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Tigerlaff
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic |
| Biography: | Things got weird... |
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| Number of Posts: | 22785 |
| Registered on: | 1/22/2010 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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Wiltz you ever grow Mekong Giant? I have an area behind my backyard fence along the bayou where I think it would be cool to have 30 foot tall bananas, but they have these unique running rhizomes that spread far distances instead of clumping like a normal mat. Would be the second most cold hardy banana I have after basjoo.
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If you want a plantain type banana you absolutely must go with Orinoco and Dwarf Orinoco would be even better. It is more cold hardy than any other edible banana I am aware of. Even more than Namwah and Rajapuri. You will be able to easily protect the dwarf version and I would bet you will see fruit in some years without protection.
But make sure you buy from a reputable source. The banana trade is very sketchy and dishonest. Orinoco is fairly common and the dwarf somewhat less so. I have had great experiences with Irene Williams, the moderator of the "Banana Growers and Lovers Florida State USA" Facebook group. Join the group and you can message her directly. She has a dizzying array of varieties and her prices for shipping pups are more than fair. More importantly, you will actually get the real variety you are seeking.
Orinoco
But make sure you buy from a reputable source. The banana trade is very sketchy and dishonest. Orinoco is fairly common and the dwarf somewhat less so. I have had great experiences with Irene Williams, the moderator of the "Banana Growers and Lovers Florida State USA" Facebook group. Join the group and you can message her directly. She has a dizzying array of varieties and her prices for shipping pups are more than fair. More importantly, you will actually get the real variety you are seeking.
Orinoco
Another day another addition. This is probably the last banana I'll ever buy. A little over a year ago I bought a tissue culture of what was supposed to be Veinte Cohol. It was the least vigorous banana I have ever planted and it got absolutely smoked by cold weather, far more than any of my other 6 varieties. It also had red markings on the new leaves which made me very suspicious about its authenticity; it looks like a normal Cavendish type banana. Here it is today just barely emerging from winter while all the rest of my varieties are already 4-6 feet tall:
So why Veinte Cohol? It is a dwarf fast growing short cycle banana where the fruit ripens about 30-45 days after flowering. Most bananas take anywhere from 4-6 months to ripen. If you can get Veinte Cohol through the winter you are basically assured fruit. It can be grown in a pot and only gets 5-6 feet tall.
Flash forward to this month. I find a YouTube video of a guy growing Veinte Cohol in central Florida. His look nothing like mine and more importantly he states that tissue culture Veinte Cohol (if you even manage to find a real one) is known to have significant problems with vigor. He also confirmed that Veinte Cohol does not get the red blood spots when young. This all tracked, so I bought a tiny field dug pup from him for $80 shipped. Most I've ever paid for a banana by a mile.
This little pup was shipped bare root and will need some time in a container before it is ready for planting. I will probably overwinter this in a pot until spring and then plant it out. I am 99% confident that this is the real Veinte Cohol based on my interactions with the seller. If it works out I'll share the pups with y'all.
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So why Veinte Cohol? It is a dwarf fast growing short cycle banana where the fruit ripens about 30-45 days after flowering. Most bananas take anywhere from 4-6 months to ripen. If you can get Veinte Cohol through the winter you are basically assured fruit. It can be grown in a pot and only gets 5-6 feet tall.
Flash forward to this month. I find a YouTube video of a guy growing Veinte Cohol in central Florida. His look nothing like mine and more importantly he states that tissue culture Veinte Cohol (if you even manage to find a real one) is known to have significant problems with vigor. He also confirmed that Veinte Cohol does not get the red blood spots when young. This all tracked, so I bought a tiny field dug pup from him for $80 shipped. Most I've ever paid for a banana by a mile.
This little pup was shipped bare root and will need some time in a container before it is ready for planting. I will probably overwinter this in a pot until spring and then plant it out. I am 99% confident that this is the real Veinte Cohol based on my interactions with the seller. If it works out I'll share the pups with y'all.
More YouTube content
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Yeah I'm not a huge fan of NDM. Just watch their social media in the next 2 weeks. Orange Sherbet should be ripening then.
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Should I be pinching buds on the guava or just let it do whatever it wants for now?
Just let it roll for now. You can see where it is already branching out. The most important thing on these is getting a thick central leader. Otherwise it will be a floppy mess and drag fruit and be hard to winter protect.
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where do you see this? Their site says pickup only.
They sold out in hours and changed the options to pickup only. I was lucky to get an order in.
