alpha010

Greaaaattt...another person to be zone envious of.

Glad to have you aboard Miss Anna! Hope you find everything you are looking for and more!
BTW, if you read alot of Tog Tan's posts, especially ones of his hunting adventures, you will learn more Malay than anyone in your neighborhood or than you will ever hear in your life!

Shaggy

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Scuba_Dave

Wlecome,
I hope by tear it out you mean just move it
My 1st nanas are on the way from Florida as of yesterday
I wish I lived in a warmer area

conurecolor

Geezzzzz it's been a while!

Figured I'd update the thread, I should post another intro after all that time...

Lets see... My questionable Red Dwarf that I bought at OSH that had too-small leaves for it's variety, has done really well in the ground. Survived the winter w/o problems, and the leaves are nice and wide now, like they are supposed to be. My best guess is there wasn't enough nutrients when it was potted. Looks like it was labeled correctly, after all.

My Becky/Dwarf Brazilian and (I think?) Raja Puri bananas from Momoese are doing really well, lots of new growth and leaves, non e are flowering yet. The little bitty Psang Klotek pup died over winther though Maybe too cold or not enough light, IDK.

My Orinoco weeds are still growing like mad, I have six big bunches coming ripe at the same moment, more bananas than I know what to do with. Banana bread, Banana pies/cakes, banana pancakes, banana eclairs, banana pudding... And I'm gifting bananas to everyone who isn't sick of eating them yet.

I also bought an Ice Cream pup (per my mom's recommendation, after she tasted them on her Hawaii vacarion) and also got a couple pups that might be Manzana's. They came from a friend who doesn't know what they are. The mature plants are sort of a dwarf, max out at 10 ft, and their bananas are 3-4 inch long, rounded, fat, and delicious. Still have to find room to stick them in the ground somewhere.

I definitely caught the bug, and I hear it's contagious!

momoese

Hey stranger, welcome back and good to hear you are having some success. I always have Pisang Klotek pups if you'd like a replacement.

CoryS

Welcome back to the forum! I was like totally lost on the dates here, LOL! I heard Ice Cream bananas are def sweet and I have one growing like a weed here in Oklahoma. I see u met Mitchel. It was his posts that helped me get my first successful pineapple started [thanx Mitch!]. C U around the threads!
Btw, in post #7 you did "cavendish?" about store bananas. They are Cavendish and the Dole/Chiquita ones are grown in Ecuador.

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harveyc

Welcome back and congrats!

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conurecolor

Yeah, I didn't mean to drop off the face of the planet... But life got in the way of the internet things, haha.

I may take you up on that replacement. It's not too late in the season to plant a pup now? By the way, this spring I planted that orangey cherry tomato variety I saw at your place, I think it's called Sungold. Best producing and best tasting tomato I've had, AND it's even attracted a family of Hooded Orioles that nested somewhere nearby. (These guys Hooded Oriole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). Pretty cool to watch, and the first time I had orioles right in my backyard.

So THANKS!

momoese

Wow that's really cool! I don't remember ever seeing those here. I have seen a few at Kenneth Hahn park though.

I just harvested the last of my Sungolds. Actually the plant is still producing but I have other plans for that area for Fall.

As for planting pups it is getting pretty late in the season but you can always keep one potted and have it ready for spring.

You still have my info? If not just pm me.

conurecolor

The orioles were very shy. I tried so hard to get a good pic and all I could manage was a couple blurry shots through the window. But I heard and saw them many times, there was an adult pair and 3 fledgelings. They liked my hummingbird feeder too. I haven't seen them recently. Maybe they decided to migrate.

I still have your info in one of the previous PM's, I think. How cold-hardy are the Pisang Klotek, I don't remember if you told me. I'm debating between getting one sometime soon and potting it or waiting until it warms up next spring and putting one directly in the ground. You have some pups from it now?

momoese

With our weather here you could probably plant one now and have it rooted before winter hits, or just keep it potted and then it will be rooted and ready for Spring. It's cold tolerance is about the same as my others. If we get a frost all the plants will loose their leaves but the pseudo stems and corms will survive. We've only had one frost strong enough to fry the leaves in the last 6 years here.

Give me a holler when your ready.