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Old 09-29-2020, 12:01 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default Anyone growing Puerto Rican "Red Rocket"?

I found these beauties at Urban Tropical's website. They have red pseudostems, reddish leaves, grow massively tall and fast, and are supposedly cold hardy to Zone 8b.
Google provides not much info on this one, just a lot of references to Dwarf Puerto Ricans.
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Old 09-29-2020, 03:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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I found these beauties at Urban Tropical's website. They have red pseudostems, reddish leaves, grow massively tall and fast, and are supposedly cold hardy to Zone 8b.
Google provides not much info on this one, just a lot of references to Dwarf Puerto Ricans.
Hi! Yes I have one! Just like you I don’t know much about them either!
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Hi! Yes I have one! Just like you I don’t know much about them either!
OK so now you can send me a AeAe pup AND a Red Rocket pup. I love this forum, so many generous people here!!
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I ordered a dwarf red tissue culture and its the tallest and fastest growing tree I have. Looks exactly like this red rocket variety.
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Appears to be a Plantain, there are a number of cultivars with reddish plants as that one appears to be, but I don't know which exactly.
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I think the name could be a marketing gimmick.

Red...the pstem.
Red Rocket....quick fast upright growth...like a rocket.
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I think the name could be a marketing gimmick.

Red...the pstem.
Red Rocket....quick fast upright growth...like a rocket.

Me too. Sounds like “Texas Star” and “Kentucky Wonder” from TyTy Nursery.
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Me too. Sounds like “Texas Star” and “Kentucky Wonder” from TyTy Nursery.
Or similar....marketed as red stemmed plant..... that grows fast like a rocket.

Not worth much if you cannot fruit and eat the harvest.....but it is pretty awesome.
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