Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-10-2020, 11:53 PM
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Telephone pole AE AE’s
http://https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/oneeyedmullet/Mobile%20Uploads/E116D09F-CC95-496A-B631-EC9CB29C1C0D.jpeg...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-07-2020, 12:41 PM
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I think I have a Banana addiction...
I just added these to my growing collection... :ha:
Left -> Right: Dwarf Cavendish, Raja Puri, Super Dwarf
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http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=66066...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-20-2020, 12:46 PM
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Re: When to move to bigger pots
When the plant gets too tall or the pot to stay up-right.
When roots start growing out the bottom.
Every 1 1/2 to 2 yrs to prevent soil collapses.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-19-2020, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: When to change pots?
Pop the plant out of the container. Does it look like every inch of usable space is taken up by roots? Root bound would be a great indicator to needing a bigger pot. Also a plant slowing down on...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-16-2020, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: What do I do?
What Hdynad said.
I chopped into a mature Raja Puri that had two leaves this past week about six inches from the top of the pstem because it looked like it was choked...right into a flower. Be...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-16-2020, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 258
Re: What do I do?
Do not cut it, put it in the ground as soon as weather permits, at that height you should see fruit this year!
Happy growing,
Darla
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-15-2020, 08:05 AM
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Views: 10,211
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-12-2020, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 258
Re: What do I do?
Looks like a great plant that has done well over the winter,
You may trim off expired leaves and repot and you will be fine.
Cutting the plant any further will not hurt either....you will just have...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-11-2020, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 258
Re: What do I do?
Before it blooms? Good thought. Should be fine. The flower forms ahead of time, possibly weeks before the flag appears. So if you cut it down, and the flower is already being formed, then it would...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-11-2020, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 258
Re: What do I do?
Ummmm...... I wouldn't cut it down at all unless the top is rotten, which doesn't look like is the case. What is your zone? When can you plant it? Keep us updated!! Lookin' mighty good! Hopefully...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-11-2020, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 8
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What do I do?
I have what fastgrowingtrees.com sold as blue java.
Overwintered it inside. Most of the leaves ended up dying.
The trunk is around 8ft tall with one good leaf coming out the top.
Should I just...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
03-02-2020, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 734
Re: Overwintering in pots
Thanks for all the nice replies. I haven't lost any of my Bananas, I even have some nice growth in my Sikkimensis, Itinerans Burmese blue and India Form. All the others seem to have hard, sturdy...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-16-2019, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,129
Re: started bringing plants inside
just a few more to collect from neighbours... and some stayed at their summer home
https://i.ibb.co/yR4fycD/IMG-1615.jpg
last year the big ones i chopped down did quite well so i tried it with most...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-14-2019, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,129
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-02-2019, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 5
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Bringing Dwarf Cavendish inside for winter?
Hi y'all,
This is my Dwarf Cavendish's first year in Seattle, and it's been outside all summer in a ten gallon plastic pot. It gets watered daily, and I've been fertilizing it one every two weeks...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-28-2019, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-27-2019, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 380
Re: Should I be worried?
Hi welcome,
Yes, be worried.
But it’s fixable. You’re mix isn’t lush enough for bananas they’re heavy feeders.
Add any compost top soil to the soil mix no more than an inch of water in containers....
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-27-2019, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 629
Re: Raja Puri Flowering 8B
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65235&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65235&ppuser=27798)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65234&size=1...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-26-2019, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 629
Raja Puri Flowering 8B
Hey guys super excited , My Raja Puri is Pushing its first flower!!! This is also my first banana flower, so looking for any tips on what to do/not to do...Its currently in a 35 Gallon air pot, In...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-23-2019, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 31
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Re: backyard pics 2019
i dug up this photo of the bananas going for a ride to their summer home
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65215&size=1...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2019, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 507
Re: Chronic problems with Sunburn and Rot
Your biggest problem is the radiant heat from the hot Sun. Bananas shut down and fold their leaves when air temps or radiant heat goes over 100 deg F. The leaves (surface temp) will burn when...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2019, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 507
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2019, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 507
Re: Chronic problems with Sunburn and Rot
I would refrain from using coffee grounds unless they are fully composted first (allelopathic ). Last year 114 F temperatures and afternoon sunshine totally fried some of my banana and avocado...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2019, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 507
Re: Chronic problems with Sunburn and Rot
Photos:
Praying hands in a 15g pot. Just cut past the brown rot. South side of house, hand watered, 3' pstem.
Also in pic: little Raja Puri (somehow unscathed???) in ground. Starfruit seedling....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-21-2019, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 507
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