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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-31-2014, 07:44 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 7,122
Posted By bengtang
Re: Is anyone growing near a swamp?

Here in the tropics bananas grow fine in wet mud. When planting suckers, plant in a mound so they are a bit above the water line, but once they get going they can spread out into the waterlogged mud.
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 05-31-2014, 07:41 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,213
Posted By bengtang
Re: Water sucker worth saving?

Water suckers will not grow as fast or big as sword ones, but they will make their own next generation of sword suckers which will be fine.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-29-2013, 12:13 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,276
Posted By bengtang
Re: I'm sure I messed up

Search youtube for bananas winter bubble wrap. Instead of bubble wrap some people pile leaves around as insulation. As long as the corm survives it will grow back when it is warm again.
Forum: Other Plants 08-29-2013, 12:03 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,974
Posted By bengtang
Re: Good cover crops for bananas?

Don't plant kudzu or other climbing vines, they can kill bananas if they climb them. They twirl around the young leaves as they come out and don't let them open, they can break leaves. Other legumes...
Forum: Member Introductions 08-29-2013, 12:00 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,806
Posted By bengtang
Re: Gophers eat roots of red banana tree

Just leave it, it will grow back. As long as they didn't eat up the whole corm and there are some buds left on it, it will grow back.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-11-2013, 09:06 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 12,684
Posted By bengtang
Re: Banana planting depth:is it important and do they adjust themselves to their liki

If planting seeds, just sow on the surface of the soil, or at most plant just below the surface, maybe 1cm deep.

If planting corms or suckers i tend to dig quite a deep hole and put them in, then...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-20-2013, 12:16 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,503
Posted By bengtang
Re: Uncontacted Tribe

Another vid
Uncontacted Amazon Tribe: First ever aerial footage - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLErPqqCC54)

Wonder how they got the bananas if they are uncontacted. Bananas are not native...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 02-11-2013, 05:37 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,253
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination - wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata)

Thanks for the photos my friends.

Here are some photos of where the seeds come from:

Banana Gallery - Wild bananas in Singapore (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2144)
Forum: Member Introductions 02-11-2013, 05:36 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,544
Posted By bengtang
Re: Wild bananas for wildlife and food security - Singapore

I've posted some photos of the wild bananas:
Banana Gallery - Wild bananas in Singapore (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2144)
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 01-18-2013, 03:16 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,253
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination - wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata)

Thanks for the good news! What did you do to make them germinate? How long did it take?
Forum: Member Introductions 01-08-2013, 10:36 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,544
Posted By bengtang
Re: Wild bananas for wildlife and food security - Singapore

An article and some pics showing the wild nanas, i am pretty sure they are native to Singapore.

Wild bananas growing near Dairy Farm Rd?, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Singapore Guides & Articles...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 01-08-2013, 10:36 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,253
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination - wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata)

An article and some pics showing where the seeds come from, i am pretty sure they are native to Singapore.

Photo gallery: Amateur naturalist may have found wild bananas here...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 01-07-2013, 11:26 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,253
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination - wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata)

Nice! Keep us updated as to how they grow. If anyone else wants some seeds, PM me your postal address. They are from wild banana plants in the forest, probably some subspecies of Musa acuminata. The...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-22-2012, 06:54 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,450
Posted By bengtang
Bananas in movies / film / media

Hey, what films / TV shows have you seen bananas in? Or any posters or other media?

Any film set in the tropics tends to have bananas in it to give it a tropical feel.

Forest Gump (Vietnam scenes):...
Forum: Other Recipes 12-04-2012, 12:42 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 10,739
Posted By bengtang
Re: Banana stem curry

You can't do it after you get some fruit because the middle of the stem will then be very fibrous and it will be like eating sugar cane. To cook it you have to harvest before the plant flowers. More...
Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 12-03-2012, 01:07 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,623
Posted By bengtang
Re: Banana seeds for sale

I have Musa acuminata wild type seeds from Singapore. PM me if you want some. No phyto cert, collected from wild plants.
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 12-03-2012, 12:12 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 60,796
Posted By bengtang
Re: Tissue Culture

Here is a cached copy
Micropropagation of Musa (http://web.archive.org/web/20091024223858/http://geocities.com/k2benson/TCoverview/TCban/TCban.html)
Forum: Species Bananas 12-01-2012, 07:35 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 7,515
Posted By bengtang
Re: Musa acuminata subsp malaccensis - Grandaddy of edible 'naners

Tog mentioned the Orang Asli. Here is an old film showing them going about their business in the jungles of Malaya. They have fantastic bushcraft skills, and make a lot of use of banana leaves for...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-30-2012, 03:29 AM
Replies: 116
Views: 71,947
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination guide

Very interesting article on germination and dormancy
http://www.musalit.org/pdf/IN970066_en.pdf

This paper recommends chipping and 9 alternating cycles of warm and cool temperatures (12-18C for12...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-30-2012, 02:10 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,022
Posted By bengtang
Re: How to break the dormancy of the banana seeds from Borneo and Papua New Guinea?

This paper recommends chipping and 9 alternating cycles of warm and cool temperatures (12-18C for12 hrs, 35C for 12...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-27-2012, 04:46 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 71,947
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination guide

Thanks sunfish, a really good article on breeding. So it seems that acid kills seed but scarifying with sandpaper or poking a hole with a pin to break through the inner layer of seed coat may help...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-26-2012, 10:03 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,671
Posted By bengtang
Banana Biology / Ecology - pollination, dispersal, etc

Just a thread to post about banana biology and ecology.

To start the ball rolling, here's an article on pollination by fruit bats:

Bats and Disappearing Wild Bananas...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-26-2012, 06:02 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 71,947
Posted By bengtang
Re: germination guide

From what I see of bananas in the wild, I think they are meant to have their seeds dispersed by animals. The banana fruit is meant to be eaten by fruit bats, monkeys, birds, squirrels. The seeds...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-26-2012, 01:27 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,338
Posted By bengtang
Re: breeding possibilities

I have seeds from wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata) from the jungles of Singapore, some pics:
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151351998328885.535854.675238884&type=1)

Anyone...
Forum: Member Introductions 11-24-2012, 08:56 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,544
Posted By bengtang
Re: Wild bananas for wildlife and food security - Singapore

Many of the local cultivars are diploid but with tiny specks for seeds. The wild bananas have thin pseudostems and small fruit (pictured in my avatar). The fruit has edible flesh but a lot of seeds...
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