Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
01-12-2011, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,448
Re: Food 4 Thought!
heres a good article
Fertilizer Numbers (N-P-K) (http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xdpy/kb/n-p-k-organic-fertilizers.html)
Organic Fertilizer Numbers (N-P-K)
By Jennifer Black, Planet...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
01-12-2011, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,448
Re: Food 4 Thought!
its really not that clear cut.
N P K numbers = Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium
Nitrogen by itself will not induce root growth, quite the opposite it. it will create a potassium deficiency leading...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-11-2011, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,822
Re: "New"(?) Bananas?
I troll ebay for naners too and come across these. the one I really want is the Thai rock banana, Ensete Superbum, but I can never germinate musa seeds.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-06-2011, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,988
Re: Mail order recommendations
Going Bananas has the best nursery stock Ive seen. You can find cheaper but you will not find a better value. Ive bought three bananas from "greenearth" and one died shortly after, the specimens...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-02-2011, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,455
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-27-2010, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 6,757
Re: Mycorrhizae
I hear mychorize works well here because we have sandy soil. I can see a noticeable difference when i throw down a few bags of cheap manure as well.
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Forum: Other Plants
12-12-2010, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 13
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Re: New worlds hottest chili - the Naga Viper
you say bragging rights i say utilizing my small dooryard with as many conversation pieces as possible :D
I use the whole pepper in hot oil when I stir fry and then remove it whole. they can be...
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Forum: Banana Recipes
11-30-2010, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,465
fritters
1/2 cup cake flour
1/2 cup rice flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup water
egg yolk is optional
bananas/sweet potato/jackfruit
a good oil for frying
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-30-2010, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,766
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-17-2010, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,571
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-17-2010, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,571
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-16-2010, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,892
Musa Velutina / Dasycarpa
the wiki says the old name is Velutina and the new name Daysacarpa however the USDA states the correct name is Velutina, what gives?
Musa dasycarpa information from NPGS/GRIN...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-16-2010, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,586
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-15-2010, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,366
Re: cold hardy edible reds?
give it some good winter protection Ethan, im sure you can pull it off. i grow dwarf red too so if it dies and you want to give it another go lmk.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-15-2010, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,686
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-13-2010, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,089
Re: Ensete Lasiocarpa
I think Muesella Lasiocarpa should be its own Genus because it is unique, It does resemble ensette more then musa so its name probably should have been a variant of ensette
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-08-2010, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,362
Re: My Banana Experience (or lack of it)
the code i use to display images is the following:
<xmp><img src="http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38269"></xmp>
and you will get this:
<img...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-04-2010, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,679
Re: Is this a good price / good vendor?
i ordered three plants of him about a year ago, manzano, blue java and a siam ruby. they took two weeks longer then the website advertised and the plants where definitely small and still quite...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-03-2010, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,121
Re: Bananas in the Arabian desert
do you know what variety of banana or have a pic? there are African varieties that would be more suitable for your conditions.
personally, i do not think you will run into the problem of over...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-31-2010, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,780
Re: Thai Black Not Turning ....Black?
my not so black Thai
<img src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e388/twoflyasianguy/GARDEN/DSCF1543.jpg">
hope it gets some nice black pups like yours
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-30-2010, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,963
my collection
since Ive never posted it before, recently moved to South Florida and got into tropical fruit growing so everything is still juvenile, some even still in shock from transplanting/shipping.
my goal...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-28-2010, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,486
Kluay Kai
just got it off ebay, are the leaves supposed to have this pattern or is it a deficiency?
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-27-2010, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,267
Re: Freeze Pruf
ive heard first hand reports on other tropical fruit forums about it not working at all, even field tested two tropical trees with no noticeable difference
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-25-2010, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,780
Re: Thai Black Not Turning ....Black?
a nursery by me has three "thai blacks" that are 3- 4 foot tall and all green. they look exactly like my thai black though, stout and tall upright growth. could there be a variation or a possible...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-25-2010, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,351
Re: N. Fla. winter--to cut or not to cut?
last winters Arctic oscillation was brutal even for my fruit trees down here. La Nina could give us a good indication for this year
Winter forecast to be cool and dry
By SUZETTE PORTER
Article...
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