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marenmar
05-10-2010, 09:52 AM
The first and only Ensete that sprouted for me is SO white..
Is this normal in the early stages of growth? How do I best take care of this seedling? Thanks for your help.
Best Regards,
Marguérite
Dalmatiansoap
05-10-2010, 09:56 AM
Wow! How big/old is it?
:woohoonaner:
marenmar
05-10-2010, 10:00 AM
Almost 1 month old..1 leave..2nd on it's way..I'll post a pic later this evening..then it'll better to determine whether it has normal colouring or not:)
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31435><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31435&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31435><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31435 border=0></a>
Dalmatiansoap
05-10-2010, 12:55 PM
None of my, maybe more than 50 Ensetes till now, didnt have colour like that one! Keep that baby very good, it will be veeerryy interesting to see what will be with it.
:nanadrink:
Congrats
Abnshrek
05-10-2010, 04:33 PM
Now that looks cool :^)
saltydad
05-10-2010, 04:41 PM
I like that!
griphuz
05-11-2010, 10:30 AM
That's very strange, unfortunately these things do not tend to stay this way for long. They either die because the food in the seed in finished and can't metabolise themselves due to the lack of chlorophile, or they eventually turn green to be able to stay alive.
I'm quite curious to se what will happen, but keep it away from direct sunlight for now I'd say,....to prevent burning these tender leaves.
Kind regards,
Remko.
LilRaverBoi
05-13-2010, 01:18 AM
Yeah, typically such seedlings do not survive due to lack of chlorophyll or sunburn. Definitely keep it going and see what you can do with it though! Best of luck!
AmberNichole
05-25-2010, 06:01 PM
any updates? How is the little guy doing?
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