Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
08-08-2010, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,677
Re: container banana Mexicali
I've had problems with leaves frying during 110F heat wave(normally high 90's here). M.balbisiana was unfazed, as was Musa Ornata, but the Himalayan types hated it. Also clay pots tend to heat up,...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
08-07-2010, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 20,475
Re: Ensete Ventricosum Flower
That's a really huge one for the pot, good job. Do you remember where you bought the seeds? The seeds I've grown from bananatree.com have had red p-stems, and I wouldn't mind growing some with green...
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Forum: Banana Identification
08-03-2010, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,001
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-02-2010, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,452
Re: Musa Sikkimensis mature height
For me on the chilly northern California coast sikkimensis(agri-starts clone) started growing in spring before M.basjoo, but I never saw it's ultimate height. It would probably get taller with a...
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-28-2010, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,476
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Forum: Member Introductions
06-24-2010, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,421
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
06-12-2010, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 12,628
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
06-12-2010, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 11,112
Re: Plants that complement bananas...
Gingers look good. My favorite compainion plant for potted Musa is succulents, they have a really shollow root base so they don't choke the banana for water/space.
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Forum: Other Plants
05-12-2010, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,434
Re: divide potted bamboo?
If the shoots are still small I'd go for it and they'll just abort to save energy. Do you know what genus/species it is?
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Forum: Banana Identification
05-12-2010, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,530
Re: ID help,please
Looks like India form to me, my two didn't have red on the undersides of leafs.
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Forum: Other Plants
05-12-2010, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,434
Re: divide potted bamboo?
It's a good time of year to divide most bamboos before they shoot. If it's super dense/woody you might want to try a hand saw, sawzall, or chainsaw(if no rocks). Good luck with it.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
03-26-2010, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,462
Re: Cold Tolerant Plantain
I've heard that the Puerto Rican variety has good cold tolerance, and hopefully soon there will be some of those highland african types available.
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
02-19-2010, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,995
Re: "geothermal" greenhouses
A friend of mine in Montana has the inground temp heat exchange, but it's hooked up to her well water. It's supposed to cost alot more than a conventional, but pays for it self in 10+...
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
02-18-2010, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,995
Re: "geothermal" greenhouses
Sunfish, that's a good take on the system with the solar, with the pea gravel. The only thing that seems like it would make it better is more of a underground pattern. Maybe inground water pipes with...
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
02-18-2010, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,101
Re: comparisons of heat mat costs and performance
back to the infloor heating idea. The in floor heating is usually set up after the rebar is tied, just before the cement slab is poured. Which is then tiled over using thinset. I've seen it hooked...
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
02-18-2010, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,995
"geothermal" greenhouses
Found this googleing geothermal greenhouses. It's a zone 6 (Missouri)green house that grows figs without heat source, but it's not really geothermal. The owner says it never got below 48F last...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-17-2010, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,492
Re: Plant Delight Nursery ?
Their travel stories are a good read. They frequently mention seeing wild bananas on their plant/seed collecting trips, too bad they haven't introduced more zone 7 Musa.
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
02-16-2010, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,161
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-12-2010, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,311
Re: Nanners in India & Nepal?
A guy I worked for lived in Nepal in the 70's and said there were some edible seeded bananas there that he imported(big head ache he said) to the US. He said they were growing at about 4,000 ft, so...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-09-2009, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,978
Re: Awesome Producer- Ty Ty Gold
Did you guys happen to get a look at the one JD anderson is selling as Musa 'Rust'. Sounds like an interesting ornamental, but the $200 minimum has kept me away.
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Forum: Species Bananas
07-03-2009, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 16,482
Re: Musa Formosana = Musa Basjoo?
I just got the recent introduction of Musa basjoo 'Formosiana', and the seeds are just like the ones in Matt's picture. The only thing that makes me wonder is that in the description of Musa...
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Forum: Banana Identification
06-20-2009, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,093
Re: Basjoo or Musella?
Kinda looks like the missing link between Musa and Ensete in that pic, maybe oneday someone should try to hybridize Musella with Ensete.
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Forum: Species Bananas
06-01-2009, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,527
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Forum: Species Bananas
05-31-2009, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,527
Re: Musa basjoo 'Formosiana'(from Tawain)
Phil,
Are the seeds you are selling the same ones as you sold previously?
Are the seeds you are selling from plants like the ones in the first few pics, or the balbisiana looking one in the last...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-31-2009, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,970
Re: Are ALL these cold hardy?
Ensete glaucum shouldn't be on any cold hardy list, but in the future there could be a cold hardy one collected from colder places/elevations. E.ventricosum is alot cold hardier, and tolerates cold...
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