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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-10-2012, 08:53 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,018
Posted By breakintheweb
dwarf cavendish blooming

First banana bloom. I haven't been outside much the last week but noticed this when i was outside yesterday.:nanadrink:

http://i.imgur.com/WiRnX.jpg

I made the mistake of letting a sucker grow out...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-11-2012, 07:55 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,686
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Backyard banana grove in Ft. Myers FL

Where at in Ft myers are you? Your bananas seem to be doing much better than mine. I'm by the edison home.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-14-2012, 12:04 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,135
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Multiple leaves?

This is what i initially thought but it has been 3 months with several leaves pushing out of both locations.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-14-2012, 10:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,135
Posted By breakintheweb
Multiple leaves?

After the winter (south florida) my dwarf cavendish had a few malformed leaves. Now it's growing good but has two leaves that are emerging instead of one. It's now continuing to push out leaves from...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-04-2012, 04:54 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,633
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Polyacrylamide for water retention?

I have a 250 year old oak tree next to my house that drops tons(literally) of leaves.

I guess the best option is too go on craigslist and start shoving crap.:2738:
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-04-2012, 03:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,633
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Polyacrylamide for water retention?

It's a pretty professional operation. They use a crane to drop two giant shovels full in to the back of a truck. You then go the weigh station with a ticket.

I thought about lining my trunk in...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-04-2012, 02:23 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,633
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Polyacrylamide for water retention?

Thanks for the heads up. It's $10 per cubic yard which is a great price. Problem is, I don't have a truck or know anyone that does. :(
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-04-2012, 01:03 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,633
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Polyacrylamide for water retention?

Purchasing good organic matter/soil amendments here is expensive.

I started a compost pile but am lacking in nitrogen rich organic matter so it's very slow to break down.

What are your thoughts on...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-04-2012, 06:41 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,633
Posted By breakintheweb
Polyacrylamide for water retention?

I was wondering if anyone here has tried a Polyacrylamide product to increase soil water retention. I have very sandy soil and although i have added organic matter, i find it still tends to dry very...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-03-2012, 05:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,982
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Small TC bananas pushing suckers?

It's definitely a sucker. I checked today and it has a tiny new leaf in the middle.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-01-2012, 12:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,982
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Small TC bananas pushing suckers?

Do you normally leave them?
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-01-2012, 09:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,982
Posted By breakintheweb
Small TC bananas pushing suckers?

I recently purchased a few TC bananas and put them in the ground. The gran nain is about 6-8 inches and is already pushing a sucker.

Is this normal? Should i leave it? The sucker is less than...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-19-2012, 11:19 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 7,683
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Roll call for Gros Michel tc's -- who wants some?

I'm in for 2.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-07-2011, 08:01 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,265
Posted By breakintheweb
Banana yogurt

Has anyone tried the manzanos delight publix yogurt? I'm not sure if it's a new flavor but the banana image on the package shows small stubby bananas. I think it taste better than the normal banana...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 05-20-2011, 04:07 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,472
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: First time hardening TC rooted plantlets...

I recently planted four bare root tc plants i ordered on line. Two of the plants looked similiar in size two yours, while the other two were taller and skinnier.

All four went from bare root to the...
Forum: Other Plants 05-16-2011, 08:21 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,099
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Star Fruit plant source?

I know either the Lowes or home depot here in south florida carries them. Maybe they carry them seasonally?
Forum: Banana Identification 05-15-2011, 07:55 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,342
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Unknown

http://i.imgur.com/fiXBP.jpg
:ha::ha::ha::ha:
Forum: Other Plants 05-15-2011, 07:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,099
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Star Fruit plant source?

Thanks for the info on top tropicals. I thought their prices seemed a bit high but they seemed to have a good selection. I'll be shopping elsewhere.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-15-2011, 06:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,490
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Banana disease?

Here is an update from two weeks later. The corm has sent up 3 additional suckers. The two suckers that were present in the above pictures have grown several inches with the largest putting out 3...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-15-2011, 04:47 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,342
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Unknown

Are you sure it's not corn?:ha::ha:
Forum: Other Plants 05-15-2011, 04:38 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,099
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Star Fruit plant source?

Toptropicals has a wide variety of grafted plants.

Averrhoa carambola, Carambola, Starfruit, Five-finger, Balimbing - TopTropicals.com, rare plants for home and garden...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-15-2011, 09:52 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 4,762
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Package From Niblickrus

If in 9B and already taking weekly notes on four varieties i'm growing by each other. These varieties are red dwarf, ice cream, fhia-17 and manzano.

If you can provide some orinco and ca gold...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-03-2011, 08:01 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,490
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Banana disease?

I'm located in South West Florida (33901). We've had high temperatures in the 90's for the last month. We haven't had much rain but the humidity has been in the 50-70% range.

The banana's are in...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-02-2011, 04:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,490
Posted By breakintheweb
Re: Banana disease?

I thought the big black spots on new leaf growth was a bad sign? I took the second stem out because i wasn't sure if was infected and i've recently planted 4 new varieties (TC) in the area and didn't...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-02-2011, 09:10 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,490
Posted By breakintheweb
Banana disease?

I've only had banana plants for two months and having been reading a ton since then. I've noticed that my "dwarf cavendish" isn't growing much, has big black spots on new growth leaves. I was...
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