface and spreading once the soil is 40+-

A structure...
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