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![]() My Ice Cream is starting to throw a bud
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![]() Ha, SO did mine. Last time around it flowered in December, its bad timing is making me want to give up on IC altogether.
I Hope all turns out well, keep us updated with more pictures. Please |
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![]() Thanks! I have been waiting for this plant to flower all summer. It is in an area across from my AeAe's and has grown very tall to reach for the sun. Now lets hope the mild summer leads into a mild winter.
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![]() Congrats Andrew. What varieties were the other 6 that fruited for you this year?
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![]() Three dwarf Cavs, one brazilian, one tall oronico and an unknown. I was hoping my AeAe was going to fruit but not yet. How are you and your plants?
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![]() Andrew, my plants and I are doing well, thanks for asking. My knee is nearly back to normal, 2 months out from arthroscopic surgery. All my bananas seem to be happy (aside from a calcium deficiency in two, which is making them grow with tangled and twisty leaves). The plants I've had longest have only been in the ground for 6 months, so I just have to wait for them grow, though I'm impatient for fruit. Several have 1-3 pups. I'm hoping my dwarf Orinoco will send out a bud soon because the p-stem is over 5' now, but I'll just have to wait and see.
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![]() Update on my Ice Cream Bud. It has been cold and wet here but the bud is moving right along.
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![]() Sweet!! How tall is the plant? How long have you had your IC?
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![]() Fifteen feet give or take a foot. The plant has been in the ground two years. I planted three at the same time. This is the only one to fruit so far.
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![]() Thank you Mitchel! It has been a funky cool summer and I have 6 fruiting plants??? Very strange! How are the dogs doing?
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![]() Awesome congrats on your IC!
I have two IC flowers opening this week and think I could maybe get another 2-3 buds before December. I'm too hoping for a mild winter! One thing though, ICs grow fast in temps far below others. I think they grow above 54F or so. I'm hoping for a frost free winter ![]()
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![]() That's awesome Andrew. With all those Naners ripening, will you be exporting any?????? lol
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![]() Lets see some start to ripen and we will share!
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![]() Anytime! I just cut down a Tall Orinoco stalk last weekend. They were getting too ripe so I peeled them and froze them for shakes. Nothing like organic bananas that I grew for my shakes! (Organic Papaya, Organic Guava, Pineapple, Organic Strawberries, Organic Coconut flakes, Organic Blueberries, Organic vanana Trader Joes yogart, Organic apple juice, Organic orange juice and my bananas). I have a sweet tooth! I grow many of the fruits and buy the rest. My guava trees are full of fruit that should ripen Dec/Jan. Last year I got 300 plus guavas!
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