Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-28-2017, 08:41 PM
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Re: Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
Thanks for your input. I'm seeing these results at YouTube for "Al's Gritty Mix" https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Al%27s+gritty+mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xMiTKhfa4 I will try...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-21-2017, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
Re: Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
Of the aforementioned 9 corms in potting soil, 2 are thriving, but they had well established roots to begin with. These others appear pretty much dormant. A couple more show a tiny green sprout.
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-23-2016, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-22-2016, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
Best Practices For Starting Corms in Pots?
This is more of a question to the experienced folks here than me offering advice. At this posting, Winter has just began in Zone 7 and i have 9 corms potted up in 9 pots in my heated office. I've...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
12-15-2016, 07:15 PM
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
09-22-2016, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-17-2016, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 48
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Re: Overwintering Basjoo
I'm in Arkansas, Zone 7b and I've been keeping basjoo 4 years now. The first couple of years i kept them in pots. It's fall now and I've had 2 summers with them in the ground. Last winter i decided...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-23-2014, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Basjoo update after terrible winter
Austin - thanks for sharing - I'll add Musa Velutina to my list to try. Only tropical i have is Musa FHIA-3 Sweetheart that i bought online last fall. It was a tiny TC plant from FloridaHillNursery....
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-22-2014, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,847
Re: Basjoo update after terrible winter
@ Austin - I'm in the Arkansas River Valley as well (Russellville AREA). Last year i started my first bananas (Basjoo tiny plants from Atwoods) had 13 pots with the largest about 4 foot by frost. I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-05-2014, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-15-2014, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,061
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
04-15-2014, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,061
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-20-2013, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Basjoo- Trim leaves?
Say - i don't want to hijack the thread, but this is somewhat related. I purchased my first banana plants this Spring at the farm store. They were in small - half gallon or smaller pots and we had a...
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