Planting in Charlotte, NC - Page 2

blownz281 · 01-07-2015, 03:57 PM

They will do fine there, just back off on watering.

SixtySix · 01-09-2015, 12:31 PM

Wishing you as much success with your bananas as you seem to have with the dawn redwoods!

Snarkie · 01-09-2015, 02:24 PM

Thanks, SixtySix!

Snarkie · 01-28-2015, 11:27 AM

Since I have a 5 hour sunny and fairly warm location for these two, I decided to grow them over the winter, as opposed to "managing" them. Each has put out a new leaf since this thread started, and the bigger one is already pushing a second leaf up the center of the leaf that unfurled last week at a half inch per day. Does this sound like a good rate of growth for a winter pot?

drobbins · 01-29-2015, 08:56 PM

Sounds like they're doing great to me.
Prepare a good spot for em in the spring and I bet the do great

Snarkie · 02-23-2015, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snarkie

I do a lot of trading, but of unrelated plants. Maybe that's the key. I'm working on a barter with a local nursery right now for all the palms I need for my front yard. He likes exotic things and I have a couple different species of just that. Between the two of us, we'll both get what we want and everyone comes out a winner.

I finally caught up with him over the weekend. I traded three dawn redwoods for two windmill palms and a needle palm (needle palm will be in next week). One of the windmills was a dual, so I soaked it to bare root and separated the two plants. So in reality, I got four palms for three redwoods. I'd say I did okay.

Snarkie · 02-26-2015, 03:49 PM

I just found the company online again, as I want to order more, and they ARE tissue cultures.
Buy - Banana Trees - Banana Plants - Sale

drobbins · 02-28-2015, 07:10 PM

when I first got bananas 2 years ago I looked at the site you posted but ended up getting mine here

Buy Banana tree plants

the ones I got were a little cheaper but I think they were also smaller, mine were just 4-5 inches tall, but they did well and got large in a year

anyway, it's nice to have options

I'm about tired of winter, went out and covered my basjoo with a tarp 2 weeks ago to keep them dry in this nasty weather. I think getting wet and rotting is a bigger danger than the temps

Dave

Snarkie · 03-01-2015, 10:01 AM

Thanks for the link, Dave. This time of year they might be on the larger end, since they've had the winter months (when no one is typically buying them) to grow.

drobbins · 03-01-2015, 02:18 PM

I'd be afraid to mail order them this time of year because of the weather.
when you started this thread I was surprised you had ordered yours when you did but it seems it worked out fine

another day of sleet and freezing rain here
I have a couple of ensete glaucom overwintering in dormancy in my basement
Started giving em a little water 2 weeks ago and they're starting to push out leaves so at least I have something green to look at

Snarkie · 03-01-2015, 05:05 PM

Yeah, I seem to have a green thumb when it comes to potting stuff up, LOL. I'm keeping them indoors and tricking them into thinking they're still in sunny Florida.

Snarkie · 03-10-2015, 10:21 AM

I left my basjoos outside last night for the first time. They've been out for a couple days now. Gotta pull them in, in a couple of nights, as it will drop into the upper 40's, but for now they're loving it.

I got a little concerned the first couple of times I put them out on sunny days, as they drooped a little, but I realized it was sun shock. If all goes well, they should go in the first weekend of April.

01-07-2015, 03:57 PM	#21 (permalink)
blownz281 Location: Coastal NC Find me on the map! Zone: 8b coastal Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,373 BananaBucks : 495,734 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 440 Times Was Thanked 756 Times in 534 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 14 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC They will do fine there, just back off on watering.

01-09-2015, 12:31 PM	#22 (permalink)
SixtySix Six A Peel Location: Dirty South Find me on the map! Zone: 8a Name: Richard, also Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 104 BananaBucks : 17,470 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 129 Times Was Thanked 146 Times in 61 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 10 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC Wishing you as much success with your bananas as you seem to have with the dawn redwoods!

01-09-2015, 02:24 PM	#23 (permalink)
Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 186,958 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,976 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC Thanks, SixtySix! __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

01-28-2015, 11:27 AM	#24 (permalink)
Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 186,958 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,976 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC Since I have a 5 hour sunny and fairly warm location for these two, I decided to grow them over the winter, as opposed to "managing" them. Each has put out a new leaf since this thread started, and the bigger one is already pushing a second leaf up the center of the leaf that unfurled last week at a half inch per day. Does this sound like a good rate of growth for a winter pot? __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

01-29-2015, 08:56 PM	#25 (permalink)
drobbins Location: Central NC Zone: 7b-8a Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 96 BananaBucks : 19,555 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 11 Times Was Thanked 147 Times in 60 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC Sounds like they're doing great to me. Prepare a good spot for em in the spring and I bet the do great __________________ Central North Carolina zone 7b-8a Find me on the map!

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02-26-2015, 03:49 PM	#27 (permalink)
Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 186,958 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,976 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC I just found the company online again, as I want to order more, and they ARE tissue cultures. Buy - Banana Trees - Banana Plants - Sale __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

02-28-2015, 07:10 PM	#28 (permalink)
drobbins Location: Central NC Zone: 7b-8a Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 96 BananaBucks : 19,555 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 11 Times Was Thanked 147 Times in 60 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC when I first got bananas 2 years ago I looked at the site you posted but ended up getting mine here Buy Banana tree plants the ones I got were a little cheaper but I think they were also smaller, mine were just 4-5 inches tall, but they did well and got large in a year anyway, it's nice to have options I'm about tired of winter, went out and covered my basjoo with a tarp 2 weeks ago to keep them dry in this nasty weather. I think getting wet and rotting is a bigger danger than the temps Dave __________________ Central North Carolina zone 7b-8a Find me on the map!

03-01-2015, 10:01 AM	#29 (permalink)
Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 186,958 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,976 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC Thanks for the link, Dave. This time of year they might be on the larger end, since they've had the winter months (when no one is typically buying them) to grow. __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

03-01-2015, 02:18 PM	#30 (permalink)
drobbins Location: Central NC Zone: 7b-8a Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 96 BananaBucks : 19,555 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 11 Times Was Thanked 147 Times in 60 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC I'd be afraid to mail order them this time of year because of the weather. when you started this thread I was surprised you had ordered yours when you did but it seems it worked out fine another day of sleet and freezing rain here I have a couple of ensete glaucom overwintering in dormancy in my basement Started giving em a little water 2 weeks ago and they're starting to push out leaves so at least I have something green to look at __________________ Central North Carolina zone 7b-8a Find me on the map!

03-01-2015, 05:05 PM	#31 (permalink)
Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 186,958 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,976 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC Yeah, I seem to have a green thumb when it comes to potting stuff up, LOL. I'm keeping them indoors and tricking them into thinking they're still in sunny Florida. __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

03-10-2015, 10:21 AM	#32 (permalink)
Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 186,958 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,976 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Planting in Charlotte, NC I left my basjoos outside last night for the first time. They've been out for a couple days now. Gotta pull them in, in a couple of nights, as it will drop into the upper 40's, but for now they're loving it. I got a little concerned the first couple of times I put them out on sunny days, as they drooped a little, but I realized it was sun shock. If all goes well, they should go in the first weekend of April. __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

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