View Full Version : Ensete ventricosum var. 'Maurelii'
Kevin
01-25-2010, 12:07 AM
How easy/hard is it to grow Maurelii? It's not hardy here, so I'd have it outside for the summer, then probably keep it dormant inside for the winter. I've heard soem people have had trouble with it. I was just reading this thread: http://www.bananas.org/f355/red-stripe-ensete-red-ensete-9846.html#post119492 Hawaiian Botanicals near Vancouver has them, but the picture looks suspicious. What do you think? Banana Plants at Hawaiian Botanicals (http://www.hawaiianbotanicals.com/banana.html) I really liked the one I saw at Van Dusen Gardens in the fall, but now I don't know if it's worth it.
Abnshrek
01-25-2010, 12:26 AM
It all depends on how much resources you want to devote to keeping them alive before the summer does most for you...? Then starting all over again... lol
LilRaverBoi
01-25-2010, 11:48 PM
Well, they've very beautiful, but mine didn't do well at ALL for me. Total diva of a plant...took care of it equally to the rest of my bananas/plants and I can honestly say the best if ever looked was the day I received it in the mail. Some people have no issues with them, though, and they do wonderfully. It's worth a try, definitely! They look amazing when they do well, but I'm just not a huge fan...but don't let me sway your decision!
jmilligan1976
01-26-2010, 09:25 AM
Kevin, Welcome fellow Canadian!
I have a 'Maurelli" here in Indiana's zone 5b and it's doing well potted up for me over the winter. I also have had this plant when I lived in California and it did well out there too. The key for you to be successful in WINTERPEG will be having a location for over-wintering in a warm/bright location.
I will admit that all of the Ensete sp. I have grown seem to be very variable on their vigor and survival rates even when grown in the "exact" same conditions and manner.
I often laugh when I hear people tell me that they tried a plant species once and it didn't work out for them that they aren't going to try again.....plants like bananas and tropicals so far outside of their native growing areas are going to be finicky. :bananas_b
damaclese
01-26-2010, 09:58 AM
i grow many Ensete M they are not picky at all except on one point they hate to be wet in the crown and they wont survive any were the humidity is over 40% they are native to high semi dry Forest of Ethiopia and eastern Africa if you have sandy soil and can not over water them then they will do well i think there a pretty spectacular plant no fuss no muss grate planet when so many of mine need to be watered daily here in NV
cherokee_greg
01-26-2010, 12:35 PM
I have two Ensete Ms one I got for 10.00 potted up at Lowes Its pertty good size. It looks like it is starting some new leaves I have rods in the ground next to it with a big tub over it for protection and than I have a small one I bought from Brians Botanicals of ebay its even doing better it all ready has new leaves They were even left out in that cold blast we had. I now have a pot over that one too but its doing great there tough little things. So far I really like them they seem to be tougher than all mine so far.
Max363
01-26-2010, 08:24 PM
Hey Kevin ... since I am in zone 6 maybe my experience will be of some help to you. I got 2 small 6" ens. maurii. in late Nov 08. In spite of my close careful attention to them both were dead by Jan 1. I suspect the mites they came with and the lack of soil warmth and bright light did them in. I planted some reg. ensete seeds on 3/20/09 and one was up on 4/8. That one went grew strong and beautifully for me all season and kept pace with 2 additional 6" Maurellii seedlings I bought on line in April. All three remained potted and stayed outside thru Nov18th except when the night temperature was predicted to be 35F or lower (3 inside nights). They have continued to look good and even put out new leaves with minimal watering and seem to be getting stronger as the days begin to lengthen again. So I guess my advice:for me they are fussy about light and heat when young, but as they mature they can take what the fall season brings. We both have short outside growing seasons. My plan was to keep them growing as strong as possible all winter, to have a jump start on the 2010 season, and so far my plan seems to be working. So I'd say go for it, I predict you will not be disappointed! Max
Here are some pics:
Ensete and Zebrina Seeds on planting day after their 3 week warm water soak 3/20/09:
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My one day old ensete 4/8:
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The 2 purchased Maurellii and the seed grown ensete 6/23:
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One of the Maurellii and my seed Enstete Baby on 12/30/09:
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Seed to 30" leaves in 9 monthsin Tropical Pittsburgh PA :woohoonaner::
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CookieCows
01-26-2010, 10:40 PM
i grow many Ensete M they are not picky at all except on one point they hate to be wet in the crown and they wont survive any were the humidity is over 40% they are native to high semi dry Forest of Ethiopia and eastern Africa if you have sandy soil and can not over water them then they will do well i think there a pretty spectacular plant no fuss no muss grate planet when so many of mine need to be watered daily here in NV
I didn't realize the humidity problem. I will move my Ventricosum that I got from Scott out of the humid plant room tomorrow and put it in the living room. It hasn't been looking very good. Sort of weak and pale looking.
