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Robbertico18 · 07-07-2023, 04:02 PM

Hey y’all this is just a lil update of how the bananas are doing after our terrible polar blast around Christmas 2022

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Abyssinian bananas planted this spring, I believe around March, have taken off like crazy this year along with the blood bananas to the left that survived the polar blast. I transplanted the other blood banana from the right side of this garden to get more sun and replaced with the Heliconia but I guess I missed part of the corm because there’s a straggler growing up there as well!
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Ice Cream seems to have finally gotten established here and has taken off. The largest plant now is actually a pup from last year, while the mother plant has recovered it isn’t quite as tall, but a very healthy Mat of 4 plants so far.
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Thai black also bounced back well, it froze to the ground this winter but it already has its first pup shooting up!
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My poor Ae’Ae was planted late February, had its first leaf after planting April 30th, it’s next leaf May 21st and it’s next cigar is just barely starting to be visible in the middle of the p-stem. Hopefully it can pick up the pace and get some good growth before it cools off
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These two Abyssinians survived the frost and bounced back well, the one on the left oddly enough never completely defoliated even tho the temperature was down to 23??? The one on the right did lose all of its leaves but it was pushing a new cigar three weeks later or so. Hopefully they will do even better this year with the new pond offering up radiant heat.
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The bordelons were torched down to the ground but have grown back impressively and of course the basjoo behind them never really stopped growing they did however lose all of their leaves during the cold event.
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This is where I moved the blood banana to help block my compost pile because the city has just assumed it was trash two or three times now. I think because it’s so close to the compost and in mostly full sun that it’s growing so fast that it’s almost choking itself, I have to be sure to keep up with lots of water for these ones back here.

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Robbertico18 Location: Savannah Zone: 8b/9a Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 197 BananaBucks : 27,029 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 298 Times Was Thanked 281 Times in 109 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Savannah Bananas summer 2023 Hey y’all this is just a lil update of how the bananas are doing after our terrible polar blast around Christmas 2022 IMG_5389.jpeg Abyssinian bananas planted this spring, I believe around March, have taken off like crazy this year along with the blood bananas to the left that survived the polar blast. I transplanted the other blood banana from the right side of this garden to get more sun and replaced with the Heliconia but I guess I missed part of the corm because there’s a straggler growing up there as well! IMG_5390.jpeg Ice Cream seems to have finally gotten established here and has taken off. The largest plant now is actually a pup from last year, while the mother plant has recovered it isn’t quite as tall, but a very healthy Mat of 4 plants so far. IMG_5391.jpeg Thai black also bounced back well, it froze to the ground this winter but it already has its first pup shooting up! IMG_5392.jpeg My poor Ae’Ae was planted late February, had its first leaf after planting April 30th, it’s next leaf May 21st and it’s next cigar is just barely starting to be visible in the middle of the p-stem. Hopefully it can pick up the pace and get some good growth before it cools off IMG_5393.jpeg These two Abyssinians survived the frost and bounced back well, the one on the left oddly enough never completely defoliated even tho the temperature was down to 23??? The one on the right did lose all of its leaves but it was pushing a new cigar three weeks later or so. Hopefully they will do even better this year with the new pond offering up radiant heat. IMG_5394.jpeg The bordelons were torched down to the ground but have grown back impressively and of course the basjoo behind them never really stopped growing they did however lose all of their leaves during the cold event. IMG_5395.jpeg This is where I moved the blood banana to help block my compost pile because the city has just assumed it was trash two or three times now. I think because it’s so close to the compost and in mostly full sun that it’s growing so fast that it’s almost choking itself, I have to be sure to keep up with lots of water for these ones back here.