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Old 01-13-2018, 09:03 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: Resilient little lasiocarpas.

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Originally Posted by aruzinsky View Post
I thought it was unusual for Ensetes to sucker. Can you show a photo of suckering? I have one Ensete lasiocarpum for 6 months without suckering. I need more plants to use as controls in my experiments. I have it in the greenhouse now and supplement the daylight with a 5 watt LED spotlight so that it receives light 24/7 but a photocell turns it off in bright sunlight.
Steve, Fellas.

Here is a pic.

I had watched this plant in a local retail greenhouse for a couple of years before I had purchased splits from it ( plants are from the flowering parent) for 15 bucks.
I have no idea where the original stock came from.

This is a larger pup from the original split from a 3+- gal to 3 x 3gal split.

I used a Soilless mix with an Espoma organic Tomato Tone kicker.....to start. I used the Espoma I think because I was splitting some mini funkia, so used what I had.

For me, I will start most of my plants off with an appropriate organic fertilizer and then transition to water solubles as time goes.........And then possibly 19-19-19- or similar.

My trio of containers have now been moved to a warmer CFL setup along with a few other plants.

As TY had said.....How do you separate these plants? lol

When small they are so tight around the main plant.

I do know they are easier to separate when they are much larger.



musella lasiocarpa pups

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