Forum: Other Plants
07-14-2018, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,229
Calas
Some time ago, I planted some Cala Lilies. Thinking that this area was too cold for them, I intended to take the bulbs up at season's end. I promptly forgot about them. They came up each year, but...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-20-2018, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,995
Re: Musa Basjoo Spacing
As they say, start out with one. (Keep another one in a pot, as a back-up.) There is a botanical garden, here in N.Y. that had some Basjoos growing, and they decided to move them, so they dug them...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-19-2018, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,995
Re: Musa Basjoo Spacing
I would say, only one. I don't know where you're located, but if you have to dig them up in the fall, I would say only one. This will give you a chance for some pups, which you can dig, and replant...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-12-2018, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,294
Re: Spring?
A couple of years ago, I put my bananas out on April 5. Missed that this year, and it don't look like it'll be any time soon.
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Forum: Tiki Hut
03-14-2018, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,575
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Forum: Tiki Hut
03-09-2018, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,208
Re: Post offices and bananas
Bananas, locally, are .49 (sometimes .39) Whenever I have visited Florida, I found Publix to be expensive. I haven't sent a letter recently, (do everything on the internet)but you have a point.
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Forum: Tiki Hut
01-06-2018, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,935
Re: Wind Chill is Fake News
Many years ago, while in flight school at NAS Pensacola, we had snow. Enough that some of the guys built a snowman.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-08-2017, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,550
Re: GM in NJ update
My first banana, Many years ago, was a GM from St. Lucia. This was about the time that commercial growers worldwide were switching from Gros Michel to Gran Nain. (I guess they forgot to tell the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-11-2017, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,220
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
09-10-2017, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,895
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Forum: Other Plants
09-03-2017, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 967
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Forum: Other Plants
09-03-2017, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 967
Hazelnuts (Filberts)
Does anyone know when they are ready? My trees were loaded this year, but the squirrels went to work on them, when the outer skin was still green. I picked a bunch of them at that time, just to...
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
09-01-2017, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,025
Re: Build your own greenhouse.
I can't believe I got so little response. The greenhouse is about 17 feet wide and 100 feet long. The heater has only been used one season, and cost $1600.00, and it's all free!
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-30-2017, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,025
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Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction
08-30-2017, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,025
Build your own greenhouse.
Free for pick up. Metal bows for 17 foot wide greenhouse. Also have bows for 14 foot wide house. Also have oil fired heater. Some straight pipes (For headers) available. Everything but the...
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Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
06-18-2017, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,180
Re: Happy Father's Day
I'm not a dad to anyone, unless you count my cats. But I wish a Happy Fathers Day to all.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-22-2017, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,072
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-15-2017, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 913
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-07-2017, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,077
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-07-2017, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 11,203
Re: Do you have to protect musa basjoo?
We have a local Botanical Garden that had a mat of Basjoo that they decided to move. Some of the residues that were left grew again the next year, and have continued in years hence.
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Forum: Tiki Hut
04-07-2017, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,115
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
04-05-2017, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,860
Re: How to prepare corms for shipping?
Many years ago, when I got my first banana, ( This was about the time that the commercial banana, at the time, the M. Gros Michele was about to be replaced by the Gran Nain, because some disease was...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
04-05-2017, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,860
Re: How to prepare corms for shipping?
Many years ago, when I got my first banana (this was about the time when there was the big scare that the commercial banana of the time, M. Gros Michele, was subject to a disease that was about to...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-28-2017, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,037
Re: Mango juice.
Thank you much. That is what I've been doing to get the flesh , but I went to Costco and found a "mango cocktail". It tastes OK, but it is only 20% juice. With the price of mangos in the local...
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