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06-10-2021, 03:44 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
It's Birthday time but to be fair it's not only Lou Ferrigno's but also Leaf Erikson's (you know, Lief, Son of Eric, Eric the RED).
Anyway one year ago the post office delivered a triangular shaped box. I planted them like I stole them, right out of the box. Then and now: Lou Ferrigno: And Leaf Erikson: Last edited by wstrickland1 : 06-10-2021 at 05:48 PM. |
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Re: Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
Oh and Lou's supposed to be a Blue Java
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Re: Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
Looks like Lou has been hitting the weights and the vitamins, “cough, cough” vitamins over the past year.
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Re: Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
Very nice sir!
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Re: Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
DANG that thing is a BEAST!
I still find it amazing that you got away with putting a Tissue Culture straight on the ground in full sun When I didn't know any better I tried doing that and the plants quickly said NOPE! Perhaps it's because the sun is scorching hot here in Texas, we're already in the 90s where I'm at. Jul-Aug can hit 100+
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Re: Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
10th of the month and that means cake and ice cream. One of his kids has passed the old man up and another right on his heels. Yes I should be managing the pups but I didn't, so probably no fruit. All good with me I'm in it for the landscape aspect. Here they are today:
20210710_162357 by William Strickland, on Flickr 20210710_162444 by William Strickland, on Flickr 20210710_162444 by William Strickland, on Flickr |
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That's a great looking mat!
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One of the pups I managed to hack off at the end of April and planted immediately. Taken this morning:
20210711_101617 by William Strickland, on Flickr And to my surprise I see this: 20210711_100751 by William Strickland, on Flickr I'm telling you people this plant is a genetical marvel..... |
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14 months young.....
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Re: Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
Looking Fantastic
On another note: So pups sometimes overtaking/growing as tall as the main is okay? A couple of my sumatrana x cross pups and one of the Kokopo pups are nearly outgrowing the main stalks --even though everyone looks as healthy as can be I had wondered if that was normal or not. |
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Well I tried to take some off earlier this year but only got three. The beast went crazy and next thing you know it flowered. Everything else is continuing to blow up. No slowing down and that one on the right is approaching 10' of pstem and throwing another leaf as we speak. The pup I planted in the ground already has 4 pups (hacked off very end of April). To answer you question, I guess it is ok. Would Lou have given me more fruit? Maybe but there looks to be about 70 fingers on round one. Now I'm hoping Lou #2 doesn't flower this year. That would be tragic. My X Cross is not growing super fast but I kept it in a pot until last week so maybe it will jump over the next 2 months. Both truly tinys are getting big, both super healthy. |
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Re: Lou Ferrigno's Special Day
Definitely accurate as the next man up is already 2' taller and pushing surfboards as we speak. I'm hoping that guy doesn't flower this year but have a hard time believing it won't. Oh well there are more right behind that one.
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