Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-26-2017, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-12-2017, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,635
Re: Ordering Banana Plants into Canada
I know the owners of Canada banana farms and they sell plants starting 10$ and up depending on price and they do know their varieties. On their Fb page, they listed them as :one foot ($10), two foot...
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Forum: Species Bananas
03-12-2017, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 13,993
Re: Ensete Superbum Plants?
This is one that I grew from seed in 2006:
http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/EnseteSuperbum.jpg
As you can see, it has very short petioles which leads me to suspect that Snookie's is not Ensete...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-05-2016, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 6,155
Re: The jungle 2016
So lately I have been wondering why my one Basjoo has been so slow to grow this year. It has only pushed 3 leaves and the last one appeared very stunted....
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-08-2016, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,071
Uncovered my basjoos in Pennsylvania!
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to share a small success story! We will have warm daytime temps for the next 2+ weeks and no night time freezing so I unwrapped my musa basjoos to see how they...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-27-2016, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,090
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
01-24-2016, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,534
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-12-2015, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,678
Re: leaves folding turning yellow
Just to toss out a photo (taken today)of the weekly removal of leaves......
Our plants will do this.
Note the two stems to the right, they were flowers from october.
Scotts post sums it up just...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-12-2015, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 4,492
Re: Cut my nanners back too soon!
Doug,
I waited awhile to take this photo just for you....:08:
As long as the ground temp is above the 40's+- this plant will push leaves.
This plant will push leaves till the absolute end of the...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-10-2015, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,876
Re: Around the yard 2015
I didn't get too many pics after August. September was way too busy and the heat finally caught up with me. Here is the biggest of the maurelli moving into the garage for the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-21-2015, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,847
Help making my handling of spammers easier
I'm basically the only moderator actively addressing reported posts, etc. and this is a particularly busy time of year for me so I can't always address issues immediately. I'd like to ask some help...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-04-2015, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,195
Re: Ensete glaucum pupping?
Well, unfortunately, I have rid my parent plant from leaves already (left just one - read somewhere that it could help faster awakening in spring). And the pup now looks rather damaged. I will add...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-25-2015, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,816
banana sphere pit greenhouse
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58890&ppuser=18928><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58890&size=1...
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Forum: Banana Identification
09-13-2015, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,249
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
08-07-2015, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 6,907
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-14-2015, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,977
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-14-2015, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,977
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-13-2015, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,601
Re: Moved my SDC Outside
After being outside all summer the plant got so big I could not bring it back in so I had to plant it in the ground and put a plastic tent around it. The winter was rough on the plant but a pup is...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-06-2015, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,977
Re: It's finally time to plant em all out
I have 2 glaucums that are a year behind yours, they're currently in pots and thriving. Looking at your pics I guess I need to get to work and build a couple of beds so I can get those guys in the...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-06-2015, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,977
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-05-2015, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,977
Re: It's finally time to plant em all out
Micro-climate zone 8b so I get to experiment with plants and even have some zone 9 "tropicals" that have survived the winters without protection including a couple of bottlebrush (one of which is...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-19-2015, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 6,907
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-19-2015, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 6,907
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-15-2014, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,950
Techniques For Delaying Bud Emergence
I've noticed that some of the procedures for breaking apical dominance to promote new shoot growth can also increase plant and bunch size while reducing the plant to harvest period in ratoon crops....
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-12-2014, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,905
Re: Winter storage solution
Mike,
I'm in the same bucket, except I just dug everything up before the hard freeze on Sunday. I had these in pots last year, but that's really just not an option anymore at the size they're...
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