sandy0225
01-27-2010, 09:33 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=29310&size=1I've found them to be very easy, as long as you're vigilant for spider mites when they're inside or if you have excessively dry weather. I haven't noticed that ensete don't like humidity, they do just fine here in the same conditions as the other bananas I grow. I overwinter mine in the heated basement with weak light from my grow light. They are in the corner, 10 feet or more from the light. I just dig them up bare rooted in the fall, stuff the root ball in whatever size plastic nursery pot they will fit into. I set the pots on the basement floor and spritz them with water about once a week or so. They are still growing. They do have spider mites on them now, but I spray them with 1T cooking oil and 1T suave coconut shampoo in 1 gal water once a week and that seems to be keeping the mites down. They still have good leaves on them. I did the same thing with these plants last year, but it seemed I didn't water them enough last year because they dried out more and lost some height. As long as they're alive in the spring, when you put them out they'll grow. I'll add some pictures in a few minutes.
natej740
01-27-2010, 10:09 AM
What temp do you keep your basement at Sandy??
sandy0225
01-27-2010, 10:31 AM
it's at the same temp at the rest of the house, our thermostat is set on 68 and we pulled off an extra heat vent and ran it downstairs.
cherokee_greg
01-27-2010, 03:56 PM
im confused I thought the ensete and the Maurelli were the same ?
sandy0225
01-27-2010, 04:24 PM
the maurelii is the red form of the ensete. Other than the color as far as I know they're the same.
Max363
01-27-2010, 04:30 PM
I believe the green leaf/red striped is plain"ensete ventricosum" the all over red leafed ones are "ensete ventricosum Maurelli" The Italian ambassador Maurelli found the red leafed variety while on the job in Abyssinnia, brought it back to Europe where it became hugely popular in the early 1900s and now here in the USA today! They are both members of the same family "ensete" ... so that's why I call them "cousins" - I'm thinking that my green leafed - seed grown- ensete is going to outpace his red leafed cousins this summer! I am looking to push them to the limit, and then I'll be in trouble next fall. They are taking up a lot of space this winter at 5' tall and 6' wide in my 9' ceiling rooms. I'm going to have to get very creative by Fall '10, if I am going to keep them potted and actively growing through next winter!
Michael_Andrew
01-27-2010, 04:38 PM
Ensete Ventricosum
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Ensete Ventricusom var. Maurelli
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var. Maurelli is an ensete ventricosum that has the red coloring. The one above was planted in May '09 at about 2 to 3 feet tall. The picture above is 4 months later at about 10 or 11 feet. I didn't do anything special just water and fertz.
Now its in the basement at around 55 degrees and low light. It still has pushed out a leaf.
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Michael
Max363
01-27-2010, 06:23 PM
Michael that is a great looking maurelii! Be sure to post more pics of it again during the coming growing season. I would be anxious to follow how such a big pseudo stem grows the next season after a winter of minimum care, light etc. in a zone just like mine! Thanks in advance! Max
Kylie2x
02-16-2010, 11:55 AM
Maurelli has been very stable and easy to grow here in Texas.. even after the Cows tore up fence and ate most of the Banana's I had.. it returned just fine and is inside putting on new leaves..I dug it up and potted it..The only water it has had since Oct is about 12oz...Here is what the cows left me to work with..LOL
Kylie
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/kylie2x/003-8.jpg
tikifarmer
02-19-2010, 02:07 PM
I have had good luck storing the psuedostem , bareroot on a concrete floor in a cool dark basement (and it never gets any water) . I bought this one 2.5 years ago about 3' tall . The first summer it got to 6 or 7' . I dug it up took it to the basement and leaned it up against the wall , took it back out around the beginning of May and it started putting out leaves almost immediately . Last year it ended the growing season around 10' or so . Hopefully I can get some more growth out of it this year but , it may be too heavy to move come fall .
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q111/mechaneer/P1010697.jpg
Kevin
02-19-2010, 02:47 PM
Wow! That's the look I'm going for! I hope to one day be able to have that in my yard!
saltydad
02-19-2010, 02:47 PM
My Maurelli is in the living room potted for the winter. It has continued to grow and put out new leaves, although at a much slower rate. It is next to a large bay window. As it is still growing, I have continued to water it weekly. Only problem is it's leaning way over. Not a problem as it goes back in the ground in 2 more months (fingers crossed).
sandy0225
03-04-2010, 08:26 PM
mine in the basement were starting to dry out a little, so I've been watering them more often. I'm watering (using a hose and sprinkling down the bare roots) twice a week now and now they are pushing up new leaves.
