View Full Version : never give up on a basjoo
sandy0225
06-11-2008, 11:01 AM
I finally decided that one of my basjoo wasn't coming up. Didn't know why, I mulched it just the same as the others.It looked like it'd made it. It still had a mushy stump there,not a "hole of death". But it just wasn't growing anything at all. So I planted another one a few feet away from it.
Went to the mailbox today, and behold, there's a pup coming up from the one I gave up on. Actually 2 of them about 4" tall. So they didn't come up until around June 10th. That's the latest I've seen one come up here yet.
cactus6103
06-11-2008, 12:37 PM
Never give up! I had the same thing with mine. Red
Kylie2x
06-11-2008, 12:43 PM
That is great.. I have a Misi Luki that is just sitting ther maybe I need to go threaten it and let him know he can be replaced...LOL
Kylie
natedogg1026
06-12-2008, 11:33 AM
Basjoo's are as tough as nails.
oppalm
06-12-2008, 12:01 PM
I never give up on any banana. I overwinter at least 5 different varieties that I dig out of the ground and they all look bad in the spring time and I am amazed they grow back each summer. Never give up.
Las Palmas Norte
06-12-2008, 06:18 PM
I intentionally tried to kill a small stand of M. basjoo. It didn't work. They're bullet proof.
Cheers, Barrie.
Simply Bananas
06-13-2008, 03:19 AM
I have noticed their tough demeanor as well. I have dug several up to give to friends and not multiple pups have emerged around where the former plants were.
sandy0225
06-13-2008, 08:44 PM
now there's three pups!
sandy0225
06-19-2008, 12:57 PM
now there's 5 pups!
sandy0225
06-24-2008, 06:18 AM
I swear you guys aren't going to believe this, but I mowed the yard yesterday and now there's 6 pups!
And the last one can't be over an inch tall so that means it just came up and it's June 21st. That's the latest I've ever seen one come up here.
mskitty38583
06-24-2008, 08:36 AM
sandy, congrats!!!!!:0490::2742::hiiiiyanana::2704::nanerwizard::2767: you keep mowing your yard your gonna find a tropical rainforest there. :waving:. im sure you would be sad about that.... right?? lol! with all the basjoos that are growing in members yards this year.... if we each gave one to someone, in a year there would be basjoos in every yard in america and the u.k. just a thought.:baloonnaner:
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