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Cactus_Ken has contributed to 8 posts out of 2477 total posts
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Hey guys! I was just talking to one of my friends who was very surprised that are so many more types of banana then just the typical store kind. So he asked me, "Just how many types of banana are there then?". I really don't know I was thinking maybe 60 or so??? Probably more with the man made types becoming more common.
I've grown both Phoenix dactylifrea and Rhapidophyllum hystrix with sucess in zone 7 and 8. Good luck!
How cares I hope the whole state of Florididata turn into a dam jungle over night, long live the invasives ahhahaa, just kidding
I'm wondering if I over did the fertilizing part on my banana this summer, I know too much water is bad. I grew some Dwarf Cavendish and I think they got burned with my generic fertilizer and my other banana which are japanese fiber banana weren't affected by the amount I used? I'm wondering should I be using different mixtures for different types of banana or just use different quanities? Thank for any help guys!
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I have had good luck with Musa basjoo in Zone 7b. Last winter it hit 8 degrees. No problem. No mulch. However, it never stays cold so long that our soil freezes.
Does anyone know about Musa Rajapuri in terms of cold hardiness? --- Original message by Gardendaze on Nov 8, 2004 11:56 AM I once had Rajapuri in a unheated green house for 5 years, but this last winter's harsh cold killed it. Otherwise it would have came back like it always would. I am sure if you could cut rajapuri and mulch it and it would survive outside. Rajapuri are very bullet proof. My plants did have bananas here and there when I lived in Washingtion. --- Original message by GreenMei on Nov 8, 2004 02:03 PM I did not know that rajapuri was that hardy! Intresting, learn something everyday I guess. I think it would be better to stop worrying about cold hardy and pick up and move down to FL and live in the jungle I'd make in my backyard hahaa. Here comes winter again too, snow, cold, more snow ahaaaaaahh....
I love the sweet smell of napalm in the morning! ahhaha just kidding.
It's not "too" cold here my region so I let them just die back in the winter and they come back strong in the spring. Wish I lived in FL sometimes, stuff grows like weeds down there I hear? ahha
I head that "Yunnan Wild Jungle Banana" Musa yunnanensis is the hardiest of banana? Is that true? I should start a thread asking people what the hardiest banana is? I'm wondering now.
"K....K..kkkkk....Ken"
Passiflora alata "Ruby Glow"
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