Max363
03-14-2010, 04:30 AM
Two weeks ago I put my two maurellii and my biggest Bordelon outside on the front yard/grassy shoveled mailman path for some fresh air on a 50F day, even though there was about 1.5' of snow still lingering. I just want to toughen them up and to remind them that they are not in Abysinnia any more! :ha:
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Dean W.
03-23-2010, 05:37 PM
Great photos!!! Keep us updated.:bananas_b
cherokee_greg
04-09-2010, 08:59 AM
My maureliis are doing good
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=30724&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=30724&ppuser=5959)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=30722&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=30722&ppuser=5959)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=30723&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=30723&ppuser=5959)
jack hagenaars
04-12-2010, 02:22 PM
I mulched mine this year...and it survived zone 8....all be it it was a mild winter...
jack hagenaars
06-20-2010, 12:39 PM
I spoke too soon....it finally bit the dust........
Max363
06-23-2010, 02:17 AM
Jack - It just is baffling to me that you are so far north of here and yet you are at least zone and a half warmer! ... anyway three months since my last post down below, all the snow is gone :-) the babies have all been in the ground about 8 weeks and the two reds are now neck and neck in size! I can't even remember which was the smaller one in my post from March. It has recovered from its shrinkage this winter, since they were the exact same size in Nov. at the hard frost. One shrunk somewhat in the house over the winter but now they are even again. The Bordelon from the picture in that March post has not put on many new leaves or gained height but it hasmade a few very nice pups that are doing very well.
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Hopefully by the season's end, the Maurelli will be taller then the Brugmansia -which in the pic above is in it's second bloom cycle for this year and is about six foor tall.
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I think this was the smaller Maurellii who has worked hard to catch up !
I'm anxious to see the progress of other members Red Abysinnians, especially those who stored them bareroot in cellars and such - I might be forced into that type of winter storage this year - especially if it continues to be a rainy growing season!
nucci60
06-24-2010, 10:11 PM
my potted maurelli did very well the past two winters in the basement with very little light and water. it is crowded in with Basjoos and a sikki near one small basement window.That banana and a raja puri stay nice and "fat" all winter , while the basjoos seem to get thin by spring.:waving:
Clare_CA
06-25-2010, 12:15 PM
Here's mine. I think it's been in the ground for about nine months. It was in a one-gallon container when I bought it.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Clare_CA/bananas/DSC03839.jpg
natej740
06-27-2010, 12:39 AM
Heres mine...It looks weak compared to Clare's...lol
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Max363
06-27-2010, 09:43 PM
Nate - actually your Maurellii looks great - I'm guessing you've overwintered it at least one year already? First of all it's in a pot and they need more attention in a pot than in the ground - secondly we are growing fancy banana-cousin plants in the Midwest! - I heard that bananas are only slightly harder to grow for pplz in Ca than dandelions are for us in Ohio or PA! ;-) My neighbors said I was cruel when I put it out my bananas when there was still snow on the ground (but on a 50 something degree day) in late Feb (the pic is further down in this post) - I want my bananas to be tough - they need to know that they are no longer in Abysinnia - where ever that is! LOL
I still would like to see the progress of a Maurelli that someone kept wrapped and semi-bareroot over the winter in a basement or garage - especially since I may have to keep it over next winter that way because of the size they are packing on!
nucci60
06-27-2010, 10:40 PM
both your maurelliis look great. You cannot really "toughen " your plant. It is at least a zone 8 banana, and exposing it to unnatural cold will only harm it. they overwinter in a basement much better than basjoo. I keep mine potted because they can get very big and heavy if planted in the ground.
Clare_CA
06-28-2010, 01:38 PM
Heres mine...It looks weak compared to Clare's...lol
Nate, your Maurelli looks great. Max is right that we can just stick them in them in the ground here and forget about them, and they get huge! You growers in colder regions have to go through so much to protect them and grow them well. My hat is off to you. It takes a lot of work to protect them in the winter. My friend Don in Kansas has a huge one, and I believe he stores his bananas in his basement every winter along with many other tropicals. He has a tropical paradise every summer there in Kansas. I think he's here on this forum once in a while, and he posts a lot over at Dave's Garden. I'll see if I can find the thread where he posted his Maurelli recently.
