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I have an Ae Ae Banana coming next week. I am so excited. I have heard they are difficult to keep alive. And I hear they need acid soil? Right now I have about 26 banana trees. One is from the Phillipines, I do not know the name of. I have some Blood bananas. I have a Siam Ruby. And Musa Basjoo. I have Lasiocarpa. Dwarf Cavendish. I have a Black Banana coming and a Musa Margaritia. And maybe a few others.

:2200:Welcome to the organization Vicki!! I do not grow Ae Ae, so I will not comment on their culture. But I do wish you well in you growing endevors, and once again welcome to Bananas dot org!!:2239:

Welcome to the best site for growing bananas in the galaxy!

Welcome, welcome! That's an impressive collection you have there. Whereabouts are you located?

I am locaded in the USA and I live in Missouri zone 6. I forgot to mention I have a water banana that grows in one of my water gardens. I have 11 water gardens. I have many tropical water lilies and tropical water plants. Right now the water banana is in my basement for the winter and it is in water. I am pretty sure a banana can be trained to grow in water like a canna. I got it at a big greenhouse in the spring of 2007. It has survied all that winter and was put outside in the watergarden in the summer of 2008. It is alive in the water in the basement. I was told it was Dwarf Cavendish. I need to learn how to post pictures. My pictures are in photo bucket. So how do I post from there

water banana-, ok I figured how to post

some of my bananas

a banana several years ago

me several years ago

Welcome to the Org. vicki, I see you figured out how to post pics! Great pictures, Your collection looks great!

welcome vickie nice pics

Welcomw Vicky, thanks for posting your pics and joining here. Great to see another zone 6er doing well with bananas.

Welcome Vickie. What a beautiful garden you have there...so peaceful. I'd be laying on a inflatable mattress in one of those ponds sipping something exotic LOL

Ok I'm jealous :goteam:

Great pics! I see you're a banana nut like the rest of us! Welcome home!!!

Yo Vickie and welcome to the board! :goteam: Great work you are doing there with your 'naners. Keep it up and keep us posted. All the best! :ha:

Hi and Welcome to the Org. Vicki

Glad you joined us Vickie. Very impressive collection. I was surprised to see the 'water banana'. It isn't 'supposed' to grow like that according to the experts. Pretty cool that it's working for you. It appears to be liking it. Welcome to Bananas.org!

As to the soil preferences for AeAe, no one seems to be sure, but one of our members grows them in Florida and swears that alkaline soil is the way to grow. There is conflicting expert testimony here, so I would tend to keep them close to a pH of 7 and gradually see how they respond for you one way or the other. One thing I do know for certain is that if they become too white, add more nitrogen to your fertilizing regime. If there isn't enough white, reduce the nitrogen percentage slightly. They don't seem to do well here in Vegas due to the heat and sun intensity. I would keep her in the shade for a few weeks and gradually increase the sun exposure until you feel that it has adjusted to the conditions there. Watch it closely for burning leaves. Too much and the white portions of the variegation will become brown.

Best of luck to you.

My philippine banana I have grown in yard dirt always. Never though much about it. It seems to grow like a weed. It puts out many pups. I hate to throw bananas away. It produces bananas here in the 3rd year. But remember we have to dig up and put away for the winter. My friend bought it from a Philippine woman who lives in Memphis Tennessee about 7 years ago. I have planted some of my special bananas in piotting soil. I need to check about soil for AE. I will not be able to put it outside untill late May here. It can frost upto the middle of May here.