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Old 07-30-2015, 01:33 PM   #21 (permalink)
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This has not been a good year for my basjoo, I think the 4 feet of water we got earlier this year killed the roots, and they are having a real hard time coming out of it. Its difficult to get the watering right here, if you dont water they burn in the 100F degrees, but if you water too much they dont do well either. I think here they would probably do better in part shade to reduce water needs.
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I had the same exact problem my second year of growing basjoos. On 2 particular TC clones I bought that year they did a really sub-par job growing during the summer. Narrow leaves, burned edges, and frequently burned crisped leaf tips by the end. They were planted alongside other basjoos I kept indoors over the winter and, with other TC's I bought at a later date. EVERY plant was treated identically watering and fertilizing, but those two plants just did not want to grow right. They barely grew 3 feet tall While the others beside them almost tripled in growth! Im guessing sometimes the basjoos we buy might not be the most robust or may have some genetic deficiencies, due to the fact even their specific pups would display the same flaws. I wouldn't give up on them totally but I wouldn't save their pups to use next year. If it ends up being a case of just a "bad plant" look to buy another completely new basjoo to grow. Sometimes it just is a crappy basjoo. When you do find a specimen that truly grows excellent make sure you save those pups for next year by all possible means unlike I did my first year lol
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Old 08-12-2015, 12:04 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Mine are just now starting to finally pick up growth a bit, I might............get 4 or 5 feet by fall If I fertilize every 3 days, but I dunnoooo. I am mulching the heck out of them this year, and not trying to protect the pstem at all, just going to cut them down to about a foot above the soil line. Not taking any chances of them freezing and only leaving small pups again. Photos I have seen of them cut down to soil level have way outgrown mine, the freeze traveled down the pstem I tried to protect, and killed the main rhizome. A new one I planted this spring is about 5 feet now from a very small plant.
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Old 08-12-2015, 09:41 AM   #24 (permalink)
 
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I had a java that took off as soon as it hit the ground. That winter was a hard one and totally screwed up the growth the 2nd growing season (grew maybe 6" taller) By the 3rd growing season I disturbed it because I moved but she grew to a nice 3 1/2 foot tall. By the 4th growing season I discovered a technique that worked. Stay on top of your pups. If your not going to grow the pups, chop them early.

I also changed the way I feed. The first of every month the plants get a good dose of 10-10-10
Then every 7-10 days I mix up in a 3 gallon bucket 1/4 cup urea & 1/2 cup potash. Mature plants get the whole bucket while younger plants get less

That poor java that been drug to hell and back has more than doubled in size this growing season and proudly stands over 9 feet with a trunk that's about 7" in diameter
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A old man once told me to look at a seasons growth as a dollar bill. Now , you want to get the most bang for your buck right ? Now each pup is going to charge you $.20 cents , that's $.20 cents taken from the mother plants dollar.
So if you have 4-5 pups on a young plant, you spent your dollar and that's why the mother plant isn't growing.
Remove those pups and give moma her buck back
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I need to go out and get a new photo. Apparently I was OVERwatering. The clump is head high with another solid month of growth left.
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Quite the comeback. More fertilizer and less water.

Do I have time to cut those pups off and save them for next year?
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Old 09-12-2015, 01:15 PM   #28 (permalink)
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My Original one is still struggling at about 3 1/2 feet, but a new one I planted went from about 1 foot to about 7 feet including the leaves, in just this summer, and has a huge pstem lol.
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Your mat is looking much better now. There's always time to pot up a pup or 2 for winter!
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Glad you decided to cut back on the watering.things are looking better now.
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Here's a photo from last week. Human for scale.



The next morning low temps were in the upper 30's, but yesterday afternoon (a week later) it hit 80f again. The top leaf has now opened and growth is continuing in late October!

Can't wait until next year when I plan to dig up pups and expand my banana "plantation"!

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Old 10-25-2015, 03:06 PM   #32 (permalink)
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We've had similar weather here in Charlotte. I still have new leaves and pups. Maybe we can hold out 'til Thanksgiving?
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Snarkie, I'm not holding out for Thanksgiving! My son and I share mid-November birthdays and they always mark the arrival of the first real cold snap.

Springtime is right around the corner!
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I was trying to be optimistic, LOL.

Leaves have stayed on the willow oaks until T Day several times now in recent years; almost made Christmas one year! Maybe this is the year the leaves stay on for Christmas and the basjoos stay up until Thanksgiving.
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Well Snarkie, looks like the next couple days are going to be touch and go for the basjoo!

I'll be back in the springtime with more questions. Going to keep some of the more tropical bananas as potted plants next summer.

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Yep, Supposed to drop down to 28 tonight, so I'll see what kind of shape they're in on Monday morning. If they survive this one, they should still be okay to feed some turkey on Thanksgiving.

I dug up 8 or 9 sword suckers to winter over in my back hall. I can't believe the difference between them and the early water suckers I was digging up and replanting. I may switch them out next year or just plant in among them.
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I made Thanksgiving!

Severe frost damage but all are still alive with greenery. All of my bigger plants still have living cigars.

Let's shoot for Christmas!

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Sadly, mine have met their demise.

We had low temps below 30f twice this week.

I said my goodbyes and mulched heavily.
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I had some frost damage so I cut them back. I knew they weren't dead, but I didn't know they were still in high gear. Now I'm getting one inch of p-stem growth a day.
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I'm looking at your photos now.

Yeah, we've had some warm weather lately. Low 70's yesterday. No freezing temps for the next 10 days.
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