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austinl01
09-01-2009, 09:28 PM
Good evening fellow banana enthusiasts! I ran across this short article about Dr. Wallace and Veinte Cohol on the university's website. It says Wallace's goal is to increase the fruit yield and make the plant more cold hardy. I wanted to share the link with you all.

Cheers,
Austin

http://www.armstrong.edu/images/uploads/4-banana_man.jpg

Armstrong Atlantic State University - Homepage Spotlights - To Grow Where No Banana Plant Has Grown Before (http://www.armstrong.edu/site/spotlight/spotlight_to_grow_where_no_banana_plant_has_grown_before)

chong
09-01-2009, 09:54 PM
Thanks, Austin. You sure know how to rub it in, do you? In the article, the good Dr. says that they plant a 2-foot stem in May and get mature fruits by October! Well, you saw my VC in my other thread, it was planted as a 4-inch stem and here we are in September, and by it's leaves, it thinks that he is grass! LOL

austinl01
09-03-2009, 10:33 PM
Chong, keep the faith, my friend, keep the faith! If you can get the V. cohol overwintered, then it will explode in growth next year, and you could even get fruit from it. I have no doubt that if I could have gotten mine with its 5 foot pseudostem through last winter, I would have been munching on ripe little bananas right now! If I had to do it over, I would have brought it indoors and made some room for it somewhere. Maybe next time, right? If we can find the secret to growing this plant, it will be a real winner. It shouldn't be any more difficult than Ae Ae!!!

Anyway, I have found that it likes a lot of heat (more so than say Orinoco) and will really slow down its growth as temperatures cool. Focus on giving it some TLC this winter, and you will love it Summer 2010. Please keep us updated.

damaclese
09-04-2009, 07:35 AM
Chong, keep the faith, my friend, keep the faith! If you can get the V. cohol overwintered, then it will explode in growth next year, and you could even get fruit from it. I have no doubt that if I could have gotten mine with its 5 foot pseudostem through last winter, I would have been munching on ripe little bananas right now! If I had to do it over, I would have brought it indoors and made some room for it somewhere. Maybe next time, right? If we can find the secret to growing this plant, it will be a real winner. It shouldn't be any more difficult than Ae Ae!!!

Anyway, I have found that it likes a lot of heat (more so than say Orinoco) and will really slow down its growth as temperatures cool. Focus on giving it some TLC this winter, and you will love it Summer 2010. Please keep us updated.

how is it similar to Ae Ae iv found the Ae to be a fairly easy plant to grow low sun lots of water and a rigorous finalization schedule and mine doesn't mind the heat in the siltiest