luc vleeracker

Thanks Harvey ,
Now I am gonna need some advise planting this , the root ball has a big wound on 2 sides , should i let these dry out for a few days ?
In planting regular bananas we plant them very deep including at least 20 cm of the stem under the ground , shall I do the same with this one ? What about watering ?
I really don't wanna take risks with this baby.
Thank you all.
Luc
Vivero el 5to Sol in FB

harveyc

I've not grown one of these by a corm but it's always been suggested to let the surfaces of any corm to dry before planting and I think you're right to do that. The couple of plants of other varieties I grew from a corm has been a few years ago but I didn't plant those very deep but I don't know that is right or not. I think with your very warm conditions it should do well for you. It's quite a large corm with a lot of stored energy. It generally should not be watered until it shows some growth though you obviously don't want the soil to dry out completely. Plant it after your storm has passed and toast with some tequila.

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Magilla Gorilla

I have grown AeAe for many years and have never had an all green pup. I agree with Harvey. Good Luck!

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Clare_CA

I agree with everyone that a solid green pup is rare; although, I do get a few on my Thai variegated bananas, but the majority are variegated to some degree or another.

However, I have an AeAe in the ground now, and it is just starting to flower, and there are five pups around it, and four of them, which are still small, look like they have a lot of white and are variegated; however, the biggest one looks very green and only has a hint of variegation. I had planned to sell all of my pups, but I'm not going to sell this green one as I think it would be a disappointment to someone. I'm not sure if I should cut it off at this point.

Here are some pictures of the AeAe, the variegated pups, and the mostly green pup:

sunfish

venturabananas

Tony, better raise the roof of your greenhouse. Ae Ae gets tall!

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sunfish

I'll move it to the one with 12' ceiling

bananimal

12' not enough. Stickit ------ in the gnd.

sunfish

It will be fine for a year

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Dalmatiansoap

Whats going on there? That greenhouse is becoming lower and lower?

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sunfish

I may have to raise it

paulorph

Looks like greenhouse was built on quicksand lol

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harveyc

Looks like it has a bit more green than most but still a beauty.

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bananimal

Tony ---- what are you planning to do with it given fruiting height of 10 ft or so? Tall greenhouse or in-ground?

sunfish

I am going to grow in the greenhouse until next year and than it will go in-ground.

bananimal

Tony ------- It would good to start preparing the ground where the Ae is going in. Don't do like I did. My pH wasn't low enough and the 2 Ae Ae mats have been struggling to get to flower stage before the end of season. Two and a half years now and still no fruit. However, I expect the big one will make it this year due to several topdressings of sulfur over time.

You could dig out the hole and fill in with peat moss mixed at 50%, and mix granular sulfur in the fill to give it time to break down. South Cali soils are generally alkaline, right?

I remember Jon saying he potted his with 100% peatmoss and they did well.

sunfish

I'm not sure if my soil is alkaline but my blueberries are doing Pretty Good.