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Abnshrek
12-15-2013, 06:25 PM
Thread starts @ the bottom..

Plant & Fruit is currently wrapped w/ a heat-tape and frost cloth we shall see how the fruit fares come spring.. :^)

110713 Flower is out.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri110713_zps4c4212c1.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri110713_zps4c4212c1.jpg.html)

110113 Flower is up.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuriFlag110113_zps2e68829d.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuriFlag110113_zps2e68829d.jpg.html)

110113 Flag is up.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri110113_zpsbb58c2e4.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri110113_zpsbb58c2e4.jpg.html)

102413 Pre Flag is up

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RPPre102413_zps882546d2.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RPPre102413_zps882546d2.jpg.html)

090713

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP090713_zps9b1e9911.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP090713_zps9b1e9911.jpg.html)

082413

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP082413_zps04d31fea.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP082413_zps04d31fea.jpg.html)

072013

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP072013_zpsc4cadc10.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP072013_zpsc4cadc10.jpg.html)

062913 2 large pups left to grow.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri062913_zps8142f464.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri062913_zps8142f464.jpg.html)

052213 Pre Flag.. Flower rotted in place

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RPFlag052213_zps0dbb97cc.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RPFlag052213_zps0dbb97cc.jpg.html)

101612

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP101612_zpsced2a46d.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP101612_zpsced2a46d.jpg.html)

092512

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP092512_zps169ec19d.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP092512_zps169ec19d.jpg.html)

090512

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP090512_zpse7866721.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP090512_zpse7866721.jpg.html)

080212

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP080212_zpsce88d7b6.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP080212_zpsce88d7b6.jpg.html)

071712

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP071712_zpsb7e196e0.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP071712_zpsb7e196e0.jpg.html)

062712

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri062712_zps9e0f1707.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri062712_zps9e0f1707.jpg.html)

051612 Transplanted this pup here from another bed where I put an Orinoco..

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri051612_zpsd286f94d.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri051612_zpsd286f94d.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
12-21-2013, 11:54 AM
8 Hands bottom 2 look a little burnt.. so I rewrapped w/ heat-tape and wrapped the banana's to keep the cold out.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri122113_zps1cfe5730.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri122113_zps1cfe5730.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
02-23-2014, 09:33 AM
Well I'd say we have a greater portion of Winter behind us and I still have 3 hands in fine shape.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP022314_zps40cc4069.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP022314_zps40cc4069.jpg.html)

Richard
02-23-2014, 05:12 PM
Nice work protecting those naners. :goteam:

Abnshrek
03-27-2014, 02:05 PM
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP022314_zps40cc4069.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP022314_zps40cc4069.jpg.html)

I can say my Banana's have made it intact as seen in the pic above.. The 2nd stem on this mat that wasn't heat-taped froze. It was fixing to flower.. I'm just glad I'll have some Banana's this year as bad as Winter was.. :^)

Abnshrek
03-27-2014, 03:07 PM
My 2nd Raja Puri Mat main stem looks in fine shape after uncovering.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri032714_zps0f895091.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri032714_zps0f895091.jpg.html)

Richard
03-27-2014, 03:13 PM
Congratulations
:woohoonaner:

Pancrazio
03-27-2014, 07:59 PM
Great. I haven't had nice experiences with my rajapuri, but maybe it was just because it isn't a very good cultivar when it comes to cold bare-root storage.

Abnshrek
03-27-2014, 09:43 PM
Great. I haven't had nice experiences with my rajapuri, but maybe it was just because it isn't a very good cultivar when it comes to cold bare-root storage.

i don't think most types are meant for that other than Orinoco & Basjoo..

blownz281
03-28-2014, 06:23 AM
My RP has been sitting in my garage for two months un potted and is still green. No water either. :08:

Abnshrek
03-28-2014, 07:59 AM
My RP has been sitting in my garage for two months un potted and is still green. No water either. :08:

Maybe its your Humidity that's helping it.. :^)

Abnshrek
03-28-2014, 10:08 AM
Raja Puri pups (4) pushing up the day after trimming all the frozen dead stuff off.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RPpups032814_zps87ca789b.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RPpups032814_zps87ca789b.jpg.html)

blownz281
03-28-2014, 10:49 AM
I have not looked at my thermometer to see what it gets inside the garage when we hit in the 30's. I would say in the 40 range maybe more. Maybe just a more then hardy one :) My VC and GN arent happy looking and they are potted up. Hopefully will have my floor of the greenhouse down so I can get them out there.

