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harveyc
07-31-2008, 02:18 PM
Okay, mine died like nearly everyone else's. Quite a while ago someone posted some photos of theirs that was still growing, maybe a couple of folks. It's mid-summer now and I'd like to know if these are still alive and how they are doing. Have they pupped? Show us your pictures, please!!!

sandy0225
07-31-2008, 02:38 PM
She's not too big considering she's about a year old, only about 18" tall. But there's two new leaves.

FYI those aren't pups in there. They're green spider plants. They bloom and seed into everything.
No pups yet!

harveyc
07-31-2008, 02:52 PM
Maybe "Pearl" likes company, Sandy! :)

sandy0225
08-01-2008, 08:31 PM
Doesn't anyone else have one? I thought at least one more person said they had one that was still alive this spring.

harveyc
08-01-2008, 08:46 PM
Mark and Jane still had them the last they talked about them.
http://www.bananas.org/f2/m-dwarf-namwah-pearl-flower-banana-4147.html#post33645

natedogg1026
08-01-2008, 09:51 PM
I think everyone else killed theirs.

Jane
08-02-2008, 07:48 AM
Mine finally died too.

I was so proud of myself this spring as I had kept mine looking pretty good all winter in the house. I was not careful enough with all the rain we have been having and I know I let it get too wet. I may try again someday. But right now I think I just stick with ones that are not quit so picky.



Jane

hydrojeff
08-02-2008, 07:53 AM
Sandy what is the plant to the left of the first pic, is that balsa? BTW the hua moa i got from you is doing great!!!!thanks Sandy for such a great plant!!!!!!
jeff

Gabe15
08-02-2008, 11:49 AM
I spoke with the producer of the Namwah Pearl's a few weeks ago, and he said they were completely unaware that everyones plant dies and no one can get them past about a foot. They hadn't even grown them out for their own testing, but he said they would and see whats up.

MediaHound
08-02-2008, 11:50 AM
Ask him to join Bananas!

btw I killed mine also, lol

Taylor
08-02-2008, 12:01 PM
Never tried...after hearing of all the failures.

harveyc
08-02-2008, 12:23 PM
btw I killed mine also, lol

I'm in very good company! ;)

jrozier
08-02-2008, 12:53 PM
mine hung in for over a year, but never really grew
:(

STEELVIPER
08-02-2008, 01:49 PM
Sorry about not updating on this ,but i have been very busy this summer with work, GF, etc.. but mine after 2 years and about 11 inches of growth died about a month ago. Not sure why it decided to leave this world as it was looking pretty good.But after a week of declining heath, it kicked the bucket.:0493: I will try another later on sometime down the road. But it seemed to like filtered sunlight all day(no direct sun) even watering, and some fertilizer.No temps under 55F. This plant has to be babied. Like i said before, i think this musa thinks its a cactus. But its worth another try. :bananas_b

harveyc
08-02-2008, 03:01 PM
Looks like Sandy is the Queen of Namwah Pearl!!!!
:woohoonaner:
:nanadrink:

Naturally, the pressure is really on Sandy now and the stress may just be too much and do hers in as well.......Good luck, Sandy! :)

Taylor
08-02-2008, 03:04 PM
Maybe those spider plants are absorbing any excess water she throws at them?!

Bananaman88
08-02-2008, 05:51 PM
Yeah, mine kicked the bucket too. It was doing really well up until late spring when it suddenly went into decline. It will be interesting to hear what the producer has to say once they try growing some of theirs out.

sandy0225
08-05-2008, 03:52 PM
Maybe I should put in another ad--the only surviving Namwah pearl known to man--will trade for ae ae, LOL.
I thought maybe when I'd grown all the others I'd be about up to the challenge of a $100 plant. Hydrojeff, glad to hear your plants are doing well, and that plant isn't a balsa, it's solanum quitoense, aka naranjilla. They come in two kinds, a spiny one, and a fuzzy one. That one is a fuzzy one, I also have the spiny one.

What did I win?

harveyc
08-05-2008, 09:59 PM
What did I win?

Our deep respect and admiration!!!

:woohoonaner: :nanadrink:

sandy0225
08-07-2008, 02:38 PM
OH, I already have that......I wanted something new!!!!!! LOL!!!!

Chironex
08-18-2008, 06:43 PM
I just got 2 of them, we will see how long I can keep them alive.
Wish me luck!

microfarmer
08-18-2008, 11:03 PM
3 strikes and I'm out...:0493::0493::0493:

harveyc
08-20-2008, 01:00 AM
I just got 2 of them, we will see how long I can keep them alive.
Wish me luck!

Good luck. You'll need it!!! ;)

sandy0225
01-15-2009, 04:45 PM
my namwah pearl is looking really bad, much worse than last winter. I'm not sure it's going to make it!

saltydad
01-15-2009, 04:51 PM
So sorry to hear that. Sounds almost like they are genetically programmed to go without some unknown ingredient.

Chironex
01-15-2009, 04:57 PM
Mine is also having a tough time of it. The other one died about 1 1/2 months ago. It was fine one day and then the next day took a nose dive. It never recovered. There wasn't anything to try to save by TC, so it just faded away.
The other was doing ok, but had quite a battle with fungus gnats. I covered the soil with vermiculite. I may need to re-pot it in sterile soil as I think the larvae may be affecting the roots. It is running a fever now and sniffling.

Sailfish
08-03-2010, 03:28 PM
Everyone's dead now?

What about the guy who was contacting the guy??

harveyc
08-03-2010, 05:26 PM
Clare has a nice one she posted in her thread a week or two ago. I was surprised there weren't comments about it.

Bananaman88
08-04-2010, 11:45 AM
I was never overly impressed with mine. I thought it just looked like an unhealthy, chlorotic banana. Luckily, I traded for mine and didn't spend any $$ other than shipping another plant to the person I got mine from.

Sailfish
08-04-2010, 11:47 AM
Boy they certainly don't like the sun do they?

coast crab
08-05-2010, 09:34 AM
Clare, is this the one you bought from mda1515? If it is, it's the same thing I got last year as n w 'pearl'. In case anyone missed it in the other n w thread, here is is (was)...

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22726&ppuser=5745&sl=c><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=22726&size=1 border=0></a>

Anyway, it's dead, but I think this actually something called 'miami gold'. And, yes, it hated the sun - and apparently our really cold winter too. The pictures somewhere around here of the real n w 'pearl' look nothing like this. Maybe those pics were in varieg8's gallery. I wish he'd clear this up, whatever this sun hating, slow growing, tennis ball green thing really is.

Russell