I just bought that root knife. No idea why I don't own one. I need one often.
re: Your college baseball preseason #1 LSU Tigers
Posted by Tigerlaff on 5/22/26 at 8:24 am to Serraneaux
Imagine losing a home series to this dogshit LSU team. :lol:
Most useful: Felco pruners.
Favorite: Kershaw Camp 10. Not quite a machete and not quite a kukri. All the weight is in the top of the blade and it just demolishes things. My favorite use for it is whacking the top off of a coconut.
Favorite: Kershaw Camp 10. Not quite a machete and not quite a kukri. All the weight is in the top of the blade and it just demolishes things. My favorite use for it is whacking the top off of a coconut.
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Have been looking into this one a lot recently. I wish I had more open space with sun. Marta is amazing. Great channel and website.
Great loquat selections. If you're ever interested in Golden Nugget, Oliver, Vista White, Lara Honeyquat, or Spring Flower scions let me know. Happy to let you come take some bud wood.
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My grafted Suebelle white sapote is finally showing signs of new growth 2 months after transplanting into a pot.
It's hard for me to figure out white sapote. Everyone says they are super easy and tough as nails. But when I repotted mine last year it dropped every single leaf and looked dead for a month. Now it's pushing tons of growth, but gets fungal damage on all the leaves after about a month. I've also seen trees smaller than mine holding fruit in pots and mine drops all fruit. From what I've read Suebelle seems to need longer to hold fruit than other types and benefits from having another variety grafted onto it to improve pollination. Once I get the tree looking consistently healthy I'll graft something else onto it.
Colonel Littman's Black Cross is an elite fig. Great choice!
PSA: Serendib Farms is shipping orange sherbet mangos now. 10lbs is $115 shipped. If you've never had orange sherbet it's truly one of the best in the world. Serendib is also well known for shipping quality properly picked fruit.
ETA: if you'll pay $16/lb for ribeye, you owe it to yourself to try these mangos.
ETA: if you'll pay $16/lb for ribeye, you owe it to yourself to try these mangos.
I hate pears and support you killing them. But if you decide to try to kill the infestation don't waste any time with ineffective remedies. Just use imidacloprid and be done with it.
I have been hammering with copper, daconil, and mancozeb on a rotating basis daily. Some trees are still getting fungal spots.
re: Dad has a counseling session with a sex offender VERY NSFW
Posted by Tigerlaff on 5/21/26 at 5:16 pm to antibarner
God damn it where was the pistol whip? Good on him though. Something that actually resembles a real society with a real sense of justice.
Yeah I'm kinda glad it's over. This team did not deserve post season play.
re: LSU 1 @ Auburn 3 Final
Posted by Tigerlaff on 5/20/26 at 10:42 pm to easy money
These umps are such jokes.
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The reverse zone pushing is fun; until it isn’t
I salute you for trying. Reverse pushing is much harder than regular pushing. My nectaplum is trying to get fungus so bad and it's only a constant deluge of spray that keeps it from succumbing. I'm not kidding when I say my in-ground mango is easier to grow than the nectaplum. I also support your market availability observation. I have a hard rule that I do not grow anything if it's normally available at the store and good. For example I'll grow cara cara navel oranges but not regular navels because I can get the latter year round and they are excellent. None of the southern low chill apple cultivars hold a candle to northern varieties.
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new mango (for me) that’s instantly in my Top 10.
Man, this is why you can't let anyone tell you what is good and what isn't. I would put Phillipine/Carabao in my bottom 5 easily. I'd rather have a Tommy. I'm glad you dig them!
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You have the happiest potted plants I’ve ever seen. I should be on a watchlist for all the hibiscus plants I’ve killed
Thanks. It took years of failure, diligent study, and tutelage from Okinawan master gardeners drawing on three centuries of... wait no.
Thanks! That's a hydrangea and a variegated hydrangea.
Bonus orange hibiscus going crazy:
Bonus orange hibiscus going crazy:
Got the Chamaedorea radicalis palms planted into the landscape. Excited to see how these perform.
If they end up looking like the one I potted I will be very happy.
Also saved one in case the potted one doesn't survive the root prune. Cross your fingers for me.
If they end up looking like the one I potted I will be very happy.
Also saved one in case the potted one doesn't survive the root prune. Cross your fingers for me.
re: it was a bad day for the panican's
Posted by Tigerlaff on 5/19/26 at 8:41 pm to dickkellog
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it was a bad day for the panican's
A bad day for the panican's what? Forget a word?
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