Lilith

I am looking for a nice sized pup of this banana. I have many plants to trade (not just bananas). My only restriction is, I cannot send plants to the following states:
CA, HI, AZ, LA or TX.
If you have 1000 fingers and are interested in a potential trade, contact me to see if I have anything that interests you.

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MediaHound

Send jeffreyp a private message, he may have some ready to go, and he's about an hour or two drive for you. Worth it in my opinion

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chong

They have good size corms/rhizomes at this eBay auction for $10 ea.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Banana-corms-rhi...em170055682451

Lilith

Thanks, but I am not a big fan of that particular seller.

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2/2009 5 Points of Life Marathon, 26.2, Gainesville FL--4:00
4/2009 Boston Marathon, 26.2-- 4:38
10/2009 Marine Corps Marathon, DC, 26.2--457
1/2010 Houston Marathon, 26.2--3:55:09
2/2010 5 Points of Life Marathon, Gainesville--415
Halloween Day 2010 Marine Corps Marathon, DC--
2/2011--Austin TX Marathon--

chong

A-h-h-h! Yes, I know what you mean. I was just trying to help. Normally, I would not recommend them. But the price is attractive. However, now that you've expressed your opinion of this Seller, I want you to know that I've had bad experience with them, too. In 1998, I ordered 14 banana plants from them and cautiond them about the weather here in Seattle. They told me that there would be no problem, that if the plants were unsatisfactory, that they'd replace them. To make a long story short, the plants arrived black and mucky, I reported it to Stokes, they said they'd send replacements in the spring. They never did, despite a couple of reminders that I sent them.

When I suggested them to you, I thought that you just really, really had to have those varieties, and since I thought that the price was very attractive for the size of the bulbs, I went ahead and overcame my bias against them for your benefit.

Sorry. I'm sure there other good sources out there,
Chong

Lilith

Chong,
I understand where you are coming from and I thank you (sincerely!) for trying to help. Actually, I should have probably bought the 1000 fingers at Fairchild when I bought the Praying Hands (he had a few there) but in talking to him, he did not think that 1000 fingers would be cold hardy here where I live. I think it will, but his pup was $20. I am hoping for a trade, so that if it gets axed by the weather, it won't have been that expensive. If I can't locate a trader who wants to trade, I will probably eventually pick one up from one of the various plant sales I go to every year down in South FL. I have a friend or 2 in the Miami area who can get me one as well. But I like to trade, so thought I'd check it out.

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2/2009 5 Points of Life Marathon, 26.2, Gainesville FL--4:00
4/2009 Boston Marathon, 26.2-- 4:38
10/2009 Marine Corps Marathon, DC, 26.2--457
1/2010 Houston Marathon, 26.2--3:55:09
2/2010 5 Points of Life Marathon, Gainesville--415
Halloween Day 2010 Marine Corps Marathon, DC--
2/2011--Austin TX Marathon--

MediaHound

I might have some to spare in a couple of years

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pitangadiego

Try Going Bananas and A and B Tropicals.

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Westwood

I got a good sized Corm from www.worldwideplants.com

It was the size of 5 inches wide 3 ft tall and Its already bloomed for me .
19.99 and shipping was included . Tammy

chong

Geez . . . How long ago was that? I just clicked that link and checked their prices. They're going for $50 now, with the shipping. Even more for some varieties.

How are the fruits, considering you're in Oregon? What part of Oregon is Zone 9? The SW coast, maybe?

jeffreyp

I think there was a problem with paypal's shipping calculator. Almost all of our banana plants sell for $20. You might want to check again.

chong

Jeffrey,
When I saw Westwood's post, I clicked on the link that she listed. At the time the 1000 fingers banana was coming up as $35 plus $15 shipping. Anyway, I just clicked your link just now and saw that it was $20 plus $8 shipping. Well, it's still not "$19.99 including shipping", as Westwood asserted. That's why, I was asking when she bought her plants.

Thanks for clarifying, though.

