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Cuerno de Alce plantain blooming
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Thought id share some photos of one of my Cuerno de Alce plantain. Noticed it started to bloom a couple of days ago and started making some photos. This post will be updated periodically (or will add replies, not sure which one is better) as time goes by. 29/dec/2014  A view of the whole plant  A view of the pups, was pruning them until a few weeks ago when noticed the base was getting swollen which i thought was a sign the bunch was coming soon.  A detail of the flag leave  Another detail of the flag leave Edit: Decided to measure the plant. 8ft'ish high, from the earth to the intersection of the last leave and the flag leave 23inch circumference about 1inch from the earth Last edited by Nius : 12-31-2014 at 05:53 PM. Reason: added hight and circumference at the bottom of the plant |
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Re: Cuerno de Alce plantain blooming
Looking Good Love Plantains !
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Re: Cuerno de Alce plantain blooming
It looks great very pretty plant. I can't wait to see the flower.
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Re: Cuerno de Alce plantain blooming
After posting here decided to go check if the inflorescence was already coming out and could get a pic before it was too dark outside. And it is! Peeking out just a itty bitty but surely
 31/dic/2014  Btw a general question, I noticed all the plantains bunches have been going to the same side. This one based on how the flag was facing I thought it would go about 30degrees different from the other bunches, but seems to have rotated. Do bunches tend to go out at a certain direction? or is this just pure coincidence? All 3 that have produced bunches so far, the bunches have leaned towards the west. |
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Re: Cuerno de Alce plantain blooming
Congrats. What is your location?
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Re: Cuerno de Alce plantain blooming
At 1 meter it should have a 25 to 30 inch circumference.
That's a very small plant, check for weevils (gusanos). Quote:
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Re: Cuerno de Alce plantain blooming
Do I have to wait until harvest to check for weevils or there i a way to check now without damaging the plant?
And here i was so proud of it of this one, so far my biggest plant, i have another one that have a bunch growing which is so thin and frail i thought wouldn't give a bunch (the plant is about 17 inches circumference) and im hoping it fattens enough. But is good to know i still have a path to improve for a better plant and hopefully bunches Quote:
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