Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2020, 11:47 AM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
Well done!
I really like the fruit of this variety, but I think it likes the climate in Florida a lot more than the climate of southern California! I've grown it for years and is very slow and not...
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06-13-2019, 08:39 AM
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05-21-2019, 01:56 PM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
I think the answer gets complicated because there are some slightly different variants of FHIA-01. The classic one has a clean rachis, at least the few I've seen. But there are other variants that...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-07-2019, 12:35 AM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
Ironically, Goldfinger bananas (FHIA-01) are not finger size. They are larger, though their size varies with how they are cared for, which is true of any banana. Mysore are closer to finger size...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-24-2019, 02:22 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-17-2018, 06:47 PM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
Hard to tell what the plant looks like overall from that photo, but it doesn't look like Yangambi KM5 to me. KM5 is very vertical in growth form (no drooping leaves) and when the bud emerges it...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-10-2017, 07:19 PM
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10-02-2017, 11:07 PM
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07-17-2017, 12:44 PM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
Those are all different Cavendish cultivars and very similar in appearance. On average, DC would fruit at the shortest heights (typically 6-7', from what I've seen) and the other two would be a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-16-2017, 11:10 PM
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06-26-2017, 03:25 PM
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05-20-2017, 09:16 AM
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04-29-2017, 12:25 AM
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04-23-2017, 05:04 PM
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04-19-2017, 07:00 PM
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02-17-2017, 03:23 PM
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02-02-2017, 12:24 AM
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01-29-2017, 03:25 PM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
I think this practice, which makes sense on the surface, doesn't actually work and isn't necessary. A common commercial practice to cut the rachis and flower bud off immediately below one or more...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-28-2016, 12:08 PM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
Steve, the pseudostem on your plant looks much too slender to be Dwarf Brazilian. DB is a much stouter plant than yours appears to be. Notice also how narrow the male bud is on yours, with very...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-22-2016, 04:49 PM
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Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)
I wouldn't get too hung up on height. Tall varieties can fruit short under a variety of circumstances. It is possible that yours is not "Tall" Brazilian because 8-10' is very short for that...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-22-2016, 10:45 AM
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06-06-2016, 10:28 AM
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04-21-2016, 01:09 PM
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04-21-2016, 01:06 AM
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04-06-2016, 07:11 PM
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