Jananas Bananas
08-05-2010, 11:35 AM
Yesterday I had to make a Home Depot run because I was out of Perlite and I need to separate some pups. Well I can't just go and get the Perlite, I have to look around. The had a nice banana tagged as a High Color Mini that I put in my buggy (was marked $19.98 but I bought for ten bucks). I went inside to the "tropicals" and found these poor pathetic bananas. There were three of them. An exuberant employee asked if I needed some help and I told him I was looking for some Perlite...yada, yada, yada, I asked him what he could about these little bananas. I told him they had mealy bugs and showed them to him and told him they were dying. He shrugged and said he just threw away $2000 worth of plants because they were wilted. He said if I wanted to buy one he would give me all of them. I said I would do that, they were marked $8.98. He went to the register with me and told the clerk to give me the little ones because they were dying and he would just throw them away. The register wouldn't let them zero out so they let me have them for a penny each. All three have one cute little healthy looking pup, so they came home with me. I immediately put them in my "ICU" isolation unit and started the process. We'll see what happens.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35274&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35274)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35278&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35278)
Here are the pups:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35273&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35273)
Had to cut this one to soil level and still couldn't get rid of the black
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35272)
This one I was able to keep some of the p-stem
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35271&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35271)
Some of the nasty damaging culprits - Mealybugs
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35270&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35270)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35277&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35277)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35275&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35275)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35276&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35276)
Looking better but this one may have to get whacked off too.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35279&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35279)
~JaNan
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35274&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35274)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35278&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35278)
Here are the pups:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35273&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35273)
Had to cut this one to soil level and still couldn't get rid of the black
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35272)
This one I was able to keep some of the p-stem
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35271&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35271)
Some of the nasty damaging culprits - Mealybugs
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35270&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35270)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35277&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35277)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35275&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35275)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35276&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35276)
Looking better but this one may have to get whacked off too.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35279&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35279)
~JaNan