View Full Version : How are everyone's banana plants this winter??
kaczercat
02-19-2013, 05:27 PM
Hey everyone, just wanted to start a thread to hear and see how all your bananas are doing this winter.
I will start off with mine- for Feb in the GTA this is looking great
This it not all, this is what I could group together in a few min. Things are looking good. That hibiscus tree stopped flowering on Dec 26. Not sure when it will begin to flower again, anyone know the cycle? Lost my bordelon. Everything else is still alive and growing!
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designshark
02-19-2013, 07:00 PM
Pretty good here. I'm seeing more growth with the longer daylight hours. I peeled back the tarp my Basjoo the other day in the yard when we had a 40+ degree day and the stem I saw was pale green but firm. Indoor stuff is hanging in there.
I see your plumeria there, has it bloomed yet?
robguz24
02-19-2013, 07:34 PM
Just dandy! Although it did get down to 63.5F overnight earlier this week. The coldest so far this winter. Brrrr!! Lol.
Mine have slowed down some, and it's taking forever to get the Saba bunch to ripen.
cheson74
02-19-2013, 10:58 PM
Everything slowed down a little bit. It took over 6 months to harvest the dwarf Brazilian bunch but I'll still take 60's to 70's over mainland winters!
kaczercat
02-20-2013, 12:24 AM
I see your plumeria there, has it bloomed yet?[/QUOTE]
No hasn't bloomed yet. How do you get them to bloom? 2 years old from Bob he planted the seeds
designshark
02-20-2013, 09:05 AM
No hasn't bloomed yet. How do you get them to bloom? 2 years old from Bob he planted the seeds[/QUOTE]
I have one that hasn't bloomed yet either. Starting it's 3rd year now. Best of luck to ya
hydroid
02-20-2013, 01:18 PM
Last year I was gone most of last year since I work a lot overseas and with all my pampering over the past years somehow my wife got the communication wrong with our yard man and he cut every thing I had to ground level and it was after one of the mildest winters in history, I almost cried. So everybody (wife and yard man) has heard about it all season as we watch all our friends with huge plants and big bunches of fruit while my stuff was dinky and little. When I left for Africa this time I left explicit instructions and warnings about anyone touching a banana plant in my yard this spring. So I hope that nobody even gets close to my babies this year.
Abnshrek
02-20-2013, 02:19 PM
I just uncovered 5 plants in the yard ( D. Orinoco, 2 Cali-golds, PC & Raja Puri). Ants were bad on plants I had christmas lights on so I'm going all Heat-tapes next winter. :^)
kaczercat
02-20-2013, 02:26 PM
And here is my basjoo 3rd winter in the ground. Lost the 2 main plants to the ground I didn't put any lights in there till Jan and by then- p-stem expanded with ice all through out the stem. cut them down and a few weeks later look what popped up. I'm keeping this one warm!-BTW plant is all green and healthy>>it's the red lights that are making it look a bit weird
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you can see a little palm seedling to the left of the banana with 2 or 3 mini leaves. never planted that. Incredible! I must have dropped a few seeds and took off. it too has been there 2 years. but doesn't grow much due to the shade from the banana.
wolfyhound
02-20-2013, 05:43 PM
My planted 7 bananas all got bitten by the two hard freezes. I'll have to cut those back soon.
My (now) 3 potted bananas are looking happy. They get carried in and out as needed. Zeke has 3 leaves now!
edzone9
02-20-2013, 09:27 PM
Last week St Augustine Fl Got Hit with 2 nights of frost , all my plants & Trees where covered , still wilted all my bananas , had to cut them down again ! .. dont look good .
