Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-28-2017, 07:04 PM
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Re: Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
Burris ,
This is another mix which works very well.
Al's gritty mix...recipe is found on youtube.....use what works.
Is this a best practice? For me it is a good one for containers in zone 5/6.
I...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-25-2017, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
Re: Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
That fertilizer works well...use what you can afford, many times you cannot tell the difference.
If I run out of water soluables I will go to 16-16-16 granular garden type fertilizer.
I will use an...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-22-2017, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
Re: Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
If the corms have roots, then pot in a soil & sand mix (about 50/50). The soil will hold moisture and nutrients for the plant while the new roots acclimate for plant support.
If the corms do not...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-22-2017, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
Re: Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
burris,
Thanks for the update.
It is interesting to follow the progress of your plants in the differnt planting substrates that are chosen.
I was curious.
Good luck...spring is right around the...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-22-2017, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-24-2016, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
Re: Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
Post a photo of the plants if you can with your current method to grow your corms......
There are a few ways members grow out their plants from corms in containers.
Some folks use perlite, sand, ...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
12-03-2016, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,653
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
12-02-2016, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,653
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
12-02-2016, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,653
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
11-17-2016, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 703
1 Orinoco Corm, Hardy Death Defying Variety!
If you don't have an Orinoco.... You need one!
I just planted out another row and I have an extra.
I feed the leaves to my goats, and I get the fruit.
They are very reliable; disease free and cold...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
10-04-2016, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
09-23-2016, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,674
Re: Which Ornamentals Will Come Back in Zone 7
I live in 7b (right on the edge of 7a). I have basjoo, itinerans, sikkimensis, and ornata. I had velutina but it got crowded out by other plants. I had balbisiana for a few years but lost...
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
09-22-2016, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,674
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-17-2016, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 6,689
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
09-16-2016, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,430
Variegated Dwarf Namwa
Plants are rooted in a soilless mix and shipped with the stem cut as in the Tigua photos below.
Variegated Dwarf Namwa -
Shipping USPS Medium Flat-Rate Box: $12...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-29-2016, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,416
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
07-29-2016, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 17
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Re: General pot size rule?
I had photos that might be of help to some of you..... for upsizing your containers. From small to large....this is just a visual.
A five gallon buckets on the right ....for scale.
My max size for...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-01-2016, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 6,777
New Corms
I got my corms yesterday 05/23/2016.....
Big, nice size corms, as always expected from Keith!...
Thank you Keith for let me acquire all these magnificent corms, specially the beautiful, majestic...
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Forum: Other Plants For Sale & Auction
03-15-2016, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,365
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-24-2014, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,847
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-23-2014, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,847
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-22-2014, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,847
Re: Basjoo update after terrible winter
Awesome! I'm just north of Little Rock. An established basjoo can take any winter we get without any protection. They will come roaring back. I have been highly successful with musella lasiocarpa and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-24-2014, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,125
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-24-2014, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,125
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-24-2014, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,125
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