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tabaco
07-25-2010, 01:44 AM
Eyup!
It's my first post in which I'd like to say hallo to everyone.
I'm Marcin, 29 y.o. I'm from Poland zone 6A (but live in Germany at the moment).
So, I'm into bananas, palms, yuccas and other exotics of which my collection keeps
growing.
I got basjoo, sikkim 'Red Tiger', 'Siam Ruby', some Ensetes, trachys, Butia and many more "treasures"
People here say I got totally crazy cuz of my hobby:woohoonaner:
Looking forward to meet people from cold zones like mine to share our experience

:bananas_b

Jack Daw
07-25-2010, 05:28 AM
Hehe, you definitely got crazy, but the good news is that you're not the only one crazy here. ;)
Welcome from your southern neighbour.

Abnshrek
07-25-2010, 07:47 AM
Hello & Welcome to the Org. from the Sportsman's Paradise USA. Sounds like you have a full blown passion for plants. :^)

Caloosamusa
07-25-2010, 12:19 PM
Hello and Welcome Tabaco from Florida in the United States! It is only occasionally cold here but it does freeze!! Good weather and Good growing to you!! :2239:

LilRaverBoi
07-25-2010, 12:47 PM
Welcome to the site, Marcin. I actually went to college with someone named Marcin who was from Poland! Small world! Hope you enjoy the site and learn a lot here.

Yazdah!!

Narnia
07-25-2010, 05:37 PM
Welcome Marcin . Anything you want to know about bananas....youll find@ bananas.org! -Two Edged Sword.

CoryS
07-25-2010, 07:03 PM
Welcome to the site! There is tons of information on about every plant here. :D

cherokee_greg
07-25-2010, 10:25 PM
Welcome from California happy you found us

chasbear
07-25-2010, 10:57 PM
Welcome to the forum and we all hope you find many things to enjoy and learn. Hopefully you'll be sharing some photos of your collections and local scenery there!

saltydad
07-26-2010, 12:15 AM
Welcome to you from the beautiful state of Maryland, USA.

DoctorSteve
07-26-2010, 09:43 AM
Welcome from sunny California. Everyone here is very helpful they should be able to help you grow your bananas. I am not in zone 6a so I may not be able to help very much.

tabaco
07-26-2010, 07:22 PM
Thanx y'all for a warm welcome :bananas_b
When I'm back home again (in September :( ) will take some pics of my nanas and other stuff and show to you. Hope there will be something to show cuz since my puppy likes gardening there's a lot of damage in my garden...

Dalmatiansoap
07-27-2010, 01:30 AM
Hello there and Welcome from Croatia!
:woohoonaner:

PennyG
07-27-2010, 05:24 AM
Hello there and Welcome.:waving:

Jezebel
09-09-2010, 03:49 PM
Welcome from Turkey .:birthdaynana:
Which plants are you growing ?

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stumpy4700
09-09-2010, 04:41 PM
Welcome to the site. You have a good collection so far.

Max363
09-09-2010, 09:20 PM
Witamy Marcin! My family on both my parents' side came here from Poland 130 years ago and brought with them a passion for growing unusual and beautiful things - that's probably one of the reasons I ended up on this site! Pittsburgh PA is an officially Zone 6 area, so we share the same growing challenges and probably similar experiences with neighbors wondering what crazy inappropriate (to our climate!) plant/tree/vine we will be growing next!

Zgadzamy się na mają Państwo tutaj! Max

tabaco
04-29-2012, 12:38 PM
Hi there
I must say that last winter killed most of my plants. All I got left are few lousy bananas and colocasias :0491:

Richard
04-29-2012, 06:18 PM
Hi there
I must say that last winter killed most of my plants. All I got left are few lousy bananas and colocasias :0491:

Time to import a greenhouse from Denmark.

tabaco
04-29-2012, 06:22 PM
Do you think a greenhouse will protect my plants from cold during 2-3 weeks of temps like -30C. I cannot afford to heat it:coldbanana:
Anyway, no need to import it. Plenty of the stuff here:ha:

harveyc
04-29-2012, 11:03 PM
Do you think a greenhouse will protect my plants from cold during 2-3 weeks of temps like -30C. I cannot afford to heat it:coldbanana:
Anyway, no need to import it. Plenty of the stuff here:ha:

No, not with those extreme temperatures. The most likely method to succeed with those temperatures is to dig up your plants before winter sets in, trim off the leaves, and store them in a garage or under your house, basement, etc. until spring.

laserlight
04-30-2012, 01:39 AM
Hallo und willkommen. I started a thread and it has tons of information for keeping banana plants alive in the winter. =) btw I know how that feels. I lost my banana plants last winter too.

tabaco
04-30-2012, 01:46 AM
Servus
I tried the basement method but in the first year all plants rotted cos the air in the basement was just too humid. Last year because we did get no snow cover whatsoever the frost got its way deep into soil and the basement-it had never happened before-so everything including potatoes froze.
This year is the last year I try to overwinter banana "trunks" in a warmer and dry storage room. If it fails I'll give up.

laserlight
04-30-2012, 02:07 AM
I am only trying for one more year too. I am getting 2 Velutina banana plants because they only grow 8 feet tall. I will keep them inside near the furnace in winter and I won't water them or fertilize them till spring. If they droop too much I may give them a very little water. If they don't stay alive there are other plants I can grow. I wish us both luck.
Bis dann. =)

tabaco
04-30-2012, 02:25 AM
Must say I did not mean I was gonna stop growing bananas at all. Every year I pot up some pups and keep 'em on my windowsill. They don't grow as big as I would like them to. I wish I could have a huuuuge banana plants in my garden. Gonna get myself that 'Mekong Giant' and see if it grows as they promise.

BTW my 'Siam Ruby' ain't ruby :(

laserlight
04-30-2012, 02:44 AM
Oh! Alles klar. maybe I should not give up so easy. I read that banana Plants can make Pups but I've only been growing them one year and my 2 banana Plants didn't grow very big and didn't make any Pups. They do look really cool if they would grow more! =D

I saw that Siam Ruby banana Plant at a nursery site but the plants in the picture were all green. Maybe there is more than 1 kind. I'm going to google that Mekong Giant. That sounds amazing! What kinds of banana Plants are you growing now?

EDIT: I just saw it at Brian Botanicals and zOmg! That's massive! I would need to live in a giant house, lol. thanks for the heads up!

tabaco
04-30-2012, 03:15 AM
At the mo I have basjoo, itinerans, sikkimensis (from a German friend), Siam Ruby and Thai Black. But the last one I had to cut down to the ground level because of rotting. It is still alive but I don't know for how much longer.
I also have Ensete Maurelii.
Fortunately there is Markus Jonda in Germany and he sells various banana plants at very affordable prices. Top quality plants not some elongated twigs grown in pure peat. Soon he'll have Mekong Giant for sale :goteam:
As for Siam Ruby there are greener varieties which grow faster and do not need that high temps to get them going. The original SR becomes red if given plenty of sun and heat.