My fruit trees did a lil better , thou i had to cut back my Oro Negro Avacado Tree .:waving:
Nicolas Naranja
02-20-2013, 10:28 PM
I've noticed something this year, as it is the first year that I have had Hua Moas in sandy marl soil. They are less tolerant of the cold on the sandy marl than they are on the muck. I'm also having to do much more with fertilizer than I have in previous years.
hanabananaman
02-20-2013, 10:32 PM
This was my first time growing bananas and after studying weather records I thought there was a 50-50 chance of nothing worse than 28F for a night or 2 now and then. Last winter wasnt that bad at all. Well the Phoenix area had the coldest winter in decades, I beat 28 a few nights early on but 25 for several nights was too much. I easily beat 28 with dozens of various size water containers and some propane heaters. I had minor damage on a couple leaves of 7ftpstem plants. I had some christmas lights on for many nights before the bad cold torched them, I had forgotten about a warning I read awhile back that said light heat would damage anyplace that got too hot. Well about the time the leaves were falling all over frozen I saw the heat damage. With more cold weather coming I machetied the leaves but left some stems long enough to hang lights on over the thick layer of blankets and other cloth that wrapped the stem. The lights were then strung from the stems, chop a small notch in the top of the stem if you need to keep the lights away from the p-stem. If its not going to get too cold I won't cover the lights with more cloth. The big lights put out alot of heat. The places that were damaged caused me to chop 4ft off my 7ft Blue Java (I hope), and I did a little surgery on the mushy spots and they have sealed up nicely. I have a nice pup on each damaged plant if (when) they fall over or split down the side. I will staking them early. They have each pushed a new leaf but tonight its already 37F in my yard at 7pm, not good. I will wrap them now and hang the lights once again. Any advice or suggestions are welcome I always want good advice and don't know for sure what I'm doing all the time.
Hope someone benefits from my experience
Thanks
Larry
bananimal
02-21-2013, 12:47 AM
All plants and trees are fine. Highs today and yesterday were 81 and 82. For us the cold is over. I hope. :08:
Kostas
02-21-2013, 11:11 AM
Had a single frost happen in Pyrgos over a month ago and almost all banana leaf blades were toast... The rachis didnt damage though on most. That worries me a little since my ''Kandrian'' is really close to fruiting and hope it grows some leafs before it pushes an inflorescence. A little over 3 weeks ago i found a new green leaf on one of my potted bananas and the spears had grown on most of the grown planted ones too,upon my arrival to Pyrgos so hopefully they may have grown more during my absence. I will be visiting Pyrgos again in a week or 2! :woohoonaner:
The TC banana plantlets i am overwintering in my basement along with a yearling TC banana,are hanging in there,some doing better and some worse,depending on their location. Some are really loving the heat(20-22C) and grow well,with sturdy leafs,the few that dont do as well its mostly because they dry out sooner than i get to water them,and are a little desiccated...I working on fixing that...at least i am having no rot problems this winter thus far with my bananas!:woohoonaner:
2woodensticks
02-21-2013, 12:23 PM
here just a lot of wind damage..i.e leaves tattered and some are a little dry on the edges..but save another cold front we are off and running ..this year looking for jamaican red,praying hands,hoa moa,blue java to all push flowers out..and of course the ever presant orinocos
Omaha_Banana
02-22-2013, 02:54 PM
Mine are doing alright. My ensete maurelii are growing. I just came back from a one week vacation and when I got home my tall/skinny Siam Ruby had completely fallen over. I dont know what happened, but this guy has always been skinny and wobbly.
I brought home a wild palm tree and an unwanted orchid on my vacation. I'm glad TSA didn't search my bag :D
kaczercat
02-22-2013, 04:34 PM
I just came back from a one week vacation and when I got home my tall/skinny Siam Ruby had completely fallen over.
I can never keep them alive. I've had two and both died
Hammocked Banana
02-22-2013, 04:36 PM
:pics:
If i get a minute ill try to get some pics of mine later.
Max363
02-22-2013, 08:02 PM
I can never keep them alive. I've had two and both died
Hey Matt - I've had the same trouble over the years. Most of my red leafed bananas never make it thru the winter - whether I try the dormant garage method or the all-winter-warm house method by spring they've usually rotted or dried out - My experience has been that red leafed banana plants seem to be much harder to keep alive over northern winter seasons. I've had no trouble with my baby basjoos ensetes, sacred golden lotus banana etc. The exception to this rule are bordelons. I got one 3' plant one late spring from a lady in Louisiana 4 years ago (first summer in my profile pic) . In it's second year it bloomed, fruited and provided me with mat of 8 - 5' stems to dig up and overwinter for season three - one of those even sent up a flower stem the first thing the following spring! I now overwinter many pseudo-stems from that first single plant and value them as the easiest overwintering fast and tall growing semi-red leafed banana both for my garden and for sharing. If you think we could get one thru Canadian customs ( I've read on here that they are sometimes very strict), I'd be happy to send one to you when the weather warms up.
pitangadiego
02-22-2013, 08:48 PM
42F and raining in NOT good banana weather.
amantedelenguaje
02-22-2013, 10:45 PM
My indoor bananas are doing fine except the DC I pruned just before flowering. The nanners in my greenhouse look sad because it gets down to the forties at night. They are dormant at present. I look forward to spring because I want my house back, at least for a few months.
