edwmax, thank you for the tip! This will definitely be useful for any rajapuri owner, haha! After seeing ty's recommendation, I thought about it for a bit and realized that if the fingers get messed up from being stuck in the P-stem, I'll try it out, but so far it doesn't seem to be affecting any of the bananas.
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Originally Posted by Tytaylor77
Don't cut! The flower is free and should do fine! That's is a raja puri for sure 100% congrats. Any update on the AEAE? How did it take the winter in that spot?
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appreciate the feedback, and thank you Tytaylor77! The Aeae is doing very well: the leaves got mangled a bit from the wind, but they mostly ovewintered with very little damage. Growth this spring has been super-slow, and I'm watering this plant a lot less than everything else because when watered "normally", the new growth gets stuck in the P-stem and comes out all torn up. This is what you have to deal with in cooler climates I guess...
I also noticed you really can't fertilize Aeae as much unless it's warm and the plant has momentum. It's pushing out mostly green leaves now (but you there's still some variegation) probably because I pumped the plant with high P and K (with zero N) weeks before it got really cold last year in hopes of increasing its cold tolerance. That likely caused the pH to jump up, and rumor has it if you don't have acidic soil, those leaves won't produce much white. There's a new little water sprout emerging, it'll be interesting to see if those leaves are variegated, will keep you updated.