View Full Version : Basjoo pushing up already
wxman
03-18-2012, 07:33 PM
I buried it a foot deep last fall and covered it with plastic. Pushing up!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/wxman81/51c70244.jpg
Dreaminofthetropics
03-18-2012, 07:49 PM
YAY Thats awesome! I just fertilized everything then we got two days of rain I'm excited to see what's going on out there now! I worked 16 hrs last 4 days so haven't gotten to look its been dark when I get home :D Congrats again and YAY for spring!
palmtree
03-18-2012, 09:20 PM
Wow congrats! I think mine are dead. They were really weak during the season, but My Thai Black grew back so maybe my basjoo will too!
The warm weather sure is helping plants along this year!
TrailGaiter
03-19-2012, 08:57 PM
This WI winter has been amazing, hasn't it!? My basjoos (and maurelii) are still in the basement....I plan on leaving the basjoos out next winter. But they've been growing like a weed all winter, so hopefully will have a good start!
saltydad
03-19-2012, 11:14 PM
My basjoos started pushing up from the ground too. Haven't cut down the p-stems to see if growth there too. What a winter!
natej740
03-20-2012, 10:42 AM
Heres mine already....Zone 6 Central Ohio. I got about 2.5-3 foot to work with already. They are gonna get huge this year!
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48164&ppuser=5962><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48164&size=1 border=0></a>
Raymond
03-20-2012, 12:10 PM
Ok ok.....So we all have bananas coming up..I have about 12 coming up so far and i am as happy as you all but what if and im sure we will have a hard freez and or snow????
Do we recover or just let what happens happen??
oakshadows
03-20-2012, 05:15 PM
YAY Thats awesome! I just fertilized everything then we got two days of rain I'm excited to see what's going on out there now! I worked 16 hrs last 4 days so haven't gotten to look its been dark when I get home :D Congrats again and YAY for spring!
Kat, we are planting the t/c basjoos finally. They sure grow fast. All of them are root bound so we had too remove some of the roots. Still have a multitude to put in the ground and have found a good method. Got a tiller at a yard sale and it makes a nice whole fast. Not as deep as we would like but with the sand here I don't think there will be any problem. Have to repot all of the maurelii as they also are getting root bound. How is the nursery doing? Did you lose anything over the winter? Got to get up there and check out your progress.
kaczercat
03-21-2012, 08:35 PM
that looks great it amazing what these can survive! I planted mine late 2010 aug. I would have planted it deeper but i was a real amature back then. so last fall around early Nov I added a couple inches of soil I dug it back so show the original ground level after planting. and you can see how much P-stem I was able to save.
ok here's a little timeline-May 22 2011
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42949&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42949)
June 4 2011
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43256&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43256)
July 26 2011
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44590&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44590)
Sept 1 2011
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45479&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45479)
March 15 2012
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48119&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48119)
saltydad
03-22-2012, 12:53 AM
Cut the p-stems today, and holy sh*t. One had a leaf coming out at over 6 ft.! As a matter of fact, I cut the first one and accidentally cut into the new leaf stalk. Man, give me these zone 8b winters any time!!
sandy0225
03-23-2012, 05:06 PM
some of mine are starting to sprout too. And that's a couple of them that I looked at so far by the side door. They are planted a foot deep and I didn't mulch them at all.
They shouldn't be up until May usually.
natej740
03-25-2012, 10:47 AM
Its been growing like crazy...now they are sayin we have a frost warning tomorrow. Any suggestions on what to do to protect it? Here it is now....
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48231&ppuser=5962><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48231&size=1 border=0></a>
tmc2009
03-25-2012, 11:15 AM
They're forecasting 21 F for Monday night and 30 F Tuesday night here in the Boston area. The ones I have in pots, I will bring in but I think I might build something from pvc or just put some plastic (drop cloth)over the one I replanted and put an electric heater under the plastic. I just called the nursery about my peach trees which are about to open their flowers. They said they would be fine but I don't know. I'd like to have peaches this year.
Moonshiner
03-25-2012, 12:01 PM
I'm just putting the same bags of leaves I had around them all winter back into place an covering with a tarp. If it stays cloudy I'll leave it in place for Tuesday and Tuesday night. If it gets too sunny might uncover for the day. Don't want to cook them.
I got busy last weekend and divided my DC and planted half in the ground, the other half back in the pot. Figure it will be ok under a tarp as well, since I really don't have a choice now. I guess I could pull it back out of the ground and bring it in for the night, but really don't want to shock the roots that much.
lwabirds
03-27-2012, 02:19 PM
I have some that are already 5' tall. The frost last night turned the leaves black.
sandy0225
03-27-2012, 06:04 PM
cardboard boxes are ideal covers. If you have any the right size.
buffy
04-01-2012, 09:45 PM
I have 3 pseudostems in bloom right now. It's kinda cool to get fruit on these.
saltydad
04-02-2012, 03:01 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48258&size=1
The one with the leaf hanging down is over 7 ft. tall if straightened!
mksmth
04-19-2012, 09:53 AM
here is mine the day i uncovered them, March 21st
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2905/20120321173235442.jpg
and then today
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1315/201204190725312.jpg
The mother corm didnt survive but the pups are doing great, Infact I have already remove 3 and relocated them into other parts of the yard and they are taking off as well.
mike
auburnfan28
04-19-2012, 10:02 AM
@mksmth. Those things are really taking off. How ling have they been in the ground?
mksmth
04-19-2012, 10:29 AM
Thanks Auburn
it all started April 9th of last year when my mother bought me one for my birthday. I did put down a hefty dose of milorganite about 3 weeks ago. We had a record warm march and so far we are above average for rain so Im sure that is helping with all the growth.
mike
momofcnz
04-21-2012, 02:06 PM
I am so disappointed! I am new to bananas, bought 2 big Basjoos from a nursery last July and they were the focal point of my yard. Dug up 2 pups last fall and brought them inside. I of those survived. Cut down the 2 mamas, mulched them in and covered them with buckets so the p-stems wouldn't get soggy but it looks like they did. I'm not hopeful. I also brought in a smaller mail ordered banana but it didn't survive. So I'm down to just 1 pup that's doing well but small. I want bananas but I can't buy 2 $50 plants each year to have them die. My plan is to buy cheaper ones if I can find them at Home Depot or Lowes and try again. So sad!
kaczercat
04-23-2012, 05:35 PM
I can finally upload pics again, thanks photobucket!
Here The basjoo's are around April 18
<a href="http://s665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/Kaczerm/?action=view&current=IMG_0483.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/Kaczerm/IMG_0483.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Iunepeace
04-23-2012, 10:01 PM
Cool!
JuniPerez
04-25-2012, 08:16 AM
Hate to crash a Basjoo thread with something other than, but does anyone know if it's normal for Sikkimensis to take longer than basjoos to sprout back? My Sikkimensis isn't showing signs of life, but it's nice and solid. It's my first year leaving it in ground with the basjoos.
kaczercat
04-25-2012, 01:07 PM
Hate to crash a Basjoo thread with something other than, but does anyone know if it's normal for Sikkimensis to take longer than basjoos to sprout back? My Sikkimensis isn't showing signs of life, but it's nice and solid. It's my first year leaving it in ground with the basjoos.
I would guess around the same time, maybe May will bring good growth!
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