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bahamabananaman 11-08-2009 10:07 AM
hey from nassau bahamas
 
hello, i just joined the forum. I've had sugar bananas or Bahamian sweet bananas for two years and only once got 1 to produced one had before. But yesterday i cut alkl of them back . i read somewher cutting them back allows them to grow again then flower. I dont know true it is but i'll give it a shot. What ferts do u guys use on your bannas. i;m more of an homemade fertilizer and compost tea guy but i'm thinking miracle gro. I also hope to swap if its legal suckers and seeds.thanx guys.

Abnshrek 11-08-2009 10:21 AM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Welcome :^) plenty of answers in the various threads/ forums.. Good Luck

LilRaverBoi 11-08-2009 01:43 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Welcome to the site! Hope you enjoy everything we have to offer here, make some great friends and learn a lot about bananas! If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask!

stumpy4700 11-08-2009 07:26 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Welcome to the Org. My understanding is that it will not flower and fruit again, but by cutting it back you will encourage it to pup and the new pups will flower and fruit.

bahamabananaman 11-08-2009 07:50 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by stumpy4700 (Post 107747)
Welcome to the Org. My understanding is that it will not flower and fruit again, but by cutting it back you will encourage it to pup and the new pups will flower and fruit.
what about the others i cut back that have yet to fruit.
thanx again for the advice.:0519:

Abnshrek 11-08-2009 08:02 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by stumpy4700 (Post 107747)
Welcome to the Org. My understanding is that it will not flower and fruit again, but by cutting it back you will encourage it to pup and the new pups will flower and fruit.
Maybe they have some banana black magic we need to know about.. lol :^)

bahamabananaman 11-08-2009 08:11 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
maybe we do. Mammasaymamasamammakusa.

CValentine 11-08-2009 08:45 PM
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:D

Welcome bahamabananaman!! :0517:

Looks like you fit in well with us already!!! :D ~ Cheryl

Eric 11-08-2009 09:14 PM
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Welcome aboard, Bahamabananaman :) ! That's a mouthfull! Bananas will only flower & fruit once but... who knows! Miracle Gro for fruit trees is supposed to work great... but I've been hearing some bad things about Miracle Gro so ya might wanna check around here with other members. Lots of friendly members here & tons of info too! If ya have any questions about using the forum, just ask.
Have Fun!

cherokee_greg 11-08-2009 10:48 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
welcome from Fresno,CA

Simply Bananas 11-09-2009 04:47 AM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Welcome!
I worked in Nassau for 5 months once. I had a great time.
Where do you live on New Providence?

holadebob 11-18-2009 05:57 PM
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Hey Bahamabananaman,
I find that if a plant doesn't flower, then it's lacking something, is usually really small at the base and doesn't have many suckers, or something has chewed on and screwed up the leaf as it is trying to grow up. So far I've had two that jammed and won't grow any more leaves, so I just use the machete and lob it off until I see no more black in the heart of the stem and it will start growing again. The ones that just don't seem to get up there (after two years), I just pull out and chop them up for fertilizer. We have a large white grub looking worm that munches on their roots, and they will irreversibly damage a plant before you know what's going on, so I just chuck those, too. I use a powder called Hermitox (in Panama) that I mix with water and pour around the base to keep those ugly suckers at bay. Sometimes it works. :)

I fertilized mine this year with 12-12-12 granulated sprinkled around the base keeping it about 2 feet away from the plant, and also urea. This is the combination that most folks around here use, and seems to be making the plants happy.

I've been really busy while building a house and taking care of bananas, I haven't taken any pictures yet and found out what kind of bananas I have. I have to do that. We eat them anyway, even though we don't know their names. :) Basically have two kinds of plantains (short and fat, and long and kinda fat), and a banana called patriotas, and a couple of apple bananas.

Good luck with your Bahamabananamanfarm
Bob (Panamabananaman)

Iunepeace 02-09-2015 12:46 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by holadebob (Post 110499)
Hey Bahamabananaman,
I find that if a plant doesn't flower, then it's lacking something, is usually really small at the base and doesn't have many suckers, or something has chewed on and screwed up the leaf as it is trying to grow up. So far I've had two that jammed and won't grow any more leaves, so I just use the machete and lob it off until I see no more black in the heart of the stem and it will start growing again. The ones that just don't seem to get up there (after two years), I just pull out and chop them up for fertilizer. We have a large white grub looking worm that munches on their roots, and they will irreversibly damage a plant before you know what's going on, so I just chuck those, too. I use a powder called Hermitox (in Panama) that I mix with water and pour around the base to keep those ugly suckers at bay. Sometimes it works. :)

I fertilized mine this year with 12-12-12 granulated sprinkled around the base keeping it about 2 feet away from the plant, and also urea. This is the combination that most folks around here use, and seems to be making the plants happy.

I've been really busy while building a house and taking care of bananas, I haven't taken any pictures yet and found out what kind of bananas I have. I have to do that. We eat them anyway, even though we don't know their names. :) Basically have two kinds of plantains (short and fat, and long and kinda fat), and a banana called patriotas, and a couple of apple bananas.

Good luck with your Bahamabananamanfarm
Bob (Panamabananaman)
This sounds like a good regimen, how much 12-12-12 and urea do you use per plant?

And welcome BBF, nice to see a fellow Bahamian :) I live on Grand Bahama

sunfish 02-09-2015 05:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iunepeace (Post 256528)
This sounds like a good regimen, how much 12-12-12 and urea do you use per plant?

And welcome BBF, nice to see a fellow Bahamian :) I live on Grand Bahama
You might check the date on that post:goteam:

Iunepeace 02-09-2015 06:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sunfish (Post 256531)
You might check the date on that post:goteam:
I checked the date, doesn't mean he doesn't still get emails when threads are updated :08:

Scuba_Dave 02-09-2015 06:59 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Total of 4 Posts, hasn't been on since Dec 2010

sunfish 02-09-2015 07:56 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Iunepeace (Post 256532)
I checked the date, doesn't mean he doesn't still get emails when threads are updated :08:
Oh ok

Snarkie 02-10-2015 06:09 PM
Re: hey from nassau bahamas
 
Welcome to the forum! :2722:


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