cheson74
06-12-2012, 09:23 PM
I started this garden back in December and it looked like the photo below. I had 3 plots that looked the same.
http://asianguywithacamera.com/stao/images/Hawaii/empty%20plot.jpg
My cousin knows one of the zoo keepers at Honolulu Zoo. They keep about 6 piles of zoo compost which is turned weekly. After 5-6 pickup loads of compost later, the garden was ready for planting. Zoo dung is amazing! This is the initial planting of the one plot:
http://asianguywithacamera.com/stao/images/Hawaii/initial%20planting.JPG
6 months later, the rest looks like this:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49268&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49268) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49286&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49286)
In the one plot, I have taro growing.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49274&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49274&ppuser=7363)
Other random bananas and plants:
Lilikoi, Kale and Lemongrass
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49273&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49273) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49272)
Heliconia Lobster Claw and Tapioca
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49281&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49281) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49283&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49283)
Dwarf Namwah, Gingers and Plumerias
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49261&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49261) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49258&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49258)
Williams Hybrid planted 3 months ago and today
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48081&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48081) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49262&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49262)
Super Dwarf Cavendish planted a month ago
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49266&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49266)
Yug (member on this site) donated a nice size Dwarf Brazilian pup. It was about 4.5 ft pstem height and now has about 10 feet of pstem. I placed a little bottle of Cutter Mosquito Repellent at the base of the pstem for size reference.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49288&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49288&ppuser=7363)
Luckily, there was a Samoan Mountain Apple tree, tangerine tree, mango tree and guava tree at the site. Here's the Samoan Mountain Apple tree and guava
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49278&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49278) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49282&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49282)
Thanks for looking. I still have a lot of work to do before I'll be happy with the garden.
http://asianguywithacamera.com/stao/images/Hawaii/empty%20plot.jpg
My cousin knows one of the zoo keepers at Honolulu Zoo. They keep about 6 piles of zoo compost which is turned weekly. After 5-6 pickup loads of compost later, the garden was ready for planting. Zoo dung is amazing! This is the initial planting of the one plot:
http://asianguywithacamera.com/stao/images/Hawaii/initial%20planting.JPG
6 months later, the rest looks like this:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49268&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49268) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49286&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49286)
In the one plot, I have taro growing.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49274&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49274&ppuser=7363)
Other random bananas and plants:
Lilikoi, Kale and Lemongrass
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49273&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49273) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49272)
Heliconia Lobster Claw and Tapioca
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49281&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49281) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49283&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49283)
Dwarf Namwah, Gingers and Plumerias
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49261&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49261) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49258&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49258)
Williams Hybrid planted 3 months ago and today
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48081&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48081) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49262&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49262)
Super Dwarf Cavendish planted a month ago
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49266&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49266)
Yug (member on this site) donated a nice size Dwarf Brazilian pup. It was about 4.5 ft pstem height and now has about 10 feet of pstem. I placed a little bottle of Cutter Mosquito Repellent at the base of the pstem for size reference.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49288&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49288&ppuser=7363)
Luckily, there was a Samoan Mountain Apple tree, tangerine tree, mango tree and guava tree at the site. Here's the Samoan Mountain Apple tree and guava
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49278&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49278) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49282&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49282)
Thanks for looking. I still have a lot of work to do before I'll be happy with the garden.