Helen's Hybrid - Page 2

bencelest · 01-24-2007, 07:26 PM

It's OK then. I might use 20-20-20.
Thanks.

mrbungalow · 03-11-2007, 03:26 PM

Bigdog, how's your helen coming along?

Basjoofriend · 03-11-2007, 03:58 PM

Hi Erlend,

are your Helen's Hybrid now survived the past winter? My sikkimensis are survived very well, look at my gallery, there is a new album about bananas in March 2007.

Best wishes
Basjoofriend

BritishBananaBoy · 03-11-2007, 04:34 PM

I have 2 Helen's Hybrid's which I grew from seed last year. They are about 2ft tall & have over wintered in a "mini" greenhouse. They have come through the winter without a mark on them & am planning on planting them out when the weather gets a bit warmer. Should they be planted in full sun though or can they take a shady spot??

bigdog · 03-11-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mrbungalow

Bigdog, how's your helen coming along?

I burnt the crap out of it with either fertilizer (probably), or by spraying it for mites with a sprayer that used to have Roundup in it (another very good possibility). Could have been a combination of both. Two leaves came out looking very bad, and the next one to emerge doesn't look a whole lot better. The good thing is that it is growing. I gave it enough trauma that it has sent a pup up already! I just hope I didn't permanently injure the apical meristem. A couple other bananas in the greenhouse are also showing some injured leaves, so it may have been the spray that trickled into the crown and to the apical meristem that caused the problems. I did, however, put way too much Osmocote in the pot with it. I was getting greedy, and tried to push it too hard. I think it will survive despite my best efforts to kill it! This is a very good reason to have two different sprayers, one for herbicides and one for pesticides, and to have both clearly labeled.

mrbungalow · 03-12-2007, 01:40 AM

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I have 2 Helen's Hybrid's which I grew from seed last year. They are about 2ft tall & have over wintered in a "mini" greenhouse. They have come through the winter without a mark on them & am planning on planting them out when the weather gets a bit warmer. Should they be planted in full sun though or can they take a shady spot??

FULL SUN! :06:

BritishBananaBoy · 03-12-2007, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mrbungalow

FULL SUN! :06:

Ok thanks, can't wait to get them in the ground!

Mark Hall · 05-08-2007, 12:36 PM

Here's a picture of my Helens Hybrid.

Basjoofriend · 05-08-2007, 01:15 PM

Mine also are looking like yours.

Next week I will plant them out on the new banana bed at my greenhouse, my new banana bed is still under construction.

Best wishes
Joachim

Basjoofriend · 05-08-2007, 01:17 PM

@mrbungalow - Did your Helen's Hybrid survive the past winter? Do they resprout again?

Joachim

mrbungalow · 05-08-2007, 02:38 PM

Joachim, the corm survived, and I could see a small sprout popping up a couple of days ago . That's pretty impressive, because the weather here has been relatively cool so far. Unfortunately though, I managed to step on the small sprout while planting something else.

bigdog · 05-08-2007, 09:58 PM

Mark, you have some good coloration on that leaf! Mine started showing some coloration like that on the newest leaf on the pup, but not on the main pseudostem. I am going to plant mine out by the weekend. The undersides of the leaves on mine are an intense burgundy-red.

Erlend, glad to hear that yours are sprouting, now quit stepping on it, lol!

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