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this has been a very cold winter and we are not finished yet. But my plants have only suffered leaf damage but it has not warmed up yet so they are almost dormant. It will be exciting when warm weather comes because I have at least 8 different kinds of bananas and the blue java is a group. I wish they were not such a slow growing and fruiting plant.
jimhardy
02-23-2013, 09:43 AM
In a holding pattern waiting for warmer days!
Omaha_Banana
02-23-2013, 03:24 PM
My babies <3
http://i.imgur.com/W7RrnmM.jpg
Siam Ruby puts out green leaves under poor lighting
http://i.imgur.com/TAvu7Dk.jpg
My Thai Black got big last year
http://i.imgur.com/O1hUdxd.jpg
dinker
02-24-2013, 06:54 AM
i am looking for some one to donate any pups to my project for the kids do you have any thougets that may help us if so we would like to here from you. My address is pi box 152 yucca AZ 86438 . Any help will be help full
caliboy1994
02-24-2013, 04:05 PM
The ones back home have been burned a bit by a light frost, but they'll be fine. I finally managed to get my Pisang Ceylon, Misi Luki, and Blue Java up to Santa Clara, and they're in the greenhouse at the garden now.
CValentine
02-25-2013, 09:10 AM
Dwarf Orinoco, Orinoco & Musa Velutina pushing up already here in SC Texas.
:) ~Cheryl
Hammocked Banana
02-27-2013, 07:59 AM
OB that's a nice collection u got going there. Welcome
Amantedelenguaje, I absolutely love your set up. Your dragon fruit cuttings with pineapples at the base is exactly what I plan to do in the spring. One thing that concerns me though is its gunna be a spiky nightmare to bring in eventually. R those pineapple crowns or slips u have planted in that pot. Also your dwarf cav (?) pot that has like 8 pineapples in it looks like its gunna get pretty crowded no? What variety of pineapples do u have? Wheres your d. namwah? Lookin good
Omaha_Banana
02-27-2013, 11:12 AM
OB that's a nice collection u got going there. Welcome
Thanks! My neighbor thinks I'm crazy, but I like having my garden. I know that I'll never get bananas in Omaha, but I like how the plants look.
amantedelenguaje
02-27-2013, 10:45 PM
OB that's a nice collection u got going there. Welcome
Amantedelenguaje, I absolutely love your set up. Your dragon fruit cuttings with pineapples at the base is exactly what I plan to do in the spring. One thing that concerns me though is its gunna be a spiky nightmare to bring in eventually. R those pineapple crowns or slips u have planted in that pot. Also your dwarf cav (?) pot that has like 8 pineapples in it looks like its gunna get pretty crowded no? What variety of pineapples do u have? Wheres your d. namwah? Lookin good
Dwarf namwah is out in the greenhouse. It is dormant at present. Those are pineapple crowns. The group of pineapples are just there temporarily. I'm out, of containers. And yes, the dragon fruit/pineapple combo will some day be a spiky mes. Space is limited so they must coexist .
Hammocked Banana
03-01-2013, 10:36 AM
I know that I'll never get bananas in Omaha, but I like how the plants look.
Ive seen people in colder zones with fruiting nanners. Never say never!!
bananimal
03-01-2013, 07:16 PM
What's the length of your growing season in Ont?
Snookie
03-01-2013, 08:45 PM
The nanna's I kept in pots in my shed are OK
The ones planted in the ground well....lol
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Hammocked Banana
03-02-2013, 04:53 PM
What's the length of your growing season in Ont?
6 months out doors is pushing it. But here's some of what's growing inside.
Left to Right: (Varigated?) Basjoo, Grand Naine, Basjoo #2 (which I thought was a small ensete when I bought it).
