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Gecko · 08-10-2010, 11:51 PM

Hi Everyone,

I have been away from the group for a about a year. Thought I would update and Re hello.

Last Summer we had a run of hot dry weather - and I was away for 2 months in the worst. I lost all my "speciality" bananas except for two. The family that were watering for me just could not keep my plants hydrated.

So I was left with 3 small plots with Orinoco and a sorry looking Margarita and a Red Rowe or Dwarf Red. I nursed things back and we had a cold snap. There went the Margarita.

So almost back to square one.

I have worked like a mad man and have strung several thousand feet of irrigation line along fences, in the citrus grove, in the tropical fruit grove, and to my bananas.

As an experiment (I saw on the board someone was overwintering a banana in water) I moved the Red to our new koi pond bog filter (a gravel bed with water flowing up) and made sure the corm was higher than the water level and plopped that sucker in. It has pupped and puts up a new leaf weekly, I think it must be a dwarf as it is only 2 1/2 feet tall.

The Orinoco are growing like weeds, I have one fruiting and another that just flowered.

So as a newbie I am doing ok.

Thanks for letting me vent...

Gecko

08-10-2010, 11:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gecko Gecko's Photo Gallery Location: Monte Alto / Edcouch Tx Find me on the map! Zone: 9-10 Name: Gecko Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 51 BananaBucks : 9,941 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 13 Times Was Thanked 17 Times in 8 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	Back to posting -occasionally Hi Everyone, I have been away from the group for a about a year. Thought I would update and Re hello. Last Summer we had a run of hot dry weather - and I was away for 2 months in the worst. I lost all my "speciality" bananas except for two. The family that were watering for me just could not keep my plants hydrated. So I was left with 3 small plots with Orinoco and a sorry looking Margarita and a Red Rowe or Dwarf Red. I nursed things back and we had a cold snap. There went the Margarita. So almost back to square one. I have worked like a mad man and have strung several thousand feet of irrigation line along fences, in the citrus grove, in the tropical fruit grove, and to my bananas. As an experiment (I saw on the board someone was overwintering a banana in water) I moved the Red to our new koi pond bog filter (a gravel bed with water flowing up) and made sure the corm was higher than the water level and plopped that sucker in. It has pupped and puts up a new leaf weekly, I think it must be a dwarf as it is only 2 1/2 feet tall. The Orinoco are growing like weeds, I have one fruiting and another that just flowered. So as a newbie I am doing ok. Thanks for letting me vent... Gecko __________________ MoltenGecko Glassworks moltengecko.etsy.com molten.geckoglassworks.com