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ClevelandCATHY
08-01-2009, 03:28 PM
<ahref=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20263&ppuser=656><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=20263&size=1 border=0></a> .It's been raining so much lately, I haven't been out much to check my plants. I had a nice suprise today. Flag leaf on my praying hands. Not bad for an old woman in Tennessee.:woohoonaner:

john_ny
08-01-2009, 03:42 PM
Very nice. Good luck with it!

sbl
08-01-2009, 03:44 PM
Congrats! How will you try to get the bunch thru winter in TN?

Taylor
08-01-2009, 03:44 PM
Congratulations!!!!!

Richard
08-01-2009, 03:50 PM
:woohoonaner:

Randy4ut
08-01-2009, 03:54 PM
Cathy,
We were right, weren't we?!?!?! Congrats, and will be out as soon as I can to see it in person... Wish we could figure out how to get them close to harvesting, but gonna be a lot of praying for your Praying Hands!!! Hopefully, Mother Nature will cut you some slack and hold off winter for a LLLLOOOONNNNGGGG time!!! If not, hey, you can be proud that you were able to get it this far!!! Way to go!!!

Bob
08-01-2009, 04:07 PM
Never mind for an old woman in Tennesee, anyone could be proud of getting their plants that far along. Congratulations!!!:goteam::woohoonaner:

ClevelandCATHY
08-01-2009, 04:25 PM
Thanks all, I don't know what i'm going to do this winter. Maybe try to dig it up. It won't fit in my greenhouse anymore, but my uncle has a very large garage for his farm equipment, and he said i could overwinter it there.

Worm_Farmer
08-01-2009, 04:26 PM
Awesome Job! How tall is it? I know they can get up to 14', I love how thick the leafs on prayings hands are.

Dalmatiansoap
08-01-2009, 04:32 PM
Bravo:woohoonaner:

Rmplmnz
08-01-2009, 04:33 PM
Awesome job....!!

adrift
08-01-2009, 09:53 PM
Congrats!

I don't know much about the technical and artistic aspects of photographic composition, but that is probably the best photo example of what a flag leaf looks like. Might have to see how to get that in the wiki or something.

I think you have a few months until frost don't you? You might make it to harvest. We'll cross our fingers for you.

hammer
08-01-2009, 10:06 PM
Wow thats i am happy for you how tall is it. i have a praying hands thats been out all summer and i will drag it in to the greenhouse this winter. hoe long has it taken to get to this point.

ClevelandCATHY
08-01-2009, 10:16 PM
It's about 7 or 8 ft. tall. I planted it as a small pup last year. It grew like gangbusters last summer. I dug it up and potted it. I kept it in my greenhouse all winter, then planted it out again this spring. What i'd like to know now is, will it hurt the fruit production, if i take off a pup?

Richard
08-01-2009, 11:22 PM
It could hurt the fruit production if you don't remove the pup. Let the corm under the "mother" plant devote its energy entirely to the one stalk.

kaczercat
08-01-2009, 11:32 PM
congrats , good luck with the fruit !!

marenmar
08-02-2009, 05:57 AM
:goteam: congratulations!!!! and indeed, very nice picture!!!!

CESAR
08-02-2009, 06:09 AM
Very nice Cathy,

We wait for the bunch now.

CookieCows
08-02-2009, 07:22 AM
Congrats Cathy!! :goteam:

Deb

sbl
08-02-2009, 07:48 AM
Have you considered growing it leaning over in your greenhouse? If it is only 7-8 ft tall, and if you have the space in your greenhouse, it does not have to be vertical. One that I have outdoors is leaning almost 45 degrees--it bloomed in July.

saltydad
08-02-2009, 06:38 PM
Fantastic news, Cathy!

D_&_T
08-02-2009, 10:16 PM
I would be afraid of stressing out the corm out by removing the pup until the fruit set and developing!