View Full Version : AeAe Bunch in Georgia
GATrops
10-23-2007, 06:46 PM
A few months ago I posted some pictures of an AeAe that has survived the last 2 winters planted under a large oak tree in south GA. I was hopeful that it might actually flower this year and it did several weeks ago. I was looking at the bunch earlier today and took a few pictures. I think the fruit might actually mature before the cold arrives this fall (if it ever does get cold this year). I know it is not much of a bunch by south FL and southern CA standards but I am really surprised that it produced any fruit in our climate.
http://home.coastalnow.net/~rhwaww/Ae1.jpg
http://home.coastalnow.net/~rhwaww/Ae2.jpg
http://home.coastalnow.net/~rhwaww/Ae3.jpg
Lagniappe
10-23-2007, 06:48 PM
Awsome fruit ! How tall is your plant?:woohoonaner:
valerie@flower
10-23-2007, 07:00 PM
:bunchonanas: :bunchonanas: :waving:
Those three hands are beautiful !!!!!!!!
GATrops
10-23-2007, 07:02 PM
Lagniappe-It is right at 8.5 feet to the top of the pseudostem.
buzzwinder
10-23-2007, 07:26 PM
Beautiful :goteam: , congrats:woohoonaner:
harveyc
10-23-2007, 07:57 PM
Thanks for sharing! Your photos give me some hope. Your profile doesn't show what USDA zone you are in. How cold has it got there in the winter for the past two winters?
Thanks again!
momoese
10-23-2007, 08:12 PM
Very nice! I wish those were hanging in my yard!
GATrops
10-23-2007, 08:34 PM
harveyc- The low last year that I recorded was 23 degrees. Here is the link to the original post that gives more details about the number of nights below freezing, etc.
http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?t=1869
SOCALROCKER
10-23-2007, 08:43 PM
Awesome site to see:2218: Those are very nice banana's !
Congrat's and a high 5 to you.
Mitch
Greenie
10-23-2007, 08:54 PM
congrats!
harveyc
10-23-2007, 10:33 PM
Thanks, Richard. I only vaguely remember that post....guess it was before I became a fiend and didn't think I'd ever spend more than $40 or so for a pup.
Boy, I'm getting more optimistic. I figure I'll install an automated misting system next spring when I plant it outdoors. Our evenings will often get down into the low 60s in the summer and I imagine that is cooler than you get, but our highs in the day are usually in the 90s and sometimes over 100.
My initial goal is to get my Ae Ae to grow outside and to produce some pups. Fruit would be great in a couple of years. I know someone that is already planning to get one and convince it to fruit indoors!
Thanks again for sharing!
GATrops
10-23-2007, 10:42 PM
Hi Harvey,
Our daytime temps during the summer sound about like yours but like you mentioned, our nighttime temps (and humidity) are a good bit higher.
If you want to look at the temperature numbers for my location there is a great site at http://www.griffin.uga.edu/aemn/cgi-bin/AEMN.pl?site=GASA. If you scroll down to Historical Data link you can get a lot of info about the climate in our region.
One additional thing, I got 4 pups from this plant this year.
Richard
Very nice Trop and congrats. I have a large oak in my yard also it is nice to know this space can be used.
Steve L
10-24-2007, 09:05 AM
Very nice. My big one was pushing out a flag leaf in September of 2005 but that ended thanks to Hurricane Rita. My smaller one was laid on the ground as well but I was able to replant it and it's now 9 or 10 feet in pseudostem height. Mine have survived lows of 24 on numerous occasions as well and are planted under an oak tree canopy too. The big one keeps pushing out new big leaves and I kind of hope it waits until spring to do something rather than now. I'd settle for a nice bunch of bananas just like yours.
Steve
Bananaman88
10-24-2007, 12:41 PM
Great photos, GATrops! That may not be a very big hand but you should still be proud. I had two varieties fruit here in Houston this year and they both averaged about 40 fruit each. I had one staked so it wouldn't blow over. Unfortunately, the other on bit the dust Monday as a very windy front went through. I started to go out and stake it but I thought it would be OK as it wasn't even leaning in the slightest. Now I wish I'd gone ahead and done it. I've seen enough posts of others bananas laying on the ground on this site to have known better! Again, great shots of the Ae-Ae. I have sent you a PM as well.
MediaHound
10-24-2007, 01:50 PM
Very nice, congrats!
Dean W.
10-24-2007, 04:45 PM
Awesome!!!
modenacart
10-24-2007, 05:42 PM
I guess it goes to show that they can be grown in areas other than Southern florida like some would like people to believe.
Randy4ut
10-24-2007, 05:52 PM
Richard,
WOW!!! I never thought they could grow like that anywhere close to that far north. The fruit is as beautiful as the plant itself if that is possible... Thanks for the insights to some more work that you are involved with. Is this one at your house?
microfarmer
10-24-2007, 09:00 PM
Originally posted by GATrops "Mine have survived lows of 24 on numerous occasions as well and are planted under an oak tree canopy too."
So does this bump it to 'Cold hardy' status??
Hmmm??
jnstropic
10-24-2007, 09:13 PM
You have the best pictures of a fruiting Ae Ae that I have seen that far north, and not in a greenhouse. You deserve recognition from all of us.
CiXeL
04-20-2008, 05:38 PM
wow thats incredible. could i see some more distant shots of your ae ae? id like to see how it sits in your yard under the canopy of trees. its wonderful to see it growing further north and an inspiration to all ae ae growers.
NANAMAN
04-20-2008, 07:02 PM
Beautiful!!! Who cares how big the bunch is, the plant is awesome. Congrats!
Bananaman88
04-21-2008, 12:21 PM
Great pics of the Ae-Ae fruit! I'd like to see a shot of the entire plant as well if you woulnd't mind.
GATrops
04-21-2008, 10:30 PM
Thanks for the kind words on the AeAe. Here is a link to a few pictures from a post in last May showing the plant (the one that fruited last fall) and its location with respect to the Live Oak. I will try to get a few new images of it in the next day or two.
http://www.bananas.org/f2/aeae-cold-tolerance-1869.html
mskitty38583
04-22-2008, 08:05 AM
your ae ae is jut beautiful. hopefully it will do very well for you this year. you growing this tree with no protection, gives us a little farther north then you, hope that we might get to try an ae ae. thanks for posting this.
harveyc
10-27-2008, 03:28 AM
Richard, you've disappeared from the forum since your post last spring you and SteveL are a big part of the reason I have hope for getting my Ae Ae to fruit next year.
If you happen to see this post, I'd love to hear how your Ae Ae did in 2008!
Thanks,
Harvey
D_&_T
10-27-2008, 10:50 AM
Thanks for sharing the photos of your AE AE!!
harveyc
05-14-2012, 01:07 AM
Richard, you haven't posted in quite a while and I'm wondering how your Ae Ae have done. My last plant died this past winter. Hope yours have done better! :)
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