Forum: Main Banana Discussion
10-02-2021, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 383
Kevin2685
Found out this very nice young man passed recently. Just wanted to let you all know. He’s been a long time member here. They thought it was a heart attack.
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
09-17-2015, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,550
Re: Namwah and Ice Creams Very Sick
a capful of vinegar isn't going to do anything except change the ph people. it's not going to kill your plants, when you use it for weed killer it's full strength and that's what kills the plants. I...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-15-2015, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,877
Re: is this a show off or what?
it gets moved into the greenhouse over winter, and comes back out in late may. Time to move it in around october 10 so it has less than a month longer outside. I have a dwarf brazilian going, it...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-13-2015, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,574
Re: What am I doing wrong?
wait till they get to be at least a foot tall before you take them off. They do better if they're bigger. you're prob taking them off too soon
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-13-2015, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,676
Re: Bent Pstem
dont cut it off, just plant it so it's straight. It won't care
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-13-2015, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,877
is this a show off or what?
This is the dwarf ladyfinger blooming for the third time in three years as a mat in a pot. This time it has two stalks blooming at the same time in the...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
05-21-2015, 06:48 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,261
Re: looking for an aeae
Thanks for the line on how to get ahold of her, I'll message her and see if there's any hope of getting one. I sent several out through bananas.org when I had them before, I hoped I could get a pup...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-21-2015, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,973
Re: check out my Northern Banana progress...
They are huge. like 36" w X 40" tall. this is the second time that these mats have flowered in these pots. The dw. namwah flowered two years ago, and the tall one must be an overachiever because it...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2015, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,254
Re: Musa Margaritia not happy.
we still sell them, I just haven't really been mailing them out. all the ones I have are getting too big to mail out very easy and it's so much easier to just sell them walk-in around here anyway. It...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2015, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,550
Re: Curled/Floppy Cigar Leaf - Flag Next?
I've not noticed that, but I have noticed that it starts putting out smaller, not as long leaves before the flag leaf comes out. every one of mine have done that so far
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-20-2015, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 15,211
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
05-20-2015, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,891
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-20-2015, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 8,609
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
05-20-2015, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,973
check out my Northern Banana progress...
dwarf namwah
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a542/sandy02256/image1%202_zpsryjjjiqk.jpg
unidentified tall banana with two bloom stalks this year! first time ever, one bloom's out all the way...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
05-20-2015, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,261
looking for an aeae
I had one several years ago from Martha on ebay. Can't find her anymore. I have lots of banana experience now and would love to be the farthest north member to fruit an aeae in a pot. does anyone...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2015, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,403
Re: Ripening bananas on the plant - less tasty ?
we just pick ours as they ripen. here in Indiana they don't all ripen at once, so we get an extended harvest with 3-5 bananas usually every couple of days. and they definitely aren't tasteless, so...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-20-2015, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,254
Re: Musa Margaritia not happy.
from my experience margaritas are never happy. I've gotten a few to 5-6 feet, but they never do well for me long-term. they are a version of siam ruby which was found in Thailand, which tells you...
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Forum: Other Plants
10-16-2014, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,474
Re: A question about horseradish
I dig mine and keep it in the refrigerator in one of those "keep produce fresh" bags. They keep forever. Then I grind it one root at a time and use it like that.
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Forum: Bananas.org Site News
10-16-2014, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,922
Re: Hibernating a basjoo
I've been doing the same thing for years. I just don't mulch thickly over them though. I just let the stalks die down and mulch themselves.
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
10-13-2014, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,971
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-18-2014, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,270
Re: My first year basjoo
i'd just leave it alone and let it winter outside. I'm in Muncie. Now when you planted it, did you plant it a foot deeper or just at regular level?, if you planted it a foot deeper, then don't mulch...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
09-14-2014, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,437
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
09-14-2014, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,522
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-14-2014, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,400
Re: Basjoo update after terrible winter
just a little smaller than normal.
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a542/sandy02256/imagejpg13_zpsbd6f61e9.jpghttp://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a542/sandy02256/imagejpg13_zpsbd6f61e9.jpg
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-14-2014, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,661
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