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JERICO 08-11-2013 09:15 PM

Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
Hey Everyone!!!

Mediahound gave us a big-o welcome, and we're here to say thanks!

We are from Alabama, and we have no bananas today.

BUT, we do have two banana's blooming. One looks rather sad, but the other holds potential.

We will send pictures. Don't know what kind, but they are rather huge.

Then we ordered another 13 different varieties. We don't have the entire list, but we do have: Cavendish, Williams, Ice Cream, Raja Puri, Gran Nain, Thousand Finger, Mus Double Mahoi. Mekong Giant, Musa Basjoo, Musa Ensete Snow Banana, Musa Viente Cohol, Musa Saba, FHIA-3 Sweetheart, and then we have a bunch of the kind that is blooming.

We are looking for any information we can get our hands on to determine what we need to do. We've only done a quick scan of the forum so far. We'll have to go back and do a whole lotta reading.

Then maybe we can really dig in here.

Abnshrek 08-11-2013 10:43 PM

Re: Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
Hello, Welcome & Happy Harvesting.. :^)

JERICO 08-12-2013 12:18 AM

Re: Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
We know right where your town is. We delivered a load there a few years ago, just South of the Pilot. We just closed our trucking company two weeks ago.

Darkman 08-12-2013 08:00 PM

Re: Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
Welcome to Bananas and Zone Pushing!

That's an ambitious list but not impossible. Y'all are near Tuskegee right? It does get a bit cold there. Definitely going to need Winter protection. Good for you there is a ton of information here on the forum. Just run some searches, you'll see.

Hope you can come down to our Banana get together. Bring friends!

JERICO 08-12-2013 09:15 PM

Re: Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
Darkman,

We are actually close to Tuscaloosa, about 40 miles maybe.

We will definitely consider your get together.

JERICO 08-12-2013 09:35 PM

Re: Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
Darkman,

We are actually close to Tuscaloosa, about 40 miles maybe.

We will definitely consider your get together.

Rebel 08-12-2013 09:42 PM

Re: Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
Welcome from another in the fine state of Alabama and also Terminal Mgr. for trucking company. Welcome and happy growing. Coosada is just outside of Prattville.

JERICO 08-12-2013 09:56 PM

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Rebel,

Sure are glad we closed our operation down. We had enough of things the way they have gotten. We have been out there for far too many years.

Trucking sure takes its toll on a body.

Just 2 weeks off, and we are feeling much better. Now it is time for us to enjoy life. Working with plants and the soil are just what the good Lord has ordered for us.

Thankfully we were able to drive home, park the truck in the yard, get out, and we are still able to enjoy life.

Believe us, we ain't looking back!

Rebel 08-12-2013 10:26 PM

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Good for you. I should have told you I'm 65 and only work two days a week now. Was Transportation Mgr. for a Hon Office Furniture plant in Florence, Al. for years. Now just taking it easy mostly and enjoying life. Take care and do understand the toll the Gov. and the pressure of trucking has on the body.

Illia 08-13-2013 12:49 AM

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Welcome! Always happy to see more zone pushers :)

Are your blooming ones in pots or greenhouses? With fall approaching and banana fruit ripening times rather long and slow, I'd highly recommend you get them safe before they fail.

JERICO 08-13-2013 08:26 AM

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Illia,

Our blooming bananas are in thee ground. We can't tell you what kind of bananas are that is blooming, but the trunk (pseudostem) is huge.

This is the second year they have been in the ground. The first one bloomed on a smaller plant that looked like it was almost gone. We didn't expect those bananas would make it.

However, the one in bloom now, it is way to huge to move inside. If the bananas make good, if not maybe we can learn some kind of tricks to help us out for the next bloom.

I'll try to get pictures of it later today or tomorrow morning.

But thanks again to you (and everyone else) for the gran nain welcome! :waving:

Illia 08-13-2013 09:26 AM

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If you feel determined and crazy enough, you could try building a quick little temporary greenhouse over it for the winter so you can possibly get fruit. Get a wood frame going on the bottom, perhaps some PVC hoops, some clear plastic over top, and for extra insulation, some people even use a second layer of plastic or a good layer of bubble wrap. Also christmas lights are a good heat emitter, and a tank such as an aquarium of water helps soak heat by day and release it by night.

JERICO 08-13-2013 09:41 AM

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Illia, we appreciate that info! We'll have to try it on the plant that is flowering.

We are going to watch the progress to see where the bananas get to before the temperature starts to cool, then we'll proceed from there.

When we purchased our other plants (those listed below in signature), they showed that they were more cold tolerant than some other varieties (except the Thousand Finger). So if they told the truth, most of them will at least survive our winter.

We do intend to offer them as much protection as possible though.

Always feel your advise is welcome here, we want to do what is right for the plants we have.

JERICO 08-13-2013 09:58 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebel (Post 226124)
Good for you. I should have told you I'm 65 and only work two days a week now. Was Transportation Mgr. for a Hon Office Furniture plant in Florence, Al. for years. Now just taking it easy mostly and enjoying life. Take care and do understand the toll the Gov. and the pressure of trucking has on the body.

We are not too far behind you. We are sixty, both husband and wife. Hubby been in trucking for somewhere over 35 years. I've been in trucking for 17 years. I pulled flatbed for two years by myself. He was in HazMat tanking. When we got together we formed a great team, pulled HazMat still for another 2 years. When we decided to open our company, we decided to go flatbed.

We ran the first company for 9 years, then closed that one & started another to try to be more in compliance with CSA. We ran that one for 4 years.

