Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-25-2009, 07:03 AM
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Removing leaves when and how
Hi all,question is when do you remove old leaves?.At what stage of age?.And how is it done?.:basketbalhooplnaner
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-11-2009, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-11-2009, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-05-2009, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,936
Re: First Banana Plant
Thanks SBL although it is in a container outside I am sure that with some help I will bring it indoors for the winter so therefore at the moment it's just a matter of taking off the leaves when they...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-04-2009, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,936
Re: First Banana Plant
Thanks Fergus,so you leave the bottom leaves on although they loo tatty and take the middle leaves out [they are brown around the edges].I have also read that you take ALL the leaves off for...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-04-2009, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,936
Re: First Banana Plant
Hi there I am also growing banana's for the first time, I have left a couple of questions in the cold hardy banana thread and had no response so I thought I would try this one.My questions were
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
07-29-2009, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Ensete Maurelii Hardiness
Hi all,my very first attempt to grow Ensete ventrocosum Maurelii .
It is in a large container and my questions are ,how do I overwinter it?and when do I cut back the lower leaves?
I live in the uk,...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-21-2009, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-21-2009, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
Re: fertilizer in potted plant
Thanks for the help all, but our composts and feeds don't show the numbers in and around London maybe if I try a large garden centre they may have the info[but I doubt that very much] so any other...
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Forum: Banana Books, Book Reviews, & Other Reading Material
07-21-2009, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,701
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Forum: Banana Books, Book Reviews, & Other Reading Material
07-20-2009, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,701
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-20-2009, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-20-2009, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
Re: fertillizer in potted plant
I have looked at this Richard but it just say to give these numbers but fails to explain exactly what they mean,[or am I missing something?.]:0518:
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-20-2009, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-20-2009, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Re: Hello from London UK
Thanks very much for the welcomes you have given.My red abyssinian is still looking unhappy.How do I go about posting a picture on the forum?.
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-20-2009, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
Re: fertillizer in potted plant
I have taken the chicken pellets of the top of my red abyssiniun,do I need to replace them with anything else?.And thanks for the advice so far but what is citrus feed,sorry for my ignorance!!!
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-17-2009, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Re: Hello from London UK
I had a feeling that the chicken manure was a bit to much,although they are dried pellets[you know the ones you buy in large tubs.
Is there any other feed it may require?:bananas_b:bananas_b
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Forum: Member Introductions
07-17-2009, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Hello from London UK
Hi there to everybody bananas about life,I am coub,my first effort at growing bananas,I am from south east London in the UK,also a keen gardener,my first effort is with a Red Abyssinian Banana,I have...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-14-2009, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,279
Re: fertillizer in potted plant
First post on this thread,I have just purchased a red abyssinian banana,I live in the u,k just near London,and I have no ideas on what to feed it ,at the moment I am feeding chicken pellets,can...
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