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Hey richard ,
My best friend and Mentor lives in Rowland hieghts Ca if i get some banana's there direction From california is there a specied you would recommend ?
Tammy

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Sent PM.

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Thanks Richard. I'll keep in touch.
Also I did what I have to do with the babaco I got from you. I transferred it and planted it on the ground at the pergola plat. I can't wait any longer but tonight I put clear plastic cover. I am thinking when the weather gets really warm its roots should be very well established on the ground.

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Here's the babaco in my pergola plat

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I've been looking out my front window at this(and lots of snow)


Funny how I never noiced these till yesterday:

I water from the top and hadn't seen the flowers on my 1 yr. old Dwarf (notice I can spell it) Key Lime till yesterday. On Closer inspection there were already a bunch of spent flowers wwith little limes on them!

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I am redesigning my backyard. It appears that my pergola plat has to go. I will be planting most of my plants and bananas either on the hill and or close to the fence.
I started to put the bananas on pots for the time being.
Meantime I will not touch the bananas that have flowers.
Just to let you know guys.
BTW, very nice looking bananas Bob. And hope your lime will get bigger.

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I am reorganizing my pergola plat. I will no longer use it to protect my plants. Instead I will use it to entertain my friends. I will also transfer it to some area where there is an open yard. All of the plants including citrus and bananas will be planted along side the fence or in pots.
Here's a picture of the pergola plat in progress of moving. Notice EZ's Oroblanco at the extreme left of the picture.
What is going to be left behind only is the California gold because it has fruit already.

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Here's how my pergola plat (part of it) looks like before the move.

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I just read through this entire thread and I'm loving all the great pictures! You are quite the mad scientist when it comes to all your grafting! That's pretty incredible. I find it kinda hilarious that all your trees have tags on them so you know what each branch is. Totally understandable though with that much to keep straight! Keep up the good work.

Oh, one more small note...as a moderator on another forum, the threads are easier to navigate if people do not multiple post. Try to put all your pictures for each group in a single post to reduce confusion. You can always use the 'edit' button to add to it if you forget something. Just a thought.

Keep up the great work! I'm loving your grafting skillz!

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Thanks for your kind words Brian.
I'll keep that in mind what you have said.

Benny

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Here's another posts that I want to show my new friend who is joining soon.

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It is winter here in my garden. I thought everything is bleak with lots of fallen leaves and all but when I look at my trees this is what I saw.
Of course I've been harvesting them since last month even when they had leaves. I also look at my other plants and I discovered that not everything is bleak.
Here are some pictures of my fruit trees.



This is one fuji apple tree. I have been harvesting fruit of this tree since last month.




The mama (rootstock) is a Chandler pomello and the scions are mellowgold and clemenule mandarins. The smaller fruits are the clemenules and chandles and mellowgolds are the bigger ones.

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Looking good!

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Thanks Dean.
Here's some more of my other trees. Here's a Fuyo persimmon tree pic taken 12 21 09




another angle of my Chandler pomello . The smaller fruit on top of piicture are clemenule mandarins.





Here's what's left of the lemons I have




another Fuji apple tree




Washington Navel 12/21/09

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Hey Benny,

Look here...I have a question for you.
http://www.bananas.org/f8/persimmon-...ion-10690.html


Thanks,

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OK. You got it.

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I went to my backyard today since the rain stopped and the weather is so nice I was tempted to pull the covers of this Chandler pomelo. I am surprised that there were many clemenule mandarin fruits and pomello on it.

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Always love to see your pics Benny, thanks for sharing them!:woohoonaner:

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Thank you Joan. If one did not noticed , one can see different fruit on the same tree. It is the result of grafting new variety to that tree. One thing that is not showing are quiete a few mandarins are grafted to the mother Chandler Pomello. I also have clementine mandarin, seedless kishu, Meyer lemon, gold nugget, and oro blanco grafted to it.

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I am still pushing forward with my citrus hobby here in Minnesota, its coming along slow but sure and there, in my estimation, is nothing more rewarding or tasty than a piece of fruit that one has grown, or a veggie too for that matter. I was able to harvest some limes last year and they were just the best, now I can't wait for my first banana's :woohoonaner:

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And to hear your friends say how sweet tasting your harvest is more than compensate your hard work.
I've been harvesting the fruit of my labor now for many years. I just let them and neglect them now that they are matured. But I am still vigilant looking for aphids and snails who are my two arc-enemies of my garden.
I know what you mean harvesting your first banana Joan. I waited I think 3 years for that.
and the only one- California Gold at best. I don't have any luck with the others. They would flower but the fruit is not good enough to keep. Maybe because of our weather here. Not enough heat in the summer and cold in the winter. But I am still trying.

and here's my Washington navel that every time I visit my backyard I munch some of them. They are very sweet.



But here's my satsuma mandarin that I transferred last year. It used to give nice size fruit, this year it's not so I cut all of them and hopefully next year it will give normal size fruit.


and here's a calamondin tree that Joe Real gave me a few years back.



and lastly here's my garden companion most of the time.

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I have tons of flowers on my oroblanco/ melogold tree.

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When I uncovered the plastics off of my bananas I discovered that there are 2 bananas that had flowered during the winter. The ice cream and the Raja puri. This is without any leaves leaves turned brown during the winter. So what I got are p-stems with flowers without any leaves. I might still save them though.

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:pics:
Cmmon Benny, we need to see that one.
Well, me for sure:ha:
:woohoonaner:

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OK Ante. Here they are.

This is the Raja Puri I am talking about. Check how tall it is.



and this is the ice cream. This is quite tall 5 times higher than the RJ.



all of my decidious trees are starting to bloom. This one is a santa rosa plum with at least 10 different cultivars grafted to it.




and this is my addition that finally the city fathers finally approved the plan. But I have to do many revising to my original plan. I am still working on it. Patty, are you there?
And Ante, remember you told me to fire the electrician who did the electrical? After I did the revising and did the electrical wirings according to the code, the inspector could not find a single mistake and he signed the permit in no time. But I forgot to take pictures on the electrical though. The next inspection should be the final.

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It's now Springtime 2010 and I have some flowers to show in my backyard.










clemenule




Just about ready to harvest my Oro blanco

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Very nice Benny...love that new addition! :)

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Thanks Patty. After for so many years.......
I finally got it done.
Had I known that it would be that easy.........
It could have been finished over 10 years ago.
Now I know how the city fathers behave and act and also I learned how to do the sketch the city fathers would approve. I thought they were there to bust you up. Before I was afraid the expense of hiring an architech or designer and also the costs of the permit. Now I know how to do it the easy way that would not bust your pocket. I listened to hearsays before.

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More ......

just harvested clemenule mandarins



cherries



this is white peach grafted to satsuma plum



Italian prune




wild flowers growing all over in my yard