BTW, are these corms or TC seedlings? Thanks again.

Westwood

Chong , I just grabbed My Payment stubb the plant was 20.00.

The small palms i got where less MY mistake in pricing i was still Very Very Happy with the plants i recieved and would pay more for them SO . Maybe World wide plants should ask for more money . there worth it and ya know what else its not us who desides what we pay its them and By the way 75% of Oregon is Zone 9

stop jumping my ass Westwood

jeffreyp

All the banana plants I ship are corms, divisions off of our mother plants. The only tissue cultured plants I sell are trays 72 count trays from Agristrarts.

chong

I'm not tyring to "jump anyone's ass". I was merely trying to get in on a good deal. You had what I thought was a great deal and so I checked to see what I've missed. Steelviper posts a lot of great deals on eBay and he's real glad that we check on them. Most members that tell of good deals are even excited to learn that the readers take advantage of their news.

And as to the Zoning in OR, the reason I was asking was that at one time I was looking at some property to buy between Gold Beach and Brookings, OR. And that area was what I thought was the only Zone 9 in OR, until you said otherwise. I didn't pursue the idea, then, because upon closer scrutiny, I found out those places were pretty difficult to access from Seattle. So when you said you were in Zone 9 in OR, I thought maybe I missed some other places in OR when I was looking. I tried to find your location on the "Map Me" link of this site, but I didn't find it. The reason I asked you where you were is because I found only 2 members that show up on that link: "iamdocrob" and "zinniasjm".

I was envious that you had fruit from you banana plant. And because I live in Zone 8, I was just asking how they tasted because climate has a way of influencing growth of plants and subsequently, possibly, their taste. I was not being facetious, these were a "matter-of-fact" questions.

And I thought these forums were about exchanging information.

Chong

chong

Thank you, Jeffrey,
As soon as I can make room in my greenhouse, I will re-visit your site. We've had a really bad storm come thru here in Seattle, so I've had to bring most of my tropical plants in. The effects of the 24degF temperatures, coupled with 95-105 MPH winds reminded me of my work with FEMA at Delray Beach and Palm Beach County after Charley, Frances, Jeanne, and Ivan. Not quite as many downed trees, but enough to cause chaos of sorts over here since we very seldom get those wind velocities. It's like a habit now, I see a downed tree and I'm already estimating what it would cost for the debris collection. I see missing shingles and I estimate the square footage required to fix the roof.

And another thing, is it safe to ship to Seattle at this time? Thanks again.

Chong

Westwood

Chong , you might want to rethink GoldBeach or Brookings .

Lots of things Valcano wise going on there last yr During the Summer when i was flagging alot of people could smell the Sulfur like gas from a Valcano thats only 6 miles out .


the fruits of my thousand Finger where Very small and very good i used them for making Parrot food and baby food for my nieces new born. i even had fun getting the fruit . ( JEFF) there a Blast to pull out its like UM weird . Little kids love these.
I have a friend whose Tint monkey loves to peel them for me but not really give up the fruits so its even fun to watch her go nutz over them.

My Other plants where Small or Rhisomes for next yr they i am sure will do awesome .

I got some Cold hardy Citrus from Stan Mckenzie and there also On Jeffs Site . I didnt even know he was here LOL .


Many thanks Jeff i will be getting ahold of you around June . and yupp i will work on swinging it Tammy

jeffreyp

After the first two hurricanes, any tree that had weak branches were broken in the wind. Interestingly, subsequent hurricanes did relatively little damage to the trees down here. If you take a look at the landscape now, you could hardly tell we had any hurricanes blow through here. I guess that's the good part about living in a warm climate where things grow year round. Unlike louisiana, a good thing about florida homes is how they are built. Generally most homes are build of concrete down here and so we're like the pig who built his house of brick and the wolf coud not blow that house down.

Nevertheless, shipping to Oregon during the winter has never been a problem. I generally ship priority mail and things arrive within 3-4 days just about anywhere in the continental usa.