Just thank God we are out of that now. We actually closed it in July 16th, almost a month now. Time has passed rather quickly, and I sure would not want to go back to it!

Now we have got so much to get caught up on around here.

We want to open a nursery, my heart lies in tropical type plants. We have quite a large collection of our stock plants. Next comes: making all the baby plants for market.

We are also getting ready to start offering organic fertilizer. Right now we are still in the beginning stages. We are waiting for guaranteed analysis from the State Lab. (It should be back around the week-end.) Then we'll begin our packaging system.

Rebel 08-13-2013 11:47 AM

Re:THE NEIGHBOR'S E.
 
Here's that one the neighbor has. Travis and I mentioned, after first light frost, cuts all leaves off and also the top and then wraps in plastic for the Winter. I like that Christmas tree light idea. Like that a lot. Thanks for sharing that Ellia.[IMG][/IMG]
Keep in mind,,his deck in the background is about 3 feet off the ground in the background and with Bananas.

If you'll notice,,to the left is one even taller.

Illia 08-13-2013 11:58 AM

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Thousand Fingers is extremely cold tolerant, the issue is in the fruit. The plant loves lots of heat, but more importantly, the many many fruits take a long, long time to develop. We're talking much over 8 months, possibly over a year. The main hardiness of the plant though is the corm, so, you cannot hope that the p-stem and fruit are hardy. ;)

JERICO 08-13-2013 12:19 PM

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Wow! There is so much to learn!

That is why we joined here. This place is bountiful with information.

After making the investment if the plants, and the time to get them this far; we want to do everything we can to protect them.

Our landscape will look quite strange with all the plastic wrapped trees we'll have!

Darkman 08-13-2013 01:15 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebel (Post 226124)
...I'm 65 and only work two days a week now...Now just taking it easy mostly and enjoying life....

Quote:

Originally Posted by JERICO (Post 226165)
We are not too far behind you. We are sixty, both husband and wife. Just thank God we are out of that now...

We actually closed it in July 16th, almost a month now.

We want to open a nursery, my heart lies in tropical type plants.....

You sure you retired? Sounds like you are still working! LOL But I'm sure it is fun now.

Both of you are right around my age. I'm 56 and close to retiring although everytime Congress agrees on something and passes new legislation I see my retirement circling the toilet bowl.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JERICO (Post 226179)
Wow! There is so much to learn!

That is why we joined here. This place is bountiful with information.

After making the investment if the plants, and the time to get them this far; we want to do everything we can to protect them.

Our landscape will look quite strange with all the plastic wrapped trees we'll have!

The knowledge here is phenominal. You should find answers to any question you come up with.

Strange?

Yeah I guess so! This was the Winter protection for the Winter of 10/11



And after unwrapping and growing a little on June 2


JERICO 08-13-2013 02:53 PM

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Sorry I disappeared, but I went to get some pictures to brag about my babies! :goteam:

[IMG]Proud Mama to Flowering Banana photo ProudMamaofFloweringBanana_zps05f1a46c.jpg[/IMG]Proud Mama to Flowering Banana - 1st View
[IMG]Proud Mama to Flowering Banana photo ProudMamaofFloweringBanana_zps7004fa96.jpg[/IMG]Proud Mama to Flowering Banana - 2nd View
[IMG]Proud Mama with size 9 women's shoe photo MamaofFloweringBananawithwomenssize9shoe_zpsa3d28512.jpg[/IMG]Proud Mama to Flowering - 3rd View with Size 9 Wmoen's Shoe
[IMG]Proud Mama of Flowering Banana - 1 photo ProudMamaofFloweringBanana_zps3ccfcb2a.jpg[/IMG]Proud Mama of Flowering Banana - 4th View
[IMG] photo MoreSistertoFloweringBanana_zps001ac9fc.jpg[/IMG]Sisters to Flowering Now
[IMG]Variety of Bananas - 1 photo VarietyofPlants_zpsd31a8084.jpg[/IMG]Variety of Other Bananas - 1st View
[IMG]Variety of Bananas - 2 photo VarietyofPlants2_zpsf6b5ff70.jpg[/IMG]Variety of Other Bananas - 2nd View
[IMG]Supposed to be Cavendish photo SupposedtobeWilliams_zps12972eb8.jpg[/IMG]Supposed to be Cavendish
[IMG]Supposed to be Ice Cream photo SupposedtobeIceCream_zpsa2c8f418.jpg[/IMG]Supposed to be Ice Cream
[IMG]Cavendish photo Cavendish_zps9c0c5047.jpg[/IMG]Supposed to be Williams
Phew! That was a job just to get these here. :03:
And there are more, but enough is enough!
Dang it! I left off the two most important ones, the Flowering Banana
[IMG]Flowering Now - 1 photo Floweringnow-1_zps93f81c8a.jpg[/IMG]Flowering Banana - 1st view
[IMG]Flowering Now - 2 photo FloweringNow-2_zps95dfc1f0.jpg[/IMG]Flowering Banana - 2nd View

JERICO 08-13-2013 03:00 PM

Re: Bananas to you, from JERICO!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkman (Post 226185)
Both of you are right around my age. I'm 56 and close to retiring although everytime Congress agrees on something and passes new legislation I see my retirement circling the toilet bowl.



The knowledge here is phenominal. You should find answers to any question you come up with.

Strange?

Yeah I guess so! This was the Winter protection for the Winter of 10/11



And after unwrapping and growing a little on June 2, 2012


Darkman, thanks so much for those pictures! That surely gives us some ideas to protect ours.


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