saturn13
02-03-2013, 09:52 AM
I have some banana plants from FHN. The oldest are 6 months. 6 Cavendish, 4 Grain Nain. I am surprised at the different growth rates. Double,Dwarf Brazilian All are doing well except X and Zebrina are slow growing.Rhino Horn barely growing. Margarita died as did 2 Siam Ruby. Truly Tiny and Little Prince are growing,but I do not know hpw well since they are so small.Viente Cohol is a good grower.I have kept it in a small pot and it is growing out the bottom. Too tall for the greenhouse,I will plant it out in March and hope for this rapid growth,they say and make before next Winter.No way.The container plants have kept growing.I have recently got another Siam and it did not come root-bound like Pisang Raja and Gold Finger. It looks bad and might die. I did not ask for replacement since I may have done something wrong. 1 Cavendish from Burgess is growing great.Texas Star,Lady Finger,Cal. Gold,Pineapple from Green Earth look good.Apple wilted.Trunk is good.I have removed the dead leaves from the stalk and I hope Sun light will bring it back.I see that Cal. Gold is a dwarf Orinco.I did want 1 of those,but did not expect that.Suppose to be cold tolerant,but they look like my Horse and they are not.Texas Star sounds good.Going to set them outdoors and see how they do even though they are dwarfs and could cover them.
I have been growing bananas here for 60 years. I have had trouble with freezes and wind blowing over the tall bananas. I have gone to dwarfs. I made a temporary greenhouse for my new bananas.PVC and common 1 mil. plastic drop sheeting.They had stopped growing. In the greenhouse they are growing again. The plastic is opaque, but does not hurt except they are lighter in color. UV has not hurt the plastic in 4 mo. I used contact cement to attach to the frame.It does come unglued after awhile. It gets into the 90s with direct sunlight, but is ambient when the Sun is gone. I have not had a freeze and only 1 month to go.Don't look like I will need it,but it did keep them growing.I hope next winter I will have fruit and I will rebuild the greenhouse. I will remove the plastic when it gets too hot. I did not give enough clearance on the Brazil and it is hitting the top. Good grower.
6-27-13. It has been a year and no miracles. No blooms. The Brazil's at 5', so it might make this year. Cavendish,Grain Nain are 3' so probably will not fruit. From FHN I got a Pisang Raja, Gross Michel,Dwarf Red,FHIA 1,3. I set out everything except Dwarf Red. All are growing very well in a new spot I tried. The Rhino Horn died and I replaced it with some I found at Walmart. 4 plants in one pot. They are growing strong. The Burgess Cavendish is not growing super in the ground. It is ok. The Viente Cohal was doing great in a pot, but set out with all the rest, it is not growing well. The Pisang Raja, Ladyfinger, Cal. Gold., Gros Michel, Dwarf Rajapuri, Apple,FHIA-1,3 are great growers. The new spot may be the reason though. I fertilize every 2 weeks in good growing conditions.
11-16-13 The reason may be because there are signs of earth worms. They may have caused the earth to be soft and I had some blow over. I staked them and now they are well anchored with there own roots. The Gros Michel is a strong grower. It grew 1' a month. About like the Mysore. The Mysore has small heads and small bananas. The Gros Michel has large heads and large bananas,nice. The Gros Michel surprised me by making 5 new plants at once, all evenly arranged around the plant. It makes its own props. They are not growing fast like the Brazil though. 7' now so it might make fruit next year the way it is growing, if the cold does not hurt it. The FHIA-3 is growing well, but not as good as the Gros Michel. I know I was going to grow dwarfs, but I had to try these tall ones.
I have been growing bananas here for 60 years. I have had trouble with freezes and wind blowing over the tall bananas. I have gone to dwarfs. I made a temporary greenhouse for my new bananas.PVC and common 1 mil. plastic drop sheeting.They had stopped growing. In the greenhouse they are growing again. The plastic is opaque, but does not hurt except they are lighter in color. UV has not hurt the plastic in 4 mo. I used contact cement to attach to the frame.It does come unglued after awhile. It gets into the 90s with direct sunlight, but is ambient when the Sun is gone. I have not had a freeze and only 1 month to go.Don't look like I will need it,but it did keep them growing.I hope next winter I will have fruit and I will rebuild the greenhouse. I will remove the plastic when it gets too hot. I did not give enough clearance on the Brazil and it is hitting the top. Good grower.
6-27-13. It has been a year and no miracles. No blooms. The Brazil's at 5', so it might make this year. Cavendish,Grain Nain are 3' so probably will not fruit. From FHN I got a Pisang Raja, Gross Michel,Dwarf Red,FHIA 1,3. I set out everything except Dwarf Red. All are growing very well in a new spot I tried. The Rhino Horn died and I replaced it with some I found at Walmart. 4 plants in one pot. They are growing strong. The Burgess Cavendish is not growing super in the ground. It is ok. The Viente Cohal was doing great in a pot, but set out with all the rest, it is not growing well. The Pisang Raja, Ladyfinger, Cal. Gold., Gros Michel, Dwarf Rajapuri, Apple,FHIA-1,3 are great growers. The new spot may be the reason though. I fertilize every 2 weeks in good growing conditions.
11-16-13 The reason may be because there are signs of earth worms. They may have caused the earth to be soft and I had some blow over. I staked them and now they are well anchored with there own roots. The Gros Michel is a strong grower. It grew 1' a month. About like the Mysore. The Mysore has small heads and small bananas. The Gros Michel has large heads and large bananas,nice. The Gros Michel surprised me by making 5 new plants at once, all evenly arranged around the plant. It makes its own props. They are not growing fast like the Brazil though. 7' now so it might make fruit next year the way it is growing, if the cold does not hurt it. The FHIA-3 is growing well, but not as good as the Gros Michel. I know I was going to grow dwarfs, but I had to try these tall ones.