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The amazing Musa Basjoo
In the spirit of Randy's post, let's look at musa basjoo for a minute.
It starts as just little stumps in early spring. Musa basjoo starts growing quite early for a banana. It seems to like the cool weather. In just a few weeks, it will look like the following.  It grows about 12 feet high by November and looks like this:  And, if you treat this banana right, it will reward you with beautiful flowers.  I consider this banana a gift from heaven for gardeners north of Zone 7. Let's all rejoice for the awesome musa basjoo!
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Re: The amazing Musa Basjoo
yeah, it's really amazing, and what a beautiful flower too.
Thanks for the pics. Ron
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Re: The amazing Musa Basjoo
I agree 100%, Austin. To start off with this at the end of March:
 And end up with this by the end of September (20+'), is truly amazing:  They are a God send for us northern nanner lovers!!! Good thread...
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Re: The amazing Musa Basjoo
Randy, what kind of soil are you using in that basjoo bed? I think mine would grow better if the clay wasn't so hard around them.
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Re: The amazing Musa Basjoo
Austin,
The soil before I prepped the bed was fairly decent mix with quite a bit of clay. After I turn a bed to about 12", I add what is called "landscape mix". Turn it under and top dress with a good 4" or so of landscape mix. The landscape mix is a combination of pine fines, mushroom compost, sand, perlite, trace elements. I buy it from a fertilizer company that is about 1/4 mile from my house. They sell this, as well as mulches, ferts, sand, gravel. It sure makes it nice to be able to run over and grab a scoop or stop by on the way home from work....
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