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skipstone has contributed to 93 posts out of 2760 total posts
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20 Most recent posts:
General Discussions. »
New member needs help Jul 14, 2009 08:26 AM
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Just give the bananas some time. Since it is not hot up there (at night) do not water them a lot. In fact, actually let them go without water for a few days, sometimes that can stimulate a growth spurt when you do get back to watering them. I have used various fertilisers on my bananas but from what I can understand you have yours in containers, so Miracle Gro is the best thing. If you have them on the south facing side of the house/apartment/whatever they could possibly stay warmer over night but will certainly get the longest amount of heat from sunlight in the morning and evening. If the containers are not big enough the growth will be limited. You want big containers - but not so big you can't move them. I get the gallon sizes all mixed up. But basically the size container small sized big trees come in. Your cannas, which are in the banana family, do you know what kind they are? Indian Princess? Those grow super fast. I'm always throwing them away. Any idea what kind of elephant ears you have? There are various size taro plants. Alocasia? Hope that helps.
Palm tree growing tips- How to grow plam trees. »
Hello - New to growing Palms Jun 28, 2009 03:14 AM
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It says FORBIDDEN! Can't see it.
Tropical plants Wanted ! »
Gros Michel Jun 23, 2009 03:19 AM
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Ah, well, I figured it out - somewhat: http://www.centralfloridafarms.com/musa-grosmichel.htm
Tropical Plants News! »
Hawaiian Candy Apple Bananas Jun 23, 2009 03:16 AM
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This is hilarious! http://www.applebananas.com/
Tropical plants Wanted ! »
Gros Michel Jun 23, 2009 03:12 AM
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Anyone have any info on locations that have the Gros Michel? I'm going to start noising around. I've got the three common store Cavs - Grand Nain, Williams and, what, Goldfinger as well as Orinoco and dwarf Cav (at least I see them every now and then in my local grocery). Anyone in FLA, please call around, ask around...somewhere someone has one.
Palm tree growing tips- How to grow plam trees. »
Hello - New to growing Palms Jun 21, 2009 07:36 PM
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Areca palm needs to be - well, you could certainly bunch them up if you'd like to - but they are a solitary tree from what literature I've read and have seen of them in various places. Lady palm, however, rhapis excelsa, can be solitary or in bunches. They will grow to be roughly 10 feet tall or so (depends on soil, light, temperature, etc...). I've got them as both. So don't worry about it - just do what you want - you can always divide them later.
General Discussions. »
lots of babies poping up Jun 16, 2009 04:12 PM
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Let 'em grow! Don't dig them up. Yet.
General Discussions. »
Weed killer around Musa Basjoo Jun 10, 2009 11:38 AM
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Yes it is - just be sure not to spray the banana plants - any part of them - at all. Weed killers are systemic so you have to spray the leaves of what you want to die. I've never had a problem with weeds choking out my banana plants - it shouldn't be a problem.
General Discussions. »
Treatment For Scale On Tropicals May 14, 2009 11:21 AM
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This will work on palms, bananas, birds, etc... Coffee grounds. Spent ones, that is. Get a container, like Cool Whip or something with a bit of size to it and start emptying out your spent coffee grounds into it. Put it on the infected leaves/fronds as well as around the plant, like fertilizer. A good bit too. It dries up the scale and possibly boosts the plants immunity, for lack of a better term, from what I've learned. I'm using it on my white birds, Cabbage sabals and one banana plant. I have a soap spray I use as well but that only slows it down/prevents it from spreading. The coffee grounds will actually kill it and it will eventually fall off. Unless, of course, the frond is cut off. It doesn't happen fast, of course, so be patient. If it appears again, do it again.
Tropical Community »
No Flowers on Bird of Paradise May 14, 2009 11:15 AM
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I'm presuming you mean the little ones and not the big ones. Sometimes they can take a few years to bloom, it just depends on how old the plant is.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Just how much HEAT/SUNSHINE can ensete maureliis get? May 14, 2009 11:13 AM
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Plant them in the ground. I've seen huge ones in New Orleans as well as Mandeville and in Slidell. They can get quite large. They can take sun. The sun is not any stronger there than it is here, the air is just hotter, although I'm sure in the sun it's the same - it gets to the 130s in the sun in SE Louisiana in the summer, even higher. Just as it does there. Just make sure you water them. They'll most likely wilt less in the ground than a pot.
General Discussions. »
No Leaves May 14, 2009 11:10 AM
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Sounds like you need to get a new plant.
General Discussions. »
which banana is the right banana May 14, 2009 11:09 AM
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The majority bananas in LA that I've seen in Fairhope, Point Clear, wherever, etc...are musa orinoco. They will all eventually fruit if left alone. And the fruit is good. Lots of sun, some fert and watering every 2-4 days with some dry spells here and there (makes them grow a bit faster in spurts because of stress) and usually, due to how cold it can get, it takes 2 summers to get fruit. Just have patience.
General Discussions. »
new tree not doing well May 14, 2009 11:06 AM
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Water them and wait. 100 miles away from Dallas in which direction?
General Discussions. »
growing a banana tree May 14, 2009 11:05 AM
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You want to leave the plant so it will freeze. If it survives it will (not always, they can freeze to the ground and you'll know this because one day it will just fall over) start growing where it left off. NEVER cut them down to the ground unless it has fruited. Sometimes you need to prune them a bit, cut the trunk down in small amounts until you find something green or a solid middle. But I never cut my banana plants down - unless they are done growing. If it doesn't grow back (and you'll know this by mid-May or early June up there) leave a little bit of the big trunk because it will provide water for the pup that will most likely emerge.
Cycad Growing Tips - How to grow Cycads. »
CYCAS REVOLUTA "Sago Palm" sending up shoots Mar 25, 2009 09:45 AM
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Just planted two huge females, frond spread in diameter is 10 feet. Had to build braces for them since they both curve and with hurricane season coming up the storm surge will want to push them over. Plenty of seeds too.
Cycad Growing Tips - How to grow Cycads. »
Unusual spots on leaves - Can't determine cause Mar 23, 2009 10:02 AM
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I've had tons of cycas revoluta over the years an they've all behaved differently. Last year I had one planted that just one day decided to completely rot and die. Or so I thought. As I usually do with plants that I know to wait with elsewhere, I dug it out and just set it down on the ground in some other bed and ignored it. The top is still dead but it started growing from below the top. It could be a seed, it could be a pup, I don't know. I'm gonna plant the whole thing at some point this week somewhere. Some plants are just funky. Like you said, you have them all in the same medium but they are not all the same. If it continues to get worse, pull it out and let it completely dry out, roots, etc...cut the fronds off...just let it sit for a while and then plant it again and see what happens.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
My banana tree started to flower but Mar 23, 2009 09:54 AM
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Just wait.
General Discussions. »
Digging up sucker banana plants and potting them Mar 23, 2009 09:53 AM
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Let the suckers/pups grow more, as in for a longer length of time. When they're that young they're still coming out of the root base/ball/whatever. They need to get a bit bigger to have their own roots. When the fronds are short and stunted looking that is generally a sign that they do not have roots. When they start putting fronds out, after 3 or 4, that are more normal looking that is generally a sign that they have roots. So just wait longer. The ones you dug up that had no roots might grow again from the mature plant.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
FRUITING BANANA TREE - SHOULD I CUT THE FLOWER OFF?? Mar 11, 2009 10:04 PM
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Ah. I think I misunderstood your post. Ha ha! |
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