Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-11-2011, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: "New"(?) Bananas?
Hey Mango Kush;
Try scoring the seed next time and then soak in Superthrive for a few hours. Every viable banana seed Ive sprouted has germinated within 2 weeks time using this method.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-11-2011, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,822
Re: "New"(?) Bananas?
They are all valid published species, generally new to the hobby market, some of them newer to science, but some have been known for awhile and just not available before.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-10-2011, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 29
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Re: First trip to the Farm/Finca Costa Rica
wow, wow, wow.. great pictures and a great property. Congrats again.
Hope to get to see it some day... maybe when my kids are a little older, I'll pack the family and rent it out from you guys for a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-06-2011, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,988
Re: Mail order recommendations
Nana Nut,
I agree, Going Bananas is a good operation. They have been very helpful to me and have sent quality plants.
I'm not sure I understand your plan. You're going to replace your stands of...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-05-2011, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,988
Re: Mail order recommendations
I'll give 'Going Bananas' a vote of confidence as well. When I was in the Tampa Bay Area I bought a number of banana plants from them when they came to Manatee County for the annual Tropical Plant...
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Forum: Banana Recipes
12-25-2010, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,868
Making Bananas Foster (video)
Click to view the video (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/section/VideoNetwork?bctid=717412020001?bctid=717412020001) wish they got into detail with all the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-23-2010, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,817
Merry Christmas
thoe i dont see or chat with many here any more i still think about you all from time to time
Have the Marryest of Holadys
Paul AKA Damacalese :santananer: :santananer: :santananer:
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-17-2010, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,919
Re: Last night burned bad
Well, Tommy, I wouldn't go as far as calling it myths. I guess that nobody on the forum is a climatologist with data available for an extensive period of time... etc. You know what I mean. Where's...
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Forum: Other Plants
12-04-2010, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 13
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Re: New worlds hottest chili - the Naga Viper
Its for making sauce's, and mixtures. If you can only grow 4 plants but want to make Chili all winter long. You grow 4 of these and boiled the peppers into a concentrate, and use a few drops per...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-02-2010, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,183
Photography for magazine article
Hi -
I'm Dan Koeppel, author of "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World," and a lurker :) on the forums.
I'm finishing up a banana-related story for National Geographic, and the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-30-2010, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,766
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-30-2010, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,766
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-11-2010, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,089
Re: Ensete Lasiocarpa
Neither am I, therefore I trust my new signature will also be okay with you.
However, religion belongs in homes, synagogues, churches, temples etc, as well as denominational schools and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-22-2010, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,318
Re: Praying Mantis made home on my dwarf cavendish
We have tons of them each year! We have 'city' grandchildren that come down to the farm during the summer and last summer Papa made them a preying mantis house, printed out a facts and care sheet and...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-31-2010, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 18,663
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-17-2010, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 18,663
Re: Ae Ae propagation project
Come over and get some bananas. I had 5 stems of Ae Ae in the last 6 months. The oldest lost all of its leaves. I cut them so the pups can start to grow. They are grate when cooked but not too...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-01-2010, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 261
Views: 55,628
Re: Gros Michel
Black Sigatoka is the leaf fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis, however there are many thousands of plant pathogenic Mycosphaerella, it is one of the largest groups of plant pathogens. Many many other...
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-13-2009, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Pisang Awak?
This is true, but many other species also have 2 rows of ovules per locule. 'Namwah' is 1/3 acuminata so some traits from wild acuminata still persist. 'Namwah' is also not a species (it is a...
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Forum: Banana Identification
12-13-2009, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,888
Re: Pisang Awak?
I don't know what you are looking at to determine its ploidy, but there is no way to tell the number of chromosomes by just cutting the fruit. Ploidy refers to the numer of sets of chromosomes in the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-17-2007, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,366
cold hardy edible reds?
any such thing? Is there an edible red out there that has cold tolerance? Last year I purchased a D. Jamaican red and have been growing it in a 15gal pot. It has not been real happy, so next...
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