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Bananas/20130222_215157_zps4351e76e.jpg
Grand Naine red P-stem, and pup
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http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Bananas/20130222_215621_zpsb066f870.jpg
Strong basjoo #2
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Bananas/20130222_215523_zps4fea4ef7.jpg
So is this thing Varigated? Or is this some nitrient def? It was not present on the initial mother plant, but was evident on most pups. It could be because I lowered the pH so now its showing or a nute def bc there is sometimes wierd disfigurements in the leaves near these markings.
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http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Bananas/20130222_215310_zpsf9018051.jpg
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Nighttime bedroom shot before lights go off
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saturn
03-02-2013, 04:58 PM
what kind of light panels are those?
saturn
03-02-2013, 05:00 PM
I see your plumeria there, has it bloomed yet?
No hasn't bloomed yet. How do you get them to bloom? 2 years old from Bob he planted the seeds
Mine bloomed after I took cuttings, which I understand is (somewhat?) common.
Hammocked Banana
03-03-2013, 01:16 PM
what kind of light panels are those?
Hey, the far light is a 2 foot-8 bulb fixture, and the close fixture is 2 foot-4bulb fixture. I got them here:
Designer T5 Fluorescent System - 2 Foot - 2,4,8-Tube (http://www.greners.com/i/grow-lights/fluorescent-grow-lights/t5-fixtures-2-feet/t5-designer-fluorescent-system-2-ft.html)
kaczercat
03-03-2013, 01:25 PM
Mine bloomed after I took cuttings, which I understand is (somewhat?) common.
great to know! how do I do that? just chop off the top? and put it in some water?
Kostas
03-03-2013, 05:34 PM
If you like your Plumeria as it is Matt,leave it be and it will eventually bloom on its own,probably this year. Seed grown ones take just a little longer to bloom than cuttings.
Snookie
03-03-2013, 08:30 PM
After last nights 25 degree weather almost/all of my plants in the ground look like this TERRIBLE lol
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Now they really uh well...
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saturn
03-03-2013, 09:05 PM
great to know! how do I do that? just chop off the top? and put it in some water?
whoa, I think you actually cannot do water cuttings with plumies.
try plumeria101.com for info.
But I agree, seed grown plant may take a bit to bloom. Sorry, that should have been my first answer!
I got mine as cuttings. After a few years my plants were getting big (and hadn't bloomed) so I took cuttings. And then got blooms. I was surprised. :0489:
kaczercat
03-03-2013, 11:26 PM
yes they need to cut dry for week then plant. might get some rooting hormone
BigBananaBoy
03-04-2013, 03:00 AM
If the banana leaf area where the lighter streaks are located in your photo is thinner then the darker green areas of the leaf, then no its not Variegated. its usually caused from over feeding the nanner or a build up of the nutrients in your soil. Also, look to see if any of the leafs are distorted or twisted weird, instead of like a perfect cigar shape that they should have before opening, that is an indicator of the same issue too. Let me know what you find out.
Big Tony
6 months out doors is pushing it. But here's some of what's growing inside.
Left to Right: (Varigated?) Basjoo, Grand Naine, Basjoo #2 (which I thought was a small ensete when I bought it).
Grand Naine red P-stem, and pup
Strong basjoo #2
So is this thing Varigated? Or is this some nitrient def? It was not present on the initial mother plant, but was evident on most pups. It could be because I lowered the pH so now its showing or a nute def bc there is sometimes wierd disfigurements in the leaves near these markings.
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Bananas/20130222_215250_zpsdd06a504.jpg
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Bananas/20130222_215310_zpsf9018051.jpg
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Bananas/20130222_215328_zpsa96601b2.jpg
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Nighttime bedroom shot before lights go off
Tampa-K
03-05-2013, 11:00 AM
crossed fingers that this is it for the cold weather, luckily it only got into the low 40's here all winter.
Abnshrek
03-05-2013, 06:23 PM
I get to put my Oranges back in tonight.. :^)
JCA433
03-06-2013, 04:32 PM
The first week of March has been cold here in south Florida with highs in the 60sF and lows in the 40sF. My bananas seem healthy and grew about 12 to 15 inches this winter,but the leaves are shredded from strong winds. Fortunately, no frost this year.
caliboy1994
03-06-2013, 04:34 PM
The plants I brought up to Santa Clara really seem to be adjusting well to the greenhouse. They're beginning to grow again.