Abnshrek
04-12-2014, 10:19 AM
Raja Puri w/ 6 pups coming up.. The fruit shot isn't coming for a couple months at least.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuriPups041214_zpsf088bd8e.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuriPups041214_zpsf088bd8e.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
04-17-2014, 06:46 PM
Raja Puri now has 7 pups.. I like that.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri041714_zps3a6deb8f.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri041714_zps3a6deb8f.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
04-20-2014, 09:25 AM
Well now she has 9 pups coming up pretty fast after I fed them.. Here is a shot of a couple hands.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP042014_zps887925e4.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP042014_zps887925e4.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
04-25-2014, 08:09 AM
I can see its going to be time to select which pups are staying real soon. Growth is over an 8 day period between top and pic in entry below.. There is 9 pups on this mat. I think its time to mix some dirt.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP042514_zps1bca845b.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP042514_zps1bca845b.jpg.html)

Raja Puri now has 7 pups.. I like that.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RajaPuri041714_zps3a6deb8f.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RajaPuri041714_zps3a6deb8f.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
05-02-2014, 07:20 AM
Well a week makes a difference even if it wasn't a really warm one.. Stem on the big pup on right is over 2' I'm going to have to expand this bed pronto, cause she's staying.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP050214_zpsb9fcba33.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP050214_zpsb9fcba33.jpg.html)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP042514_zps1bca845b.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP042514_zps1bca845b.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
05-25-2014, 01:55 PM
Well I can say the pups are getting bigger, but see there is decline in the banana fingers, upon a closer look I think it is rotting on the top of the P-stem.

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP052514_zps47e07390.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP052514_zps47e07390.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
09-05-2014, 03:21 PM
Flower is on a mat next to my garage.. Not where I over wintered the one's last winter.. :v)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps43768208.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps43768208.jpg.html)

Rebel1970
09-05-2014, 09:35 PM
I live in zone 7, in Bristol, TN. From looking at your pictures and seeing how you overwintered your RP's I think I will be fine using some your pictures as a reference. I had not considered the heat tape aspect, but that seems like a good idea. Did you insulate over the heat tape, or leave it exposed all winter?
Your plants look great to me.

Abnshrek
09-05-2014, 09:43 PM
I live in zone 7, in Bristol, TN. From looking at your pictures and seeing how you overwintered your RP's I think I will be fine using some your pictures as a reference. I had not considered the heat tape aspect, but that seems like a good idea. Did you insulate over the heat tape, or leave it exposed all winter?
Your plants look great to me.

Hi, I have thread on winterization if you to view.. It show's me wrapping plastic or frost cloth around them. Frost cloth needs 10 mil plastic on the. West, North & East sides to keep wind out for added protection. :v)

Abnshrek
09-06-2014, 04:04 PM
1st 2 hands peeking out.. I guess we shall see what she has come next week.. :v)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps752172a1.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps752172a1.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
09-07-2014, 02:54 PM
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP090714_zpscc3924aa.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP090714_zpscc3924aa.jpg.html)

hydroid
09-07-2014, 03:55 PM
I have a RP that's about 4 ft. tall and has about 2 hands of bananas doesn't look like it will get anymore hands. This is my second bunch in about 6 yrs. Did the same thing. Not so impressed with RP, maybe I have a bad strain. Dwarf Namwah has been amazing.
Bo

Abnshrek
09-07-2014, 04:11 PM
I have a RP that's about 4 ft. tall and has about 2 hands of bananas doesn't look like it will get anymore hands. This is my second bunch in about 6 yrs. Did the same thing. Not so impressed with RP, maybe I have a bad strain. Dwarf Namwah has been amazing.
Bo

Maybe so Bo.. I had 8 hands last year that came of nothing.. I don't have, but 10 fingers on the 1st 2 hands, hopefully yours has more.. I know if I would have thinned my herd on the other mat I'd have a flower or 2 on it.. :^)

venturabananas
09-07-2014, 07:57 PM
I have a RP that's about 4 ft. tall and has about 2 hands of bananas doesn't look like it will get anymore hands. This is my second bunch in about 6 yrs. Did the same thing. Not so impressed with RP, maybe I have a bad strain. Dwarf Namwah has been amazing.
Bo

My RP mat makes more fruit than two hands on a 4' plant, but it definitely isn't nearly as productive or vigorous as Dwarf Namwah. Over the 4 or so years I've been growing them, I'd estimate that the DN mat has made 10 times more pounds of bananas than RP. In my climate, the "Namwah" varieties (Dwarf, "Misi Luki", "Belle", "Ice Cream") are the most productive bananas I grow. If only they had my favorite flavor. Not that I consider them bad, just not my favorite.

Abnshrek
09-12-2014, 09:49 AM
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps2dc03ac8.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps2dc03ac8.jpg.html)

All hands on display.. :v)

Rebel1970
09-16-2014, 01:31 PM
Abnsherk:
A couple of questions about the heat tape. What wattage did you use and what length of tape? I don't want to fry my plants tis winter. Thanks Rick

Abnshrek
09-16-2014, 02:15 PM
Abnsherk:
A couple of questions about the heat tape. What wattage did you use and what length of tape? I don't want to fry my plants tis winter. Thanks Rick

You can't fry your Banana's w/ a Heat-tape it keeps the plant @ a constant temp if wrapped/ insulated properly for your winter between 38-45F. Don't use a roof ice melter those could smoke a Banana, and are not regulated they just heat up to keep a roof clear.. I use 30 & 40' Heat-tapes..
Oh I mize well show you the 7 hands all cleaned up.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/RP091414_zpsee604e5f.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/RP091414_zpsee604e5f.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
10-08-2014, 02:29 PM
My Pups (I planted this spring) in S. Ark are doing well. I hope they fare well this Winter.. We'll see.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/IMG_0499_zpsc9f0eace.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/IMG_0499_zpsc9f0eace.jpg.html)

Abnshrek
11-07-2014, 01:20 PM
Another flag is up but way to late..

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsa9f0008a.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsa9f0008a.jpg.html)