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12-14-2007, 08:03 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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blooming basjoo in winter
hello My Basjoo has made a flower since it is protected for winter...In november the temperature reach -7°C for one day and after that the temperature was of 15°C -20°C all the time since last week now the temperature is 3°C during the day and -4°C in the night...Has the plant any chance to produce mature bananas ?
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12-14-2007, 10:40 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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Re: blooming basjoo in winter
Bikoro, Looks like luck is not in your favor but thats still pretty cool. It will be interesting to see what happens to the plant now. Congrats and good luck!
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Re: blooming basjoo in winter
It is very doubtful that the bananas will mature. They really need heat to mature well. Besides, even if they do hang on, they will not have any seeds, because they need to be pollinated from another flower. That's a pretty cool picture though!
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12-14-2007, 11:26 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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Re: blooming basjoo in winter
its a beautiful flower, hope for you it will survive the winter
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Re: blooming basjoo in winter
its amazing how the circle of life works weather it hot or cold.
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12-14-2007, 12:27 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Re: blooming basjoo in winter
i forgot to say that i have put a Xmas ligthning for warming the plant (you cana see it on the first picture...
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Re: blooming basjoo in winter
Very cool! Good luck. Red
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