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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-21-2013, 05:17 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,298
Posted By mksmth
Re: KING OF THE HILL state to state play for fun!!

Well I jump in for Oklahoma
6 Dwarf Cavendish =8

if mats of basjoo count then i have 2 with 6 Pstems on one and 2 on the other
so 10pts total basjoo?

total for OK= 18. shouldnt be to hard to beat
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-21-2013, 05:11 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,257
Posted By mksmth
Re: who has the most banananas in your region?

I can probably claim my neighborhood but thats about it. I only have 6 DC's and a couple mats of Basjoo. I need to expand my varieties.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-04-2013, 05:56 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,403
Posted By mksmth
Re: In house basjoo winter care question

Zone 8 right? your basjoo would have done just fine in the ground. Unless of course you are not wanting to risk loosing the P stem growth. Mine do just fine here in 6B. Infact most years they...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-23-2013, 04:35 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,511
Posted By mksmth
Re: Yucky snow weather today

Sandy

come on down to Oklahoma. That kind of weather is normal. I have to carry winter and summer gear in my car for that exact reason. My basjoo have never been snowed on while in leaf though. ...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-21-2013, 09:44 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,326
Posted By mksmth
Re: Orinoco vs 42 degrees?

You got that right Siege! I cant tell you how many times I have gone to work in short sleeves and had to shovel snow by 5pm. Of course the opposite has happened too. Snow on the ground in the AM...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 05-09-2013, 09:42 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,324
Posted By mksmth
Finally able to come outside

Winter finally let go. Here are my Dwarf Cavendish and some Basjoo. the basjoo are headed for a spot inground. I just salvaged these from my mat of the old house. they will get a new home around...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-03-2013, 08:07 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 5,989
Posted By mksmth
Re: I Think I'm Gonna Cry! :(

this make me sad for you. wishing you luck for future flowers and hopefully you will get lots of bananas.

Mike
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-02-2013, 09:45 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,796
Posted By mksmth
Re: Permanent banana shelter for winter and spring

thanks for the tips Olaf. I wont need something like this until this fall anyways so no rush for me to make them.

great job!

Mike
Forum: Other Plants 05-01-2013, 03:47 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 18,128
Posted By mksmth
Re: The Pineapple Diaries

Wow pmurphy 4 years. Thats is some dedication!! that one is good sized too.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-01-2013, 03:28 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 11,796
Posted By mksmth
Re: Permanent banana shelter for winter and spring

what a great idea. I like that you painted them. did you just use a latex outdoor paint? Id be interested in the layout of the cuts but I think from your pics I can draw it out on paper. ...
Forum: Other Plants 04-26-2013, 11:15 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 18,128
Posted By mksmth
Re: The Pineapple Diaries

here is my first every fruiting pineapple. This one was started roughly mid summer 2011.

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t365/mksmth1/IMG_20130410_185327_285_zpsee45e10a.jpg

a local market...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-26-2013, 10:52 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,517
Posted By mksmth
Re: My Atl Basjoo Experiment Worked!

I left my mat to fend for itself this winter. only protection is they are planted next to a east/west running privacy fence that protects them from the cold north wind. I went out and pulled back...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-26-2013, 10:44 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,341
Posted By mksmth
Re: Correct spacing for Basjoo bananas.

yeah youll want plenty of room. In april 2011 i planted 1 basjoo. By fall I had 3 large p-stems and had removed and replanted 4 pups. by march of 2012 after cutting them back for winter i had the...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-12-2013, 12:58 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 7,959
Posted By mksmth
Re: How are everyone's banana plants this winter??

here is my dwarf cavendish, going on year 2 and a basjoo pup I saved from the mat at my old home. I have another basjoo pup hidden behind the DC Im getting about a new leaf a month but I can tell...
Forum: Other Plants 01-04-2013, 04:50 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 18,128
Posted By mksmth
Re: The Pineapple Diaries

they can be tons of fun and easy to do. we start a few new ones every year in hopes of always having one. Been at it for a couple years and none have fruited yet. I am in zone 7 so they go in the...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 09-04-2012, 04:31 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,575
Posted By mksmth
Re: dwarf cavendish getting ahead of itself

just wanted to update. it has put out 2 more leaves since and all have been normal. Only changes have been the temps backed down a bit and backed off ferts slightly. Now I just need to figure out...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-21-2012, 08:38 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,575
Posted By mksmth
Re: dwarf cavendish getting ahead of itself

Very interesting. thank you for the information. I have started backing off on fertilizer for all my tropicals since fall is approaching.

Thanks again

Mike
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-20-2012, 05:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,575
Posted By mksmth
Re: dwarf cavendish getting ahead of itself

Well im not sure what made it change its ways but the current leaf is coming out normal. Maybe it just didnt like the heat. IDK Ill keep an eye on it.

Thanks for all the advice!!


Mike
Forum: Other Plants 08-15-2012, 07:52 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 8,914
Posted By mksmth
Re: Anyone else growing Meyer Lemons or Kumquats?

hey cassie

typically they are grafted to put the scion on either a dwarfing rootstock or one with more disease and or cold resistance. I have read on other citrus forums that meyers do OK on their...
Forum: Other Plants 08-13-2012, 05:01 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 8,914
Posted By mksmth
Re: Anyone else growing Meyer Lemons or Kumquats?

I have several citrus but to stay on topic yes a couple meyer lemon and a fukushu kumquat. My fukushu is about 2 years old and one of my best looking trees. always green, flushing new growth and...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-13-2012, 04:44 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,575
Posted By mksmth
Re: dwarf cavendish getting ahead of itself

thanks everyone.

i wish I had taken a picture before I "free'd" the one in the photo.

Sun

where/what should I cut? The new leafs are pushing faster than the older one can fully unroll so they end...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-13-2012, 02:49 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,575
Posted By mksmth
Re: dwarf cavendish getting ahead of itself

Well that stinks if it is true. I did some research, not a whole lot out there on the web, and what I read was that the aphid that spreads it can do so by first feeding on an infected plant and then...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-12-2012, 06:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,575
Posted By mksmth
dwarf cavendish getting ahead of itself

By that I mean the next leaf to come out is faster than the previous. Before one can fully open the next is trying to and forces its way out and is kind of bent. Sometimes I have to tear open the...
Forum: Tiki Hut 05-21-2012, 01:45 PM
Replies: 3,331
Views: 321,278
Posted By mksmth
Re: Share an image!

colocasia after rain
http://i50.tinypic.com/2le00aa.jpg
newest DC leaf after rain, I love the splotches on this one
http://i45.tinypic.com/28hzevm.jpg

mike
Forum: Tiki Hut 05-18-2012, 09:06 AM
Replies: 2,183
Views: 138,377
Posted By mksmth
Re: Current weather

Should see a lot of growth this week. and some shredded leaves :(


http://media2.kjrh.com/photo/MAP/187213538/187213538_Position1.JPG
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