Max363
06-28-2010, 01:48 PM
Hey Clare - Thanks for being such a good sport! I sell a few bananas and a lot of cannas on ebay - often to people from the southern states, who often when they buy them write and say that if they had to dig them up and store them every year ( after all my tropicals spend more than half their lives in my garage!! - LOL), they would never grow them - Yeah it's a lot of work growing tropicals up north - but given the rewards of such lush foliage and colorful tropical flowers, I think it is sooo worth all the effort!
Max363
06-28-2010, 02:00 PM
both your maurelliis look great. You cannot really "toughen " your plant.
Thanks Nucci, and I do know that bananas really cannot be toughened, but hey I like to think they can be toughened; after all us yankee tropical plants enthusiasts are delusional by definition! LOL We hear all the time: "You can't grow - (fill in the blank: bananas, palms, papaya, brugmansia trees, southern magnolias, crepe myrtles, cotton, etc. etc.) in Pennsylvania!!" Hmmm - I wondering why traffic slows down out front when the Brug is in full bloom! :03:
nucci60
06-28-2010, 03:40 PM
Max, I feel your pain because I try to zone push myself. I do find the maurelii easy to store. I only leave the lead leaf on stick it in the cellar upright. It still grows a couple of leaves over winter. he problem with living in zone 6 is, you can't even trust putting plants in the garage (at least not in an old garage) for fear of freezing. When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, I would just shake my head watching palms growing through cracks in the sidewalk with no care.:waving:
Max363
06-28-2010, 04:20 PM
Max, ... the problem with living in zone 6 is, you can't even trust putting plants in the garage (at least not in an old garage) for fear of freezing. When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, I would just shake my head watching palms growing through cracks in the sidewalk with no care.
I guess I am especially blessed then that my garage is an integral one - and directly beneath my living room - should something go wrong with the heat in there - I know about it fairly quickly! - WOW! I wish palms grew in my sidewalk cracks instead of Norway maples or crab grass!
:ha:
Kevin
06-28-2010, 05:40 PM
Thanks for all the pics and info people! Very nice! So, I guess the one in the link I posted in the first post here is not Maurelii, but what is it? Looks very odd with bright green leaves with red mid rib and red on the back of the leaf. I don't want to order it if it really is not right.
LilRaverBoi
06-28-2010, 09:53 PM
I do know that bananas really cannot be toughened, but hey I like to think they can be toughened;
Well, on the topic of temperature, I really don't think they can be toughened. However, if you're talking sunlight or wind, they definitely can be toughened up. Plants grown indoors are much more frail and susceptible to sunburn and wind damage than plants growing outdoors for a while. just tossin' that out there.
Max363
06-28-2010, 10:58 PM
Kevin -the plant you originally referenced in this post is - if you pardon the expression -a "generic" or perhaps species ensete ventricosum: it has beautiful wide green leaves with the distinctive red rib on the reverse side of the leaf. It can be grown from seed - as I did myself last year, or bought as a small or larger plant. From what I have read or seen, the ensete ventricosum - var. Maurellii is like the red/black leafed cousin of the greenleafed-red ribbed variety and is obtained from tissue cloned plants - or by slicing a mature plant to a stump and then gutting heart out of it!! <--This rather brutal propagation method has been described and documented here on another thread. Both are beautiful plants worthy of your attention, so you cannot make a "wrong" purchase. The Maurelli type is commercially more expensive due to the difficulty in propagation, but there are often listings on here with very reasonable prices for Maurellii starter plants. I hope this helped make it a little clearer to you now ... and sorry for being one of the hijackers of your thread!
Kevin
06-28-2010, 11:43 PM
Thanks. So, you think the one in the photo is a straight ventricosum? I agree, both are nice, but var. maurelii is by far the nicer one, in my opinion. I haven't seen it offered for sale in Canada, so I'm not sure if I can get one.
And yes, this thread did get hijacked a bit, but the pics and info are really helpful. I only have a Dwarf Orinoco right now, and I would love for my next one to be a maurelii, or some other nice ornamental type.
nucci60
06-29-2010, 07:18 AM
Thanks for all the pics and info people! Very nice! So, I guess the one in the link I posted in the first post here is not Maurelii, but what is it? Looks very odd with bright green leaves with red mid rib and red on the back of the leaf. I don't want to order it if it really is not right.Kevi, I think tht photo was photoshopped or altered i some other way. It is most likely a maurelii that had the red enhanced.I would love a banana that actually looked loke that, as would others.:waving:
Kevi, I think tht photo was photoshopped or altered i some other way. It is most likely a maurelii that had the red enhanced.I would love a banana that actually looked loke that, as would others.:waving:Please excuse that spelling! Wow!
