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Rico-G
10-19-2014, 12:07 PM
Hello to all!
These are my pics from my garden from early summer 2014 until September(first frost here). my banana plants were grown from seed by me indoors this past winter (see my thread "musa sikkimensis germinating! (http://www.bananas.org/f30/musa-sikkimensis-seeds-germinating-19307.html#post232644)")
The varieties I grew are : musa sikkimenis, musa Helen's hybrid, Musa sikkimensis X paradisiaca, musa sikkimensis red tiger. I also planted a little musa Basjoo who grew to considerable size among my sikkimensis and a musa "raja puri" in a pot. I also have a super dwarf cavendish that I transplanted to a bigger pot and grew to a nice size with many pups.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/Msikkis-June9-2014b_zps6176b3d2.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/Msikkisjune9-2014_zps1d92d3c1.jpg

Little M. basjoo (June 9, 2014)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/MBasjoo-June9-2014_zps7bd13c70.jpg

little M. Raja puri (June 9, 2014)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/little-Raja-Puri_zps7f1aca3d.jpg



Pics taken on September 15
:birthdaynana:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/Msikis-basjoo_zps91aa50fa.jpg

M. Basjoo (left), M. Sikkimensis (right)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/Basjoo-Sikki_zps2d6e8ba4.jpg

M. "Helen's hybrid"
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/M-HelensH_zps5de39ed7.jpg

pic from inside my palapa, on the left: M. super dwarf cavendish, in the center my "twins"(2 plants from the same seed) M. Sikkimensis X paradisiaca and at left M. Raja puri.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/bananaspalapa_zpsab999386.jpg

Pics after the first short frost (Sept 19) :(
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/MsikkisAF_zpsfc3270c5.jpg

Musa basjoo after frost
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/Edmar70/MBasjoo-AF_zps8629e986.jpg

since then we had variable weather and the bananas grew some new leaves, soon I will prepare them for winter, my SDC, the twins and my raja puri are already indoors under the grow lights, I may try to make the SDC flower with my new 300W led lights.
:bananas_b

Longwoods Tropicals
10-19-2014, 02:12 PM
Looking good, let us know in the spring how the sikk makes out.