Confessions of a lurker

Jimzone7 · 07-21-2008, 10:07 PM

Hi guys
First of all I would like to thank everyone on this site for all the help I received. I joined last August and have been "lurking & learning". Of all the gardening sites this one really feels like family. I've finally learned to load some photos (with the help of my son) so in the future I should be able to do it myself. I purchased my first banana last spring from a member of this site, he lives a mile from me and turned me on to this site. Well it looks like my basjoo set out it's flag leaf this week, I can't believe it and I'm sure it wouldn't have happen without the help, confidence & information this site offered. Hopefully I'll keep posting pictures of my new baby.
PS I've posted some pictures in my gallery, I hope!
Thanks
Jim

mskitty38583 · 07-22-2008, 01:16 AM

congrats on the flag!

CookieCows · 07-22-2008, 08:08 AM

Well Welcome aboard!!

I can't wait to see pics and it's helpful to have another zone challenged member defying the odds. Did you over winter your basjoo outside or bring in?

Deb

CookieCows · 07-22-2008, 08:20 AM

Just looked at your photo gallery. Jim your yard is so beautiful. I would love to see a list of what you have and how you winter them.

Jimzone7 · 07-22-2008, 10:05 AM

Thanks for the kind words.
The basjoo that's in flower was wintered over using the cage method.
I took some pictures last fall of the cage, I hope to be able to get those pictures up (there on another disk) but it was a monster. When I opened it up this spring no part of the pseudostem went bad. So we started this spring at almost 4 ' of height. Just to clear up one point the pictures that I posted were taken last Sept so the basjoos are bigger now. Hope to get pictures of the flower this week.

Kylie2x · 07-23-2008, 05:27 PM

Hey ans a BIG Welcome from Texas!!! I look forard to seeing you around and I would love to see your photos of the cages...
Kylie

MediaHound · 07-24-2008, 11:22 PM

Welcome Jim!

fishman0422 · 07-26-2008, 03:10 AM

Hey Jim, I saw your pics in your gallery, VERY NICE! I'm new to this banana growing addiction too, started last season. I guess the REAL key to having them nice and large is to come out of their winter snooze with a good psuedo stem height. Although mine all faired the winter quite well, all lost some height. And last year they hadn't grown as much as I had hoped for either. Don't get me wrong I think my nanas are awesome and growing very nicely, they just don't have the impressive height your plants do. You did a great job protecting them.

CookieCows · 07-26-2008, 07:59 AM

Jim,

I want to thank you also for posting the pictures of how you tucked your nanas in for the winter!!! Picture tutorials are wonderful and going to the trouble to do that is just so nice of you!

You work hard for that beautiful yard.

Thanks,
Deb

07-21-2008, 10:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jimzone7 Junior Member Jimzone7's Photo Gallery Zone: 7 Name: Jim Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 60 BananaBucks : 1,042 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 1 Thanked 24 Times in 9 Posts Welcomes: 0	Confessions of a lurker Hi guys First of all I would like to thank everyone on this site for all the help I received. I joined last August and have been "lurking & learning". Of all the gardening sites this one really feels like family. I've finally learned to load some photos (with the help of my son) so in the future I should be able to do it myself. I purchased my first banana last spring from a member of this site, he lives a mile from me and turned me on to this site. Well it looks like my basjoo set out it's flag leaf this week, I can't believe it and I'm sure it wouldn't have happen without the help, confidence & information this site offered. Hopefully I'll keep posting pictures of my new baby. PS I've posted some pictures in my gallery, I hope! Thanks Jim

07-22-2008, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
mskitty38583 banana junkie mskitty38583 's Photo Gallery Location: sparta, tn. Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: mskitty Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,598 BananaBucks : 16,844 Feedback: 24 / 100% Thanks: 23 Thanked 466 Times in 396 Posts Welcomes: 59	Re: Confessions of a lurker congrats on the flag! __________________ WELCOME TO THE GATOR NATION "kokomo" beach boys:

07-22-2008, 08:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
CookieCows Member CookieCows's Photo Gallery Location: Kentucky Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: Deb Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 627 BananaBucks : 3,956 Feedback: 2 / 100% Thanks: 217 Thanked 118 Times in 99 Posts Welcomes: 88	Re: Confessions of a lurker Well Welcome aboard!! I can't wait to see pics and it's helpful to have another zone challenged member defying the odds. Did you over winter your basjoo outside or bring in? Deb __________________

07-22-2008, 08:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
CookieCows Member CookieCows's Photo Gallery Location: Kentucky Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: Deb Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 627 BananaBucks : 3,956 Feedback: 2 / 100% Thanks: 217 Thanked 118 Times in 99 Posts Welcomes: 88	Re: Confessions of a lurker Just looked at your photo gallery. Jim your yard is so beautiful. I would love to see a list of what you have and how you winter them. __________________

07-22-2008, 10:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jimzone7 Junior Member Jimzone7's Photo Gallery Zone: 7 Name: Jim Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 60 BananaBucks : 1,042 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 1 Thanked 24 Times in 9 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Confessions of a lurker Thanks for the kind words. The basjoo that's in flower was wintered over using the cage method. I took some pictures last fall of the cage, I hope to be able to get those pictures up (there on another disk) but it was a monster. When I opened it up this spring no part of the pseudostem went bad. So we started this spring at almost 4 ' of height. Just to clear up one point the pictures that I posted were taken last Sept so the basjoos are bigger now. Hope to get pictures of the flower this week.

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07-23-2008, 05:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kylie2x Senior Member Kylie2x's Photo Gallery Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,059 BananaBucks : 3,784 Feedback: 20 / 100% Thanks: 134 Thanked 119 Times in 91 Posts Welcomes: 155	Re: Confessions of a lurker Hey ans a BIG Welcome from Texas!!! I look forard to seeing you around and I would love to see your photos of the cages... Kylie

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fishman0422 That may be me you smell! fishman0422's Photo Gallery Location: beachwood, NJ Find me on the map! Zone: 7 Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 182 BananaBucks : 1,240 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 10 Thanked 33 Times in 18 Posts Welcomes: 23	Re: Confessions of a lurker Hey Jim, I saw your pics in your gallery, VERY NICE! I'm new to this banana growing addiction too, started last season. I guess the REAL key to having them nice and large is to come out of their winter snooze with a good psuedo stem height. Although mine all faired the winter quite well, all lost some height. And last year they hadn't grown as much as I had hoped for either. Don't get me wrong I think my nanas are awesome and growing very nicely, they just don't have the impressive height your plants do. You did a great job protecting them. __________________ The Reluctant Gardener

07-26-2008, 07:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
CookieCows Member CookieCows's Photo Gallery Location: Kentucky Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: Deb Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 627 BananaBucks : 3,956 Feedback: 2 / 100% Thanks: 217 Thanked 118 Times in 99 Posts Welcomes: 88	Re: Confessions of a lurker Jim, I want to thank you also for posting the pictures of how you tucked your nanas in for the winter!!! Picture tutorials are wonderful and going to the trouble to do that is just so nice of you! You work hard for that beautiful yard. Thanks, Deb __________________

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