Kevin2685
08-23-2014, 10:49 AM
Well thanks to all the people on here I have learned a lot
Thought I would share some pictures of my first year growing bananas and really first year doing any gardening.
Here is a picture of when I first got my basjoo TC plant.
Purchased it from wellspringgardens.org
It arrived in the beginning of March in a 4 inch pot and I grew it under 2 - 125 watt cfl lights.
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/DCB28E14-356D-4944-B1E3-BB7411C4E4FF_zpsnbutpxzh.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/DCB28E14-356D-4944-B1E3-BB7411C4E4FF_zpsnbutpxzh.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DCB28E14-356D-4944-B1E3-BB7411C4E4FF_zpsnbutpxzh.jpg"/></a>
Here is pictures the day I was putting it in the ground.
I mixed the soil with a bag of manure and then spread a bag of manure around the top of the soil and then mulched it.
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/E9E80B29-5161-4475-B3A7-1FB4691E662E_zpstrb98hjo.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/E9E80B29-5161-4475-B3A7-1FB4691E662E_zpstrb98hjo.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo E9E80B29-5161-4475-B3A7-1FB4691E662E_zpstrb98hjo.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/C76DE925-5323-4B26-B530-4AC1E01798F5_zpsxwnduaeb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/C76DE925-5323-4B26-B530-4AC1E01798F5_zpsxwnduaeb.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo C76DE925-5323-4B26-B530-4AC1E01798F5_zpsxwnduaeb.jpg"/></a>
And here is couple pictures of it today august 23rd
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/8C730F70-53CF-4B66-9F5A-5EDC15438BB1_zpsxvkqbcm3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/8C730F70-53CF-4B66-9F5A-5EDC15438BB1_zpsxvkqbcm3.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 8C730F70-53CF-4B66-9F5A-5EDC15438BB1_zpsxvkqbcm3.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/03B80737-B48B-4FDC-9409-863EC8D84FE3_zps6cvt7ub5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/03B80737-B48B-4FDC-9409-863EC8D84FE3_zps6cvt7ub5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 03B80737-B48B-4FDC-9409-863EC8D84FE3_zps6cvt7ub5.jpg"/></a>
So thanks everyone for your time in helping the newbies starting out with sharing the wealth of information you guys have.
Now comes the hard part for me in trying to figure out the best way to overwinter it in the ground.
I would like to cut all the pups up and pot them up and bring them inside for the winter. Don't really care about gaining much growth but more about saving them as a back up and some to plant out in the front yard next year.
Do you think that is possible or are the pups to big ?
Should I just pot them up in well draining soil the same way I was growing before I planted it outside but not under any lights just natural sunlight from the windows ?
Thought I would share some pictures of my first year growing bananas and really first year doing any gardening.
Here is a picture of when I first got my basjoo TC plant.
Purchased it from wellspringgardens.org
It arrived in the beginning of March in a 4 inch pot and I grew it under 2 - 125 watt cfl lights.
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/DCB28E14-356D-4944-B1E3-BB7411C4E4FF_zpsnbutpxzh.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/DCB28E14-356D-4944-B1E3-BB7411C4E4FF_zpsnbutpxzh.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DCB28E14-356D-4944-B1E3-BB7411C4E4FF_zpsnbutpxzh.jpg"/></a>
Here is pictures the day I was putting it in the ground.
I mixed the soil with a bag of manure and then spread a bag of manure around the top of the soil and then mulched it.
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/E9E80B29-5161-4475-B3A7-1FB4691E662E_zpstrb98hjo.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/E9E80B29-5161-4475-B3A7-1FB4691E662E_zpstrb98hjo.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo E9E80B29-5161-4475-B3A7-1FB4691E662E_zpstrb98hjo.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/C76DE925-5323-4B26-B530-4AC1E01798F5_zpsxwnduaeb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/C76DE925-5323-4B26-B530-4AC1E01798F5_zpsxwnduaeb.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo C76DE925-5323-4B26-B530-4AC1E01798F5_zpsxwnduaeb.jpg"/></a>
And here is couple pictures of it today august 23rd
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/8C730F70-53CF-4B66-9F5A-5EDC15438BB1_zpsxvkqbcm3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/8C730F70-53CF-4B66-9F5A-5EDC15438BB1_zpsxvkqbcm3.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 8C730F70-53CF-4B66-9F5A-5EDC15438BB1_zpsxvkqbcm3.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/03B80737-B48B-4FDC-9409-863EC8D84FE3_zps6cvt7ub5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/03B80737-B48B-4FDC-9409-863EC8D84FE3_zps6cvt7ub5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 03B80737-B48B-4FDC-9409-863EC8D84FE3_zps6cvt7ub5.jpg"/></a>
So thanks everyone for your time in helping the newbies starting out with sharing the wealth of information you guys have.
Now comes the hard part for me in trying to figure out the best way to overwinter it in the ground.
I would like to cut all the pups up and pot them up and bring them inside for the winter. Don't really care about gaining much growth but more about saving them as a back up and some to plant out in the front yard next year.
Do you think that is possible or are the pups to big ?
Should I just pot them up in well draining soil the same way I was growing before I planted it outside but not under any lights just natural sunlight from the windows ?