Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-02-2012, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,835
Re: Bananas for Tennessee
Randy, I have had both flowers and ripe fruit the last 2 years. The fingers are about the lenght of your finger, but I was amased they even ripened at all.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-25-2012, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,442
Re: Recommendations
I agree with Randy4ut. I live in Canada Zone 6 and I do not see any purpose in working my butt off for a couple
of years, just to get a few fruit, which I can buy for only pennies/lb in the store. ...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-19-2011, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 148
Views: 24,284
Rmplmnz Garden Tour
I have not posted for a while; been swamped (haven’t we all). If you are looking for corms please contact Kat aka “Dreamofthetropics”. If you are ever in Tampa I will gladly share pups that I have...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-29-2011, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,556
Re: Storing bananas for winter!!! UGH!!!
In your photos everything still looks green and healthy. How do you decide when to dig up your bananas to store them? Do you wait until a freeze warning, start when the temperature is staying below...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2011, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,556
Re: Storing bananas for winter!!! UGH!!!
Thanks! We have wooden pallets to lay them on. (News paper office gives them out for free here)
I gotcha on the corms... the laterita pups I cut off the corm and potted became droopy and the bigger...
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
10-25-2011, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,254
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
10-25-2011, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,254
Re: I give up...
Well as you can see Randy, EVERYONE wants to see your pictures! :ha: Glad Mitchel figured it out for you! I'm going to check right now to see if all mine are checked. Thanks Mitchel!
~JaNan
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2011, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,556
Re: Storing bananas for winter!!! UGH!!!
That's a lot of nice pics! It's too bad you have to prepare for winter already though. My two Not Ice Creams are still going strong! Good luck to all of us next season! :D
And now I want to get...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2011, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,556
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
10-25-2011, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,254
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Forum: Site Help & Feedback
10-25-2011, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,254
Re: I give up...
Randy,
The two easiest methods are to copy and past either the image code or the html code directly into the editing window of your post.
Since I don't own a photobucket account, I'm using someone...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2011, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,556
Re: Storing bananas for winter!!! UGH!!!
thanks alot randy4ut..LOL
i dont have a praying hands.. sigh.. another i need.. LOL
i am totally convinced..this is an addiction.. LOL
great pics man!!!!
i too am in process of digging everything up...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
10-25-2011, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,556
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-24-2011, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,666
Re: Hummingbirds on Banana blooms?
Randy thanks for posting those. I went ahead and viewed all of the other photos too. Some I've seen but ALL are incredible. I especially loved the Japanese Maple. If you have extra Red Castor Bean...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-23-2011, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,666
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Forum: Other Plants
09-28-2011, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 980
Re: Agaves, agaves, and more agaves!!!
A very attractive collection of agaves you have there, Randy. http://www.bananas.org/images/icons/icon14.gif Although I can’t help you with any of the missing names, I’d like to compliment you on a...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-21-2011, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,369
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-20-2011, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,369
Re: Bananas in SE TN...
Great pictures and a lot of variety.
How old is your Musa Basjoo mat, and what preps do you undertake for winter?
Thanks for posting!
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-15-2011, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,369
Re: Bananas in SE TN...
Randy, You have a great collection going there. I am trying my luck in Kentucky and hope to overwinter as many varieties as possible. Besides the basjoos, what varieties have been the hardiest in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-08-2011, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,369
Re: Bananas in SE TN...
Your hard work does pay off, Randy. Beautiful banana plants! And thank you for sharing the photos with us.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-06-2011, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,369
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-05-2011, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,369
Re: Bananas in SE TN...
They look really great, Randy. You can really see a difference in how they grow between planting them out and keeping them in pots. I kept my big ones in the greenhouse because they were just too...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-04-2011, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,369
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Forum: Other Plants
07-28-2011, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,801
Re: Update from SE TN...
Greetings, Randy,
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44637&ppuser=5961><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44637&size=1 border=0></a>
Thrilled was I...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-17-2011, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,801
Re: Update from SE TN...
:03: Hello, Randy,
Congratulations on your daughter's getting married this year. I hope everything went well as planned. It is amazing how much effort you put into your gardens each year. Other...
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