bushwack

first try to post pics

y,

thought I would give growing banana plants a try,, I think they grew

bushwack

I finally figured out how to upload and post pics

these plant are in western Kentucky at Kentucky lake, I planted five plants (which I got from a fellow in Cairo Illinois) in the spring and they grew like crazy,, when I got done digging up the pups and main plants this fall,I ended up with thirty five, what looks like to me should be growable plants,, the main plants ended up being,, four of them had 10 ft p stems and the other was 12 ft

duaneh

nice job they look amazing. what variety 10 and 12 feet in one growing season hope mine do that well next year

bushwack

I don't know what variety they are, the fellow I got them from said he didn't know what they are, he did say that they produce fruit sometimes though, and that they were very good,, very sweet and like ice cream. and he did get a bunch from one of his plants this year

Maybe someone here could tell me what they are,, any one have a clue?

I wasn't expecting to get any fruit this year, I just wanted to see how big I could grow them,, fed them plenty of commercial 13-13-13 fertilizer with pelleted lime as a filler, a good nursery style of rich mulch, and black kow compost manure,, and of course, lots of water.
hopefully they will grow again next year

beam2050

good job. looks like you could use the shade.

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a.hulva@coxinet.net

Pics are great. What are you doing for winter?

MusaZombie

Wow! Love that it was more or less a whim and they grew so well for you . They look very happy

bushwack

I dug them all up, put all of the pups, some of them were 5-6 ft tall, in a dark closet inside the house,, will stay about 50 degrees when we aren't there, but we heat up the house when we are there,,
the big ones I have in the garage as I couldn't get them in the house, too tall and heavy.
I am going to try to leave them as tall as possible when I replant them,, we'll see how that goes come about next april or may. Hopefully the skies the limit

cincinnana

Great looking plants...

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tricksbite

wow

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Tricksbite

37.667910

Damn!
Wish I could. I've been trying for years. I always end up using tinypic.

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