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Olafhenny · 11-08-2010, 04:06 PM

The fact, that I did not plant the banana deep enough, had some other repercussions. After I realized, that I had five pups I decided to let the two largest ones grow, and separate the third for indoor over-wintering to transplanting it outdoors in spring. (See first picture)

That necessitated piling up some fill around the base of the plant, so that the corm to be separated could develop some roots of its own. I did that in mid-September and of course buried the two smallest pups in the process 

The second picture shows the plant w. the second pup, some soil piled around it and a 1' high fence with an average diameter of 1.15m (46")

Despite all the help I got from mango_kush and saltydad, I am still unable to integrate the pictures into this post. At least they do not show up in the preview.

To mango_kush: Where do I insert this line? The only place I can find is ""Send Trackbacks to...", but that does not work.

Nevertheless, here are the two URLs:
Banana Gallery - Not enough dirt around base and:
Banana Gallery - After filling around base
Best,
Olaf

11-08-2010, 04:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 282,107 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: My Banana Experience (or lack of it) The fact, that I did not plant the banana deep enough, had some other repercussions. After I realized, that I had five pups I decided to let the two largest ones grow, and separate the third for indoor over-wintering to transplanting it outdoors in spring. (See first picture) That necessitated piling up some fill around the base of the plant, so that the corm to be separated could develop some roots of its own. I did that in mid-September and of course buried the two smallest pups in the process  The second picture shows the plant w. the second pup, some soil piled around it and a 1' high fence with an average diameter of 1.15m (46") Despite all the help I got from mango_kush and saltydad, I am still unable to integrate the pictures into this post. At least they do not show up in the preview. To mango_kush: Where do I insert this line? The only place I can find is ""Send Trackbacks to...", but that does not work. Nevertheless, here are the two URLs: Banana Gallery - Not enough dirt around base and: Banana Gallery - After filling around base Best, Olaf __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.