Longwoods Tropicals
10-19-2014, 02:04 PM
Without a doubt after this year that the snow banana or ensete glaucum is my favorite banana, it's graceful yet muscular form is a winner. I purchased two tiny seedlings and grew them out slowly for a year before planting them this spring as two foot plants. They both topped out over ten feet high, with pseudostems of five feet.
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/a54ec7ff-e495-4a0f-a27d-94013ff91e73_zps980aeba9.jpg
Their seeds are known as being fairly easy to germinate as far as bananas go, I tried some a few years back to no avail, so I am trying to reproduce them by division.
Here it is before division.
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0961_zps0769940e.jpg
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0962_zps0fae7c6f.jpg
Just after the not so even division. They were treated with bio fungicide at this time.
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0963_zps397ee86e.jpg
And potted out and ready for winter and some vigorous new growth, I hope.
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0964_zps92ad1bd2.jpg
I'll update when and if signs of growth are visable.
Regards Harold
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/a54ec7ff-e495-4a0f-a27d-94013ff91e73_zps980aeba9.jpg
Their seeds are known as being fairly easy to germinate as far as bananas go, I tried some a few years back to no avail, so I am trying to reproduce them by division.
Here it is before division.
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0961_zps0769940e.jpg
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0962_zps0fae7c6f.jpg
Just after the not so even division. They were treated with bio fungicide at this time.
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0963_zps397ee86e.jpg
And potted out and ready for winter and some vigorous new growth, I hope.
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/LongwoodsTropicals/DSCN0964_zps92ad1bd2.jpg
I'll update when and if signs of growth are visable.
Regards Harold