Hammocked Banana
03-12-2013, 11:21 AM
After coming home from the weekend at my girlfriends I discovered I accidentally left my lights on all weekend. I also found my "strong basjoo" looking pretty week. I don't know what is causing this, it's the first sign of it...
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20130311_231738_zpsba1aef2d.jpg
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20130311_231745_zps1d71c15f.jpg
kaczercat
03-12-2013, 11:56 AM
too much light? who knows. Just keep an eye out for the next leaf to see if it's the same.
mksmth
03-12-2013, 12:58 PM
here is my dwarf cavendish, going on year 2 and a basjoo pup I saved from the mat at my old home. I have another basjoo pup hidden behind the DC Im getting about a new leaf a month but I can tell they are coming faster now. Another week or so and they can probably go outside for good.
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smaller DC at the bottom, citrus behind
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here are mine pineapples. If i dont get a fruit on the big one this year I may just test its cold hardiness, LOL
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edit 3-14-13. Well what do ya know. I checked the pineapple last night and the darn thing is starting to flower. About time. It must have heard me say it was going outside. LOL
mike
designshark
03-12-2013, 06:35 PM
Lookin good there Mike. Seein' warmer temps on the horizon here and I can't wait! Farmers Almanac's calling for a warm start in April and I hope it's right!
Hopefully tonight will be the coldest one for a while anyway.
:basketballnaner:
Abnshrek
03-12-2013, 08:56 PM
I put out 3 cali-gold's, a raja puri & my D. Namwah today.. :^)
sunfish
03-12-2013, 11:01 PM
Just peachy
Hammocked Banana
03-30-2013, 11:41 PM
Uncovered my basjoos the other day, not as happy as I would have hoped but these stumps look like they should put out some leaves. Either way pretty sure the roots are alive and will start from pups worst case scenario.
Protection, doesn't look so pretty under the tarp.
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20130327_153933_zps4da4b7f8.jpg
Unwrapped, lookin much worse than expected...
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http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20130327_155407_zpse71afc38.jpg
Some p-stem was salvaged though...
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20130327_161631_zpsb33cf010.jpg
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20130327_161757_zps76495172.jpg
They took one day early one in winter that went down to -20C and they weren't tucked in too tight yet at that point, which I think it what hurt them so much. Been covering them back up at night a bit because its still getting below freezing for a few hours but hoping that letting the sun warm up the soil for a while each day will get them kickstarted sooner than later.
Hammocked Banana
03-30-2013, 11:44 PM
Also Matt, my first hibiscus flower opened this morning. Any signs of buds on yours yet? Mines really dying to get back outside and fill in some serious foliage again.
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/20130330_134025_zps1c8ba550.jpg
Omaha_Banana
04-01-2013, 03:42 PM
Wow, you're leaving those banana stumps uncovered now in Ontario? We just had snow last night and I'm quite a bit further south than you.
Lyndo
04-02-2013, 12:25 AM
lucky i live in Australia i never have to worry about the winter my Bananas grow outside 12 months of the year
Hammocked Banana
04-02-2013, 10:37 AM
Wow, you're leaving those banana stumps uncovered now in Ontario? We just had snow last night and I'm quite a bit further south than you.
No I've been tucking them back in at night with some of the dry leaves and the tarp. Just been trying to warm the soil a bit during the day. Hopefully in a week or 2 ill be able to leave them uncovered for the most part.
Chironex
04-02-2013, 11:35 AM
[QUOTE=Snookie;215500]After last nights 25 degree weather almost/all of my plants in the ground look like this TERRIBLE lol
http://s11.postimage.org/nyt4jenxv/Banana_Tree_Dead_Cold_Winter_Custom.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
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Now they really uh well...
They should recover, if it were me, I would cut them off just below where the last green part of the p-stem remains.
kaczercat
04-02-2013, 01:26 PM
Any signs of buds on yours yet?
Yes I wondered when it would show. as of Jan new shoots started to form on the lower branches. They weren't growing so I trimmed the top branches back now they should take off.
cincinnana
04-02-2013, 01:58 PM
Took my banana plants out for a walk around the yard .:08:
I will take them in at night for it is still too cold.
