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That stalk in the back seems to have no nanners??

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Originally Posted by Hammocked Banana (Post 265069)

That stalk in the back seems to have no nanners??

AHHHH Yeh ..... short cycle plants I already ate them..:p

But here is the mat I borrowed them from..

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Thats fantastic the fruit is ready in your climate before the frost!

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Click on the photo(which is also a safe link) to see a couple more.
Musa Basjoo after two light frosts of short duration. 1-3 hours duration my guess.
Temperature gauge stated 29 degrees
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Last edited by Worm_Farmer : Today at 11:15 AM.

Must have been really good--sorry I missed it.

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Look what the Kat dragged home!

Today was my heavy duty, 15 mile plus biking day. I went to check out the local gardening club; I like the members so I'll join. Then to discuss a change in cable services with Brighthouse; I hope I can find better. Stop at the produce market then to the bank to have a document certified. Finally I was headed off to pay my water bill; I choose to take the scenic route along Indian River.

Here in my town every now and then you see banana plants which all appear to be on private land--many seem to be abandoned--which I won't touch because I don't trespass and there's nobody to ask. Imagine my delight when I notice a mat by the river across from a house being rehabbed where it just so happened that the new owner was there directing workmen and told me to take whatever banana plants I wanted--all of them if I wanted since they only get ratty looking in the wind where they're planted.

Yippee! I plan to go back with my trowel (shovel on a bike is out I suspect) and my honking big shopping bag which holds a lot if I don't find someone from the garden club who'd like to trade transportation for some banana plants.

Paid my bill. Stopped at the store for a few things. Stopped and bought a few beers. (Where is Fall here in FL? It's seriously sweaty weather here.) And started on the final 3/4 mile of my journey.

And then there, abandoned by the side of the road, was beyond temptation. 6' or so of one man's trash and another woman's treasure. How could I get it home? Could I? I struggled but eventually balanced my trophy and walked it down the road. It's very heavy; it has at least 2 tiny pups started. And it teetered crazily all the way to my house yet wouldn't you know it balanced/posed perfectly on the kickstand for pictures?

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Originally Posted by Kat2 (Post 266169)

Here in my town every now and then you see banana plants which all appear to be on private land--many seem to be abandoned--which I won't touch because I don't trespass and there's nobody to ask. Imagine my delight when I notice a mat by the river across from a house being rehabbed where it just so happened that the new owner was there directing workmen and told me to take whatever banana plants I wanted--all of them if I wanted since they only get ratty looking in the wind where they're planted.

Yippee! I plan to go back with my trowel (shovel on a bike is out I suspect) and my honking big shopping bag which holds a lot if I don't find someone from the garden club who'd like to trade transportation for some banana plants.

Paid my bill. Stopped at the store for a few things. Stopped and bought a few beers. (Where is Fall here in FL? It's seriously sweaty weather here.) And started on the final 3/4 mile of my journey.

I know what you mean it's painful going by lots and seeing them neglected and yellowing. There is one house here on the way to Walgreens which has it's backyard to the main road and is at the end of a cinderblock wall. It has a few bananas in the yard but one is alone close to the end of the fence and surrounded by high grass and weeds.:0491:

Get a folding Army shovel those were designed to be strapped to a backpack so are perfect for use on a bike.

This heat is crazy but at least it means a bit more grow time even if the days are short. Not to mention that my pool is starting to come up in temp again. :2730:

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Is this how you roll?....

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Funny that I posted that (longer clip) on another forum Halloween night which was a few days before I scored my "roadkill". To be more circumspect, I did wear a dress last Sunday pedaling to church--never again. They accept shorts and assured me of that so I'm done with donning restrictive chain grabbers.

But I do think I need a good hat for my travels--something distinctive like the Chiquita banana lady wore. Suggestions as in post a pic...:ha:

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2 fall pictures I shot today in the park.

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Last edited by Worm_Farmer : Today at 11:15 AM.

Must have been really good--sorry I missed it.

Sorry, its an animated GIF of someone shooting a banana with a .45 on a high speed camera.

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Well, I'm bored so I'm posting a picture I took standing in my backyard of my next to next door neighbors' tree. Yes, it's a lousy out of focus or too much light shot but I haven't found time to take another; I'm spreading compost and other stuff right now.

I figured it was a tree house and wondered what parents or grandparents would let their precious babes climb that high; my "right beside me" neighbors assured me it's not a TH and told me why it exists. I would never have guessed. So why do you think they built it?

ETA: The clue is in the very unfocused greenery that I failed to notice even when it was looking me clearly in the eye.

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Not sure what any of the greenery is but it is for picking some sort of fruit off a vine/plant growing up the tree?

Doesn't looks very safe :bungejumpnaner: