View Full Version : UPDATE 2020 Season of my Nana Patches
edwmax
02-19-2020, 02:55 PM
I trimmed the small nana patch this morning to get ready for the 2020 season ... AND found a supersize bloom. Anyway these pics show how the plant died back after the Jan. 21 & 22 freeze to 27 deg. All the growing leaves froze and the few bunches that were growing.
Pic1
http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIc1-20200219_104729.jpg
Pic2
http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC2-20200219_104746.jpg
pic3 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC3-20200219_104804.jpg
pic4 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC4-20200219_104830.jpg
pic5 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC5-20200219_104913.jpg
pic6 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC6-20200219_111541.jpg
Yes, that is new flag leaf & bud. The bud is within the past week & half. The Flag is since the Jan 22nd freeze. So if there is no late freeze it will be interesting to see this bunch grow.
pic7 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC7-20200219_111602.jpg
pic8 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC8-20200219_111605.jpg
This is what was left after trimming the dead leaves and pstems back. I cut a few pstem in Jan. before the last freeze and that is why there is a few green leaves showing now.
pic9 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC9-20200219_111619.jpg
pic10 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC10-20200219_111644.jpg
I'll get pics of the Big Patch a little later. These just show where I'm starting from for the 2020 season.
Backyard Banana Joe
02-19-2020, 06:30 PM
Looking good! But MAN those plants got MOSKED!!! Is that a word?!
edwmax
02-20-2020, 09:12 AM
Yea, just 2 nights of 27 deg temps did them in. ... This winter hasn't been severe, so I don't believe I've lost any plants. ... I think we'll see a big difference in 7 to 10 days. ... Oh, if anyone is interested, I cut the pstems to remove the upper frozen, mushy portion. This help to keep the plant a little shorter and gives more support for the new growth on the pstem. 2 plants in the pics I didn't cut as I believe they are about to bloom, another 1000 finger (tall one) and a shorter Rajapuri (raggie looking top). ... The cutting waste was put around the bottom of the plants for mulch and these are pure fertilizer ready for use by the plant.
beam2050
02-20-2020, 09:27 AM
Yea, just 2 nights of 27 deg temps did them in. ... This winter hasn't been severe, so I don't believe I've lost any plants. ... I think we'll see a big difference in 7 to 10 days. ... Oh, if anyone is interested, I cut the pstems to remove the upper frozen, mushy portion. This help to keep the plant a little shorter and gives more support for the new growth on the pstem. 2 plants in the pics I didn't cut as I believe they are about to bloom, another 1000 finger (tall one) and a shorter Rajapuri (raggie looking top).
yesterday was beautiful wasn't it. thot I might go naked out in the yard but it pisses me off when I can hear the laughter over the boom boxes. and one young punk once hollered HEY FAT LADY. don't ya think that was a dentrimint to my physiology.
sorry on your loss max, I have been watching a number of them that should be close to flowering. manly dw Brazilian and raja puri. I have been waiting to fertilize so I wont push them, believe I will wait until the end of feb. I have a few plants I planted last year that are doing fantastic. a cardaba that the p-stem is still green and the dw maoli that is putting out huge leaves and the monthan whitch recovers really fast after a cold snap.
2 more cold snaps are forecasted here for February and knock on my forehead 2 more easy weeks in march.
edwmax
02-20-2020, 11:06 AM
Yea ... we have 29 deg forecast for tomorrow night ... So the new orinoco bunch may be lost.
edwmax
02-20-2020, 01:04 PM
I was just checking the weather again and found that all the Weather men & girls are taking the day off because they have nothing to do. All inclement weather has been canceled for the US tomorrow. ref: https://www.wunderground.com/article/safety/winter/news/2020-02-18-blank-weather-map-explained?cm_ven=hp-slot-3
beam2050
02-21-2020, 09:46 AM
I was just checking the weather again and found that all the Weather men & girls are taking the day off because they have nothing to do. All inclement weather has been canceled for the US tomorrow. ref: https://www.wunderground.com/article/safety/winter/news/2020-02-18-blank-weather-map-explained?cm_ven=hp-slot-3
:ha: marked as SPAM
beam2050
02-24-2020, 01:41 PM
I got 33 degrees one night and 38 degrees the second. NO FROST :woohoonaner: green leaves are still on my bananas.
now comes another weekend of cold.
edwmax
02-24-2020, 03:20 PM
The same here. the leaves are still green.
LukeSkyWRX
02-25-2020, 07:04 PM
Can a plant support a bunch of Bananas if it looses all its leaves?
Akula
02-26-2020, 11:11 AM
Suppose to be 38F and 39F over the next two nights in my area. Hopefully that's the end of it. Just about every plant in my patch has one or two green leaves but the weak, sickly kind. I have two nice size Raja Puri's that made it through the winter and hoping they don't get jammed up as they tend to do. Starting my fertilizer program next week and planting my tomato plants this weekend.
edwmax
02-26-2020, 03:06 PM
Can a plant support a bunch of Bananas if it looses all its leaves?
We've had a couple of members on the forum that got a decent bunch (few hands) thought the winter using poly tents and plastic bags over the bunch and the plant only had only 1 or 2 leaves. ... But this tends to be a lot of trouble when one has about 100 nana plants growing thought the year. My Orinoco bunch I'll cut it back to may be to 3 hands when things start growing better to see how it does.
LukeSkyWRX
02-26-2020, 06:47 PM
We've had a couple of members on the forum that got a decent bunch (few hands) thought the winter using poly tents and plastic bags over the bunch and the plant only had only 1 or 2 leaves. ... But this tends to be a lot of trouble when one has about 100 nana plants growing thought the year. My Orinoco bunch I'll cut it back to may be to 3 hands when things start growing better to see how it does.
So what if it throws a flower, then you loose all the leaves to a frost? Will the plant support more growth of the flower and fruit without leaves?
edwmax
02-26-2020, 08:20 PM
So what if it throws a flower, then you loose all the leaves to a frost? Will the plant support more growth of the flower and fruit without leaves?
That's what others seem to have done. We'll see as my plant only has the flag leaf remaining if the frost doesn't kill it this week.
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beam2050
02-27-2020, 08:08 AM
down to 32 tonight for me.:(
Backyard Banana Joe
02-27-2020, 10:22 AM
Pic2
http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC2-20200219_104746.jpg
pic3 http://www.caironet.com/BANANA/PIC3-20200219_104804.jpg
Just wondering......... why didn’t you harvest the above bunches before the cold? At least one looks filled enough.
edwmax
02-27-2020, 11:28 AM
They weren't filled enough. You can still see the end is pointy. Yes I could have ripened them in the house but the center core would still been hard. ... Besides I had plenty Nanas already and still eating nana chips.
edwmax
02-27-2020, 11:34 AM
down to 32 tonight for me.:(
My low was 36 -37 deg F ... Beam did you get any Frost? Orinoco can take 29/30 deg F for a short period as long as there is no frost
beam2050
02-28-2020, 12:50 AM
My low was 36 -37 deg F ... Beam did you get any Frost? Orinoco can take 29/30 deg F for a short period as long as there is no frost
tonight is not over yet. it's 12:30 am and 38 degrees, just finished putting the last coat of beeswax on a hawkin rifle and am going to put some more rust on the barrel. :ha::ha::ha: no rest for the nasty people..... ]…]…]…]
I have not got Orinoco yet. what I want to do is get the Orinoco that I had over 30 years ago, just have not done it yet. I have permission. but I have at least 5 that can compete, sorta, with Orinoco. 3 unidentified.
couple more weeks of march my friend.
may your banana fields burn before you get there. :bananas_b
beam2050
02-28-2020, 01:41 AM
well it's 1:30 am, and 36 degrees and there's frost on the cars. night yall…….:waving:
edwmax
02-28-2020, 08:06 AM
33 & 34 deg @ 5 & 6 am; dropped to 31.5 deg & 7:15 am with light frost. It's 7:50 am now and 33 deg. ... it will take a day or 2 to see how bad the bana leaves burnt.
Backyard Banana Joe
02-28-2020, 08:35 AM
Right now it's 46 degrees! Bbbbbbrrrrrrrr!!!!! So cold lol
Mark Dragt
02-28-2020, 11:17 AM
[QUOTE=beam2050;329377]yesterday was beautiful wasn't it. thot I might go naked out in the yard but it pisses me off when I can hear the laughter over the boom boxes. and one young punk once hollered HEY FAT LADY. don't ya think that was a dentrimint to my physiology.
They might be laughing because you have your days mixed up. Naked Gardening Day is always the first Saturday in May. This year it is May the 2nd.
:woohoonaner:
Mark Dragt
02-28-2020, 11:31 AM
You guys that live in the area of light freeze should try letting the sprinkler run on your bananas during the freezing temps. 50f + water from a hose will probably protect your plants. I am guessing this will work down to about 25f.
beam2050
02-28-2020, 12:20 PM
[QUOTE=beam2050;329377]yesterday was beautiful wasn't it. thot I might go naked out in the yard but it pisses me off when I can hear the laughter over the boom boxes. and one young punk once hollered HEY FAT LADY. don't ya think that was a dentrimint to my physiology.
They might be laughing because you have your days mixed up. Naked Gardening Day is always the first Saturday in May. This year it is May the 2nd.
:woohoonaner:
:ha: here May would be a cook off.
made it to 34 last night. those all night frosts are just as damaging to a p-stem as a freeze might be.
edwmax
02-28-2020, 12:20 PM
You guys that live in the area of light freeze should try letting the sprinkler run on your bananas during the freezing temps. 50f + water from a hose will probably protect your plants. I am guessing this will work down to about 25f.
These are just the first new leaves of spring starting to push out. There are more to come behind them so a little frost burn wont really hurt the plants. The first day of spring is only about 23 days away. ....
edwmax
03-29-2020, 09:18 PM
I've been busy with another project and haven't updated this thread as promised.
Last weekend I trimmed the nanas back in the Large patch and took these pictures. The nanas were about to start putting out new leaves for the spring. These pictures are to show the start of the season.
Pic !
http://www.caironet.com/banana/LargePatch-pic1-03222020.jpg
Pic 2
http://www.caironet.com/banana/LargePatch-pic2-03222020.jpg
Pic 3
http://www.caironet.com/banana/LargePatch-pic3-03222020.jpg
All of these plants are recovering from the winter. I didn't lose any.
Late this afternoon I found the RajaPuri in the Small Nana Patch had pushed out Bloom. I've been watching for it but didn't check it yesterday.
Raja Puri
http://www.caironet.com/banana/RajaPuri-pic1-20200329.JPG
Best day
03-29-2020, 11:46 PM
That’s a lot of bananas.
Bill
edwmax
03-30-2020, 11:06 AM
Here is another pic of the Raja Puri bunch.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/RajaPuri-03302020.jpg
An update & pic of the Orinoco bunch with no leaves. This bunch bloomed in February after the last hard freeze. The bunch is looking great.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/Orinoco-bunch1-03302020.jpg
The bunch count for the 2020 season is at 2 now.
An over view of the Small Nana Patch.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/SmallPatch-03302020.jpg
edwmax
04-11-2020, 01:25 PM
Yesterday morning I was checking the nanas in the small patch I found this little bloom. The bloom is slightly less than 1/2 the size of other Orinoco blooms. There are 2 small leaves and the flag. So the count for this nana patch is now 3.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/DwfOrinoco-04102020.jpg
edwmax
04-11-2020, 03:08 PM
Oh ... the bloom is a dwf Orinoco.
edwmax
05-21-2020, 08:57 PM
2 New Blooms ... I've had a computer problem for the past week so I couldn't update this thread until today.
Last Wednesday I found the 1st bloom in the large nana patch. It is a Dwf Namwah.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/LargerPatch-DwfNamwah-20200514.jpg
Today in the Small Patch I found the 1000 Finger finally Bloomed. It has 2 leaves and the Flag leaf. I thought this one was ready to bloom and made it though the winter without loosing the bud.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/SmallPatch-1000finger-2020521.jpg
The bunch/bloom count is now at 5. Woohoo....
Sundra
05-21-2020, 11:43 PM
As a midwesterner, I am so jealous :08:
Congrats! :)
smeash
05-22-2020, 07:25 AM
Fantastic! Looks like you are gonna have a ton of nanas to figure out what to do with! Awesome!
edwmax
05-22-2020, 07:33 AM
Looking at the 1000 finger pic, you see a big nana left behind the bloom. From the frontside of the patch that bloom is completely hidden. For several days I keep looking for a bloom but didn't see one. There were no new leaves growing so I thought the plant was choking. So I was looking close for the choke on the backside.
Likely I will cut the bunch at 7 or 8 hands. Dose anyone have any suggestions to mature these in our short growing season? I have about 8 months left until first frost.
Akula
05-22-2020, 09:33 AM
That's amazing how the Orinoco bunch is developing without any leaves. Tough nanner!
Although not many leaves, I think you've got plenty of time with the best months to come to mature those bananas. Don't cut the flower off nor prune any hands too early/short. I think that caused my blue java bunch to rot as I was worried there were too many hands to develop with a single leaf.
Looking good!
PS you can fix that sideways photo presentation by using the "edit" button near the bottom of the page when the photo is shown in your gallery after posting it up. Kinda hard to find but its there. Edit function will then allow you to rotate clockwise or counter clockwise as the case may be. Sideways pictures give me a headache.
edwmax
05-22-2020, 09:46 AM
That's amazing how the Orinoco bunch is developing without any leaves. Tough nanner!
Although not many leaves, I think you've got plenty of time with the best months to come to mature those bananas. Don't cut the flower off nor prune any hands too early/short. I think that caused my blue java bunch to rot as I was worried there were too many hands to develop with a single leaf.
Looking good!
PS you can fix that sideways photo presentation by using the "edit" button near the bottom of the page when the photo is shown in your gallery after posting it up. Kinda hard to find but its there. Edit function will then allow you to rotate clockwise or counter clockwise as the case may be. Sideways pictures give me a headache.
The 1000 finger makes hands until the bunch reaches the ground (hence the name). I don't think there is time or that and mature the nanas. This is my first 1000 Finger Bunch and why I asked for advice. I know I have lost 2 or 3 bunches to pstem freezing in the past.
edwmax
05-26-2020, 08:42 AM
Found another bunch! ... This morning while checking the Small Nana Patch, I found another bud just pushed out.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/SmallPatch-Orinoco-05262020.jpg
And .... an update photo on the Dec. 2019 bunch with only one ragged leaf. It's growing and growing to make it. The flower is hanging at about 10 ft. May be I can cut it off in the net few days.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/Orinoco-update-05262020.jpg
The Bunch count is now .... Small Patch => 5 .... Large Patch => 1 ... Total for 2020 season=> 6 Bunches and growing .... I need more fertilizer!
edwmax
05-26-2020, 10:54 AM
The Large Nana Patch, I check yesterday for any new buds and didn't see anything promising. ....But ... this morning the Dwf Orinoco has a new bud. this is the first time this mat has fruited since planting a year & half ago.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/LargePatch-DwfOrinoco-05262020.jpg
Also this is a pic of another Dwf Namwah with what appears to be a pre-flag (center) there may be a flag & bud in another couple of days.
http://www.caironet.com/banana/LargePatch-DwfNamwah-05262020.jpg
Large Nana Patch now has 2 blooms and another on the way.
Total 2020 season count is 7 blooms. ... I still need more fertilizer.
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