I also sprayed them for spider mites and other critters.
I had four die back to the corm and they were all Bordelons.
All ptsems showed signs of dehydration from storage.
My tender bananas Reds, small pups and Ensete are still inside.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52584&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52584)
Hammocked Banana
04-02-2013, 05:07 PM
Mike do u store all of those dormant?
cincinnana
04-02-2013, 05:50 PM
Mike do u store all of those dormant?
Yes ....I do not try to grow them,no supplemental light ,minimal water.
All kept in pots that they grew in last year, I will pot up most of them.
They are kept in my basement behind double doors placed up to twenty feet from the windows.
Temperature about 55 degrees ,12 celsius.
The growth that you see is very weak and will snap in the slightest wind, this is normal for me.
I cannot wait till it warms up.:08:
dinker
04-12-2013, 07:15 AM
I have no plants yet tell looking for a couple for my kids school garding club they are really wanting to see how a banana grows. Gets they will have to water till can find a couple for them, can't find any one that will donate one to them , I am on a fixed income and can't buy any for them, so if there is any one out there that can donate some we would be very great full. My address is op box 152 yucca AZ 86436 .
Hammocked Banana
04-12-2013, 11:02 AM
Strange I thought I heard you had gotten one a few weeks ago....does anyone else find this person is becoming a problem spammer?
LilRaverBoi
04-12-2013, 04:13 PM
You can buy a banana for like 5-6 dollars. It's not really a 'break the bank' type of plant. Even on a fixed income.
stevelau1911
04-13-2013, 10:00 PM
My musa basjoos are starting to push as I removed the protective barrels stuffed with leaves 6 days ago.
I tried protecting them up above 6ft, but they seemed to die back to the 4-5ft range which is still very good as they are firm pillars with lots of energy ready to explode once it warms up.
Before
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz246/stevelau1911/spring%202013/DSC03637_zps66dd8d3e.jpg
After
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz246/stevelau1911/spring%202013/DSC03733_zps403881de.jpg?t=1365892994
kaczercat
04-20-2013, 11:22 AM
Also Matt, my first hibiscus flower opened this morning. Any signs of buds on yours yet? Mines really dying to get back outside and fill in some serious foliage again.
First flower of 2013!
<a href="http://s665.photobucket.com/user/Kaczerm/media/IMG_2104_zpsa243345a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/Kaczerm/IMG_2104_zpsa243345a.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2104_zpsa243345a.jpg"/></a>
stevelau1911
04-20-2013, 10:58 PM
Here's some more progress on it. We have a deep freeze of 28F tonight, but it shouldn't hurt these guys as they still look like they have a bit of hardiness as long as they aren't completely green, and I wrapped it up in bubble wrap to hopefully save the progress made in the past 2 weeks.
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz246/stevelau1911/DSC03917_zps95166de0.jpg?t=1366506825
kaczercat
04-21-2013, 08:51 AM
Here's some more progress on it. We have a deep freeze of 28F tonight, but it shouldn't hurt these guys as they still look like they have a bit of hardiness as long as they aren't completely green, and I wrapped it up in bubble wrap to hopefully save the progress made in the past 2 weeks.
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz246/stevelau1911/DSC03917_zps95166de0.jpg?t=1366506825
I wish I had not cut back the stem on mine. It the same as yours. I thought the stem was totally done. I've learned my lesson!
wolfyhound
04-21-2013, 07:15 PM
Although all the main stems look dead, the pups seem to be growing well!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52695&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52695&ppuser=15189)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52694&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52694&ppuser=15189)
One is one of the dwarf reds and the other is I think one of the Grand nains? They look perky!
Abnshrek
04-21-2013, 10:32 PM
I'd trim it down to see if anything is viable.. I did that w/ a Veinte Cohol pup and it shot right up after I got done pretty much.. I can say my IC is down to 3' of p-stem versus 7' when it was protected, GF mother didn't like the cold.. I should've left my heat-tape on it. RP is working its way out of a choke.. Orinoco pups are jumping out of the ground since the my head of Nanners are no longer. It just fruited @ the wrong time. My prayinghands pup I planted in the ground is coming up & so is my DB.. So the lil fellows in the ground made it thru. :^)
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