LilRaverBoi
06-29-2010, 08:53 PM
Thanks. So, you think the one in the photo is a straight ventricosum? I agree, both are nice, but var. maurelii is by far the nicer one, in my opinion.
Which picture are we referring to here? Can you repost it again?
Kevin
06-30-2010, 12:01 AM
It's the one from the first post of this thread, here: Banana Plants at Hawaiian Botanicals (http://www.hawaiianbotanicals.com/banana.html)
Kevin
07-02-2010, 09:04 PM
I got one! I was at a local garden centre, and there there were: 5 plants in one gallon pots, labelled 'Ensete Maurel'. Close enough. I hope it is what I think it is. (I only got one). I didn't expect to find them, but sometimes the garden centres bring in things that they really don't know what they are. Mostly, they just order wholesale, without a list, and sometimes we get lucky. Yay!
I also picked up a Dwarf Green from another place. I thought it looked nice with the somewhat pointy leaves, and a nice red trim to the leaves.
LilRaverBoi
07-02-2010, 09:23 PM
It's the one from the first post of this thread, here: Banana Plants at Hawaiian Botanicals (http://www.hawaiianbotanicals.com/banana.html)
That's definitely a Maurelii....doubt it was photoshopped/edited, but that's definitely not a typical presentation of the red coloration. They do vary quite a bit in that department, though.
Clare_CA
10-22-2011, 01:11 PM
Here's mine. I think it's been in the ground for about nine months. It was in a one-gallon container when I bought it.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Clare_CA/bananas/DSC03839.jpg
Here's my Ensete 'Maurelii' now, and my husband wants me to move it. Does anyone know if it will be hard to dig out?
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Clare_CA/102111032.jpg
I think it was RJ that warned me not to plant it there, and I should have listened:-)
sunfish
10-22-2011, 01:19 PM
Just get a big a rootball as possible should be no problem
caliboy1994
10-22-2011, 06:19 PM
Just stopped by Home Depot today and they had a lot of Maureliis on sale.
wildfruitnut
12-12-2012, 02:14 PM
Hello banana folks.
I'm brand new here and this is my first post. Just thought I'd revive this older thread by sharing this awesome link. I'm not sure of the zone this fella is growing his in but must be cold enough to have to store it for the winter. As well as not being able to uncover it completely until May 4th. I'm guessing zone 6-ish.
The text is in German so you'll have to select the Google translate option. Check it out!:
Bilder von Familie End aus Jöhlingen (http://www.bananenhobby.de/Maurellii%20doku.htm)
lava lounge
03-04-2013, 10:24 PM
I grow one of these in michigan and its unreal how well its done. It goes in the ground after the last frost and back inside and bare rooted in the fall.
the root ball is so large its actually getting to large to muscle around to bring inside, Im not sure what I will do in the future.
I bring it inside with a dry rootball and I put it in a large garbage bag which basically keeps the floor clean but I leave the bag open so air can circulate and put it in a dark corner in the basement.
The plant throws at least 3 more leaves in this dormant state which blows my mind and with the lack of light the leaves are white.
Its an awesome plant.
wildfruitnut
03-13-2013, 12:42 AM
I purchased two of these from Northern Tropics earlier this winter. Sandy's the one who started this thread.
My plan is to plant these in-ground once we're past the last frost for my zone 6b. I hope I have at least, some of the success that others here have obviously had. It's a beautiful plant and should be showcased accordingly.
I'm hoping it takes well to a good fertilizer routine as has been indicated by others.
stalewiak
03-13-2013, 04:29 AM
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greetings from Polish :08:
sunfish
03-13-2013, 06:28 AM
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greetings from Polish :08:
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wildfruitnut
03-14-2013, 11:44 PM
Very nice! Will you be planting it outdoors this spring?
Olafhenny
08-11-2013, 11:52 PM
I spoke too soon....it finally bit the dust........
Hi Jack,
I am just getting ready to do some experiments with my new E. Maurelii and thus am gathering
all the info I can get. Sorry about the demise of yours. The amazing thing is, that you got it
through the winter and then it succumbed in June. It certainly can't be the cold in Victoria, so
it must be the humidity. Coming from Abyssinia they are used to dry weather. What is your
exact exposure; to the "straight" or the west coast? I believe that makes a lot of difference
on the island.
Best,
Olaf
stalewiak
08-15-2013, 06:37 AM
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