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damaclese
05-02-2009, 10:38 AM
was just in Lowe's minding my own biz getting some compost for the Bio project when what did my wandering eyes behold but a 6ft tall Ensete Ventricosum Maurellii in the middle of Las Vegas in 11 years of living here i never ever saw one before in a Lowe's no less heres the pics its woefully underpoted so guess what I'm doing today it got a bit beat up on its way home as i was in the Honda S2000 convertible which is only a two seater
and i already had two bags of Seder chips and 5 bags of compost
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17034&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17034)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17033&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17033)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17031&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17031)
r3tic
05-02-2009, 10:50 AM
Great find, you aren't kidding about it being underpotted!
CookieCows
05-02-2009, 10:59 AM
I have you, a cool looking convertible and Mr. Plant sitting next to you pictured vividly! ... did you have the radio on? Where there's a will there's a way. What a great addition to your collection!
Deb
Tog Tan
05-02-2009, 12:09 PM
Great haul Paulo! :goteam:
...But where is the pix of you in the S2000 with the 'naner and your sexy shades and a cigar for prop? Hey man, not that I don't trust ya, gotta have evidence in style man! :ha:
....the backdrop should be a bunch of scantily clad Vegas gals looking in astonishment. Makes a great cover pix for the next Bananas Quarterly!
Dalmatiansoap
05-02-2009, 12:59 PM
..."minding my own biz"..."6ft tall Ensete Ventricosum Maurellii in the middle of Las Vegas"...
..lot of strange coincidendes...
Bravo Damaclese!!!
:woohoonaner:
harveyc
05-02-2009, 01:23 PM
whoohoo, congrats, Paulo. I'm sure you'll have it looking great in no time.
btw, I've been wondering how your Ae Ae is doing. I remember how yours had skinny leaves like one of mine did, I wondered if they were both really something else. However, mine put out a new leaf last week which is big and wide, just like hey should be. Makes me curious how yours is doing.
Cheers,
Harvey
Magilla Gorilla
05-02-2009, 01:34 PM
Great find!! Have fun planting or potting it up!
damaclese
05-02-2009, 10:24 PM
Great haul Paulo! :goteam:
...But where is the pix of you in the S2000 with the 'naner and your sexy shades and a cigar for prop? Hey man, not that I don't trust ya, gotta have evidence in style man! :ha:
....the backdrop should be a bunch of scantily clad Vegas gals looking in astonishment. Makes a great cover pix for the next Bananas Quarterly!
tog i don't know which part of your post to address first but theres a few things about me that i don't think you are quite culed in on we can discus that stuff later in a PM as for the pictures all see what i can do tomorrow
damaclese
05-02-2009, 10:33 PM
whoohoo, congrats, Paulo. I'm sure you'll have it looking great in no time.
btw, I've been wondering how your Ae Ae is doing. I remember how yours had skinny leaves like one of mine did, I wondered if they were both really something else. However, mine put out a new leaf last week which is big and wide, just like hey should be. Makes me curious how yours is doing.
Cheers,
Harvey
Well i put it ouside and all the leafs got wind brokin its just now growing out new leaf so all see if it skinny or not but i think its going to be but it is a fairly young plant
LilRaverBoi
05-04-2009, 11:55 PM
Great pics! I just bought an Ensete Ventricosum 'Maurelii' myself! Mine isn't nearly so large as yours right now, though. They are definitely fast growers...enjoy!
island cassie
05-05-2009, 12:03 AM
Great find Paulo!!
damaclese
05-05-2009, 11:34 AM
Great pics! I just bought an Ensete Ventricosum 'Maurelii' myself! Mine isn't nearly so large as yours right now, though. They are definitely fast growers...enjoy!
yes this one grows fast hole new leaf since Saturday
but my green ones grow triable slowly I'm trying to up there food a bit
damaclese
05-06-2009, 09:09 AM
Great haul Paulo! :goteam:
...But where is the pix of you in the S2000 with the 'naner and your sexy shades and a cigar for prop? Hey man, not that I don't trust ya, gotta have evidence in style man! :ha:
....the backdrop should be a bunch of scantily clad Vegas gals looking in astonishment. Makes a great cover pix for the next Bananas Quarterly!
heres the Pics you asked for sorry i don't have any one to take them for me so no shades LOL
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17109&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17109&ppuser=2612)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17108&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17108&ppuser=2612)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17107&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17107&ppuser=2612)
And just to keep this a little on the garden theme you can see the edge of the front yard were i removed all the gravel and replaced the soil adding bio char those palm tree roots were hell to save as i was digging around
PS not to brag but look at how green and verdant my yard is compared to the ones of my nabers they hate me LOL
harveyc
05-06-2009, 09:16 AM
Banana yellow, very appropriate care for hauling banana plants around town! :)
CookieCows
05-06-2009, 09:57 AM
I LOVE THAT CAR !!!
You've done so much work, replacing the soil in your beds. It's motivating!
damaclese
05-06-2009, 11:05 AM
I LOVE THAT CAR !!!
You've done so much work, replacing the soil in your beds. It's motivating!
Thanks i worked so hard in the last month that i made my self sick i haven't been truly sick in 5 years but it was Worth it i have 60% or the land around my home renovated with fresh dirt larg amounts of compost and lots of bio char with micros as iv stated before are soil here is nothing but sand totally devoid of any organics and possessing a toxic level of boron that is why the yards so green next to the cutest car i ever owned well maybe the 1969 Austen American i had mite have been a tad bit cuter but not by much LOL
Westwood
05-06-2009, 10:11 PM
Paulo, you just need a chiquita Decal on that car and IT will be the Best .
Great find on the plant let us know if you find more.
damaclese
05-20-2009, 06:23 PM
Paulo, you just need a chiquita Decal on that car and IT will be the Best .
Great find on the plant let us know if you find more.
lets not push it i dont want the nighbors talking not that they dont already LOL about my yard that is heheheh
damaclese
06-07-2009, 11:28 AM
here are some updated photos on the Maurellii
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18095&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18095&ppuser=2612)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18096&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18096&ppuser=2612)
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