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07-19-2010, 04:38 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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I either have a flag on my
Ice Cream banana or.... it's an ear of corn This is one of the first bananas I got after joining here from Sandy 0225 so that makes it late Sept /early Oct 2008. it was a 7' banana cut down to 3 1/2 for shipping and, last year grew to 8 1/2 ft ( p-stem height) and was chopped down to 5 ' for the winter. It's up to almost 8' this year and just put out this flag over the past couple of days.
Here's the whole plant: It didn't put near as many leaves out as the others so far this season and now I know why. |
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07-19-2010, 04:40 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Oh WOW!!! Congratulations, Bob!
You must be bursting wth joy! Very exciting indeed. Be sure to keep us posted! Great shots. : ) |
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07-19-2010, 04:56 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Congrats
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07-19-2010, 05:02 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Nice! Plant looks great! Best of luck!
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07-19-2010, 05:25 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Hey BOB! HEY BOB! Guess what??? YOU STINK!!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA!
Seriously good JOB, young man! ~JaNan
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07-19-2010, 05:26 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Omg! Congrats dude!
I have an Ice Cream banana plant but it's only about 2 feet tall. You said you cut it to 5 feet tall... Did you cut off the leaves too? Did you store it as a dormant plant? Sorry for all the questions but this is total excite!
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07-19-2010, 05:27 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Fantastic news Bob!! If you can do it in NJ, than maybe I can in MD. Woohoo!!
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07-19-2010, 05:53 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Thanks All ...
Hollyberry... I'm sure you're going to have your own soon. Nicest thing you could have said JaNan.... Thanks......I feel kind of"stinky" about now over it! Thanks Cory, yeah I just whacked it off in October every year with a machete through the p-stem and brought it into my heated front porch indoors and it always started growing right away so, in colder zones this seems a good way to go. It was too tall for me to leave it whole and bring in each fall. Don't ever worry about questions..... just how I learned here. I still don't have a clue really .... I'm sure you will Howard.... want a pup just say the word!.... Thanks man. [/quote] |
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07-19-2010, 06:07 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Awesome, now to see how many finger you get! Congrats Mr!!
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07-19-2010, 06:19 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Awesome, Bob, congrats!!! I'll start off the guessing and think you'll get 94 fingers!!!
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07-19-2010, 06:25 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
REVOLUTION!!!
congrats Bob great job is done there. Hmm, what are we missing now??? O yeah, taste report
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07-19-2010, 06:45 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Mitchel and Harvey.... if I get a hand I'll just be that much more thrilled. You can bet I'll be posting.
Ante .... my friend..I figured you'd get one first. I'm well in to toasting success with the Croatian "tonic" like I told you I would. Ziviooooooooo! |
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07-19-2010, 06:49 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
ŽIVIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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07-19-2010, 06:51 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
WOOHOO , congrats ! im sure your neighbors are amazed . hahah
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07-19-2010, 06:52 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Bob, you've got a strong-looking plant so I'm guessing you'll get quite a few hands. Well-deserved reward for your hard work. Getting them to mature will be a challenge, I imagine. Better get some plans for a heated greenhouse!
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07-19-2010, 06:55 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Congrat's Bob that's Awesome. :^)
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07-19-2010, 07:01 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
nice!
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07-19-2010, 07:16 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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I am excited for you! Good luck! |
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07-19-2010, 08:23 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Hey Matt, my neighbors must think I'm nuts and one last night was asking why we kept staring at the one plant every 5 minutes.... the cat's out of the bag. Hope I can get some to share. Might have to start thinking of fall protection to see if I can get some mature fruit.... should I get some going.
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07-19-2010, 09:19 PM | #20 (permalink) |
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Re: I either have a flag on my
Congrats Bob! Keep us updated with pics!
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