Bananas.org

Welcome to the Bananas.org forums.

You're currently viewing our message boards as a guest which gives you limited access to participate in discussions and access our other features such as our wiki and photo gallery. By joining our community, you'll have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos, and access many other special features. Registration is fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Go Back   Bananas.org > Banana Forum > Species Bananas
Register Photo Gallery Classifieds Wiki Chat Map Today's Posts

Species Bananas Discussions of all the different wild species of banana (non edible), an aspect of the hobby that deserves its own section.


Members currently in the chatroom: 0
The most chatters online in one day was 17, 09-06-2009.
No one is currently using the chat.

Reply   Email this Page Email this Page
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 12-10-2008, 09:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
Cold-tolerant collector
 
griphuz's Avatar
 
Location: Netherlands
Zone: 7 - 8a
Name: Remko
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 295
BananaBucks : 88,067
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 317 Times
Was Thanked 290 Times in 114 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 827 Times
Send a message via MSN to griphuz Send a message via Skype™ to griphuz
Cool My Musa harvest for this year (no fruit unfortunately).

Just wanted to post a picture of the Musa species I dug out a few weeks ago.
I'll overwinter them in an unheated greenhouse, minimum of 5 deg C.

Some of them should be cold hardy but I wanted to play safe one more year.

Funny thing I noticed digging out the Musa itinerans 'India Form' is that it producec shoots downwards, almost like bamboo! I found out while digging, so most of them got damaged, and overwintering it like this in a pot won't do the pups any good either I guess...

Furthermore the nagensium and cheesmanni could actually be the same if you ask me, and the itinerans might just be a yunnanensis...I'll have to figure that out next spring,...taking more detailed pictures,...



Kind regards,
Remko.
griphuz is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To griphuz

Join Bananas.org Today!

Are you a banana plant enthusiast? Then we hope you will join the community. You will gain access to post, create threads, private message, upload images, join groups and more.

Bananas.org is owned and operated by fellow banana plant enthusiasts. We strive to offer a non-commercial community to learn and share information. Receive all three issues from Volume 1 of Bananas Magazine with your membership:
   

Join Bananas.org Today! - Click Here


Sponsors

Old 12-11-2008, 12:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
dablo93's Avatar
 
Location: Randstad North
Zone: Z8b-Z9a, wet cold winters and mild summers
Name: daen
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 909
BananaBucks : 106,150
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 122 Times
Was Thanked 262 Times in 166 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 159 Times
Send a message via MSN to dablo93
Default Re: My Musa harvest for this year (no fruit unfortunately).

didnt know you grow that much musas.
how much did they grow this year?
__________________
-=
dablo93 is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To dablo93
Old 12-11-2008, 12:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
Bananaculturist
 
Bananaman88's Avatar
 
Location: Houston, TX area
Zone: 9
Name: Brent
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,019
BananaBucks : 238,875
Feedback: 22 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 1,339 Times
Was Thanked 2,263 Times in 1,178 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 191 Times
Send a message via Skype™ to Bananaman88
Default Re: My Musa harvest for this year (no fruit unfortunately).

Looks like you're doing a fine job with the banana growing in the Neatherlands! Keep it up!
Bananaman88 is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Bananaman88
Old 12-11-2008, 02:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
saltydad's Avatar
 
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Zone: 7a
Name: Howard
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,552
BananaBucks : 202,996
Feedback: 2 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 14,712 Times
Was Thanked 4,662 Times in 1,778 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 824 Times
Default Re: My Musa harvest for this year (no fruit unfortunately).

Dumb question. What is the clear tank (aquarium?) for?
__________________
Men In Nursing- "A Few Good Men"

"Gardening is the purest of human pleasures." - Francis Bacon





"If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind; someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions; someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties; someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicion that grips us; that is what they meant by a liberal, I am proud to be a liberal."
John F. Kennedy, September, 1960


http://flickr.com/photos/saltydad/ and
http://community.webshots.com/user/saltydad
http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx151/saltydad/

saltydad is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To saltydad
Old 12-11-2008, 05:03 PM   #5 (permalink)
 
shusui's Avatar
 
Location: Geetbets, Belgium
Zone: 7
Name: Sven
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 29
BananaBucks : 10,121
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 3 Times
Was Thanked 17 Times in 3 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 32 Times
Default Re: My Musa harvest for this year (no fruit unfortunately).

wow , you have a nice collection there.
I have the same question as Dean:
How big were they when you planted them and how much do they grow ?
shusui is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To shusui
Sponsors

Old 12-12-2008, 05:07 AM   #6 (permalink)
Cold-tolerant collector
 
griphuz's Avatar
 
Location: Netherlands
Zone: 7 - 8a
Name: Remko
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 295
BananaBucks : 88,067
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 317 Times
Was Thanked 290 Times in 114 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 827 Times
Send a message via MSN to griphuz Send a message via Skype™ to griphuz
Default Re: My Musa harvest for this year (no fruit unfortunately).

Thanks for the replies everyone!
All plants were about half this size or bigger when I planted them out last spring, but growth hasn't been really great due to a cool rainy summer.
Next spring I will plant them in better soil, so they can grow a bit more, depending on the summer heat.

The tank in the back is my brothers. He was cleaning it at the time, he is an aquarium hobbyist.
Kind regards,
Remko.
griphuz is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To griphuz
Said thanks:
Old 12-20-2008, 12:54 PM   #7 (permalink)
*********
 
bigdog's Avatar
 
Location: Gainesville, FL
Zone: 8b
Name: Frank
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,003
BananaBucks : 784,156
Feedback: 7 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 213 Times
Was Thanked 1,788 Times in 503 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 131 Times
Send a message via AIM to bigdog Send a message via MSN to bigdog
Default Re: My Musa harvest for this year (no fruit unfortunately).

I think all of them should do fine for you in the ground in your zone, withn the exception of Musa cheesmani. It really isn't THAT cold-hardy, and needs plenty of heat to grow well. Not sure about M. nagensium, as I haven't tried that in the ground yet. If M. 'Tibet' is the same as M. 'Yangtze Valley', then it should also perform very well for you. My M. itinerans 'India Form' is showing some excellent promise as far as cold-hardiness so far.
bigdog is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To bigdog
Said thanks:
Reply   Email this Page Email this Page






Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:07 AM.





All content © Bananas.org & the respective author.