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john_ny
10-10-2009, 02:31 PM
A picture from the Florida Nursery Growers Assn. show.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24541&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24541&ppuser=826)
Looks like you had a great time! Were the undersides of the leaves as powdery blue as they look in the pic?..........Great color!
Christine1950
10-10-2009, 02:56 PM
How pretty, I love the coloring
cherokee_greg
10-11-2009, 12:19 AM
Great I really like these. I bought one of ebay when I potted it the leaves wilted down. I hope it comes back. This is one of my favorites thanks for posting it
austinl01
10-11-2009, 10:19 AM
Awesome! I hear it's as cold hardy as musa basjoo. I love the black colored pstem. I'm getting one in the spring for sure. It is purdy! :)
Taylor
10-11-2009, 01:29 PM
Austin, interesting that you mention that. Where did you hear that from? Mine's in the ground and it's huge. Not looking forward to digging it up.
cherokee_greg
10-11-2009, 01:47 PM
Awesome! I hear it's as cold hardy as musa basjoo. I love the black colored pstem. I'm getting one in the spring for sure. It is purdy! :)
I heard that too
austinl01
10-11-2009, 02:45 PM
Austin, interesting that you mention that. Where did you hear that from? Mine's in the ground and it's huge. Not looking forward to digging it up.
Taylor, I read it from an online article from the University of Mississippi if I remember correctly. It is supposed to be almost as hardy as basjoo. According to the article, it should survive your winters easily.
Taylor
10-11-2009, 02:51 PM
(Re)Found it:
Black Thai banana offers staggering beauty (07-09-2009) (http://msucares.com/news/print/sgnews/sg09/sg090709.html)
Interesting... and they aren't the only people saying it is hardy to zone 6/7. I might cut off the pup and "sacrifice" the mother. We'll see.
john_ny
10-11-2009, 04:29 PM
To tell the truth, I didn't notice anything special about the color, except that the pseudostem was dark. I think the bluish tinge was mainly from the lighting in the convention center.
island cassie
10-11-2009, 05:41 PM
Those Thai Blacks are soooo nice!!
austinl01
10-11-2009, 06:58 PM
(Re)Found it:
Black Thai banana offers staggering beauty (07-09-2009) (http://msucares.com/news/print/sgnews/sg09/sg090709.html)
Interesting... and they aren't the only people saying it is hardy to zone 6/7. I might cut off the pup and "sacrifice" the mother. We'll see.
Yes, that's the article, Taylor. Do you have a pic of yours? Let's get some more pics of the Black Thai on this thread folks!
Taylor
10-11-2009, 10:21 PM
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad284/ph3lps2/DSC04290.jpghttp://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad284/ph3lps2/DSC04292.jpg
Please excuse the weeds and supports!
coast crab
10-11-2009, 10:44 PM
Here's a picture of mine from last month...
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=23779&ppuser=5745&sl=c><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=23779&size=1 border=0></a>
It's 9.5 ft from the ground to the top of the pstem (where the leaves emerge). It was 2 ft tall back in April. Falling acorns are shredding the leaves.
ShearMe
10-11-2009, 10:54 PM
Darn those acorns!
momoese
10-11-2009, 10:59 PM
Nice plants Taylor and Russell. :)
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