My project - Page 7

bencelest · 06-08-2008, 01:55 AM

And here are some bananas planted on whiskey barrels
From left to right
1. Raja puri
2. Dwarfed Cavendish
3. sweetheart
4.Double (mahoi)
5. dwarf orinoco
6.dwarf Brazilian
7. not shown behind the dwarf Brazilian is Belle

Richard · 06-08-2008, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bencelest

And here's a kandrian banana that Harvey got for me in San Diego. On the left is a enano giganti that Joe real gave me. These are panted in my pergola plat. I have the materials now to protect the plat from the cold next winter.

Don't forget to install a mat and heater for yourself when your wife locks you outside next time!

bencelest · 06-08-2008, 02:18 AM

Oh, you still remember that Richard!
I think she had mellowed a lot when I bought her what she wanted most but it cost me my arms and legs. And also when I gave her coffee in bed.

bencelest · 06-08-2008, 02:23 AM

And here's my other bananas
planted in my pergola plat

bencelest · 06-08-2008, 02:25 AM

sweetheart with annuals flowers

mskitty38583 · 06-08-2008, 10:42 AM

so benny what did your wife want that cost you an arm and a leg and coffee in bed???? was it worth it for your nanas sake?? LOL!

Kylie2x · 06-08-2008, 11:33 AM

Everything looks awesome!!!!! Yaeh dish on the gift!
Kylie

bencelest · 06-08-2008, 11:55 PM

Thanks Kyle and Mskitty for the compliment.
Mskitty, would you believe it is house and lot?
Well I guess, it is worth it that now I have more place to plant my bananas. I already plant a calamondin in the new place and the next will be bananas.
Coffee in bed is I guess so she would not lock me out again.
Would you believe when I married her it was just the reverse? I was in heaven then.LOL.

mskitty38583 · 06-09-2008, 11:39 AM

keep a spare key somewhere under a flower pot or something. i would be ill if someone locked me out of my own house.

bencelest · 07-07-2008, 01:34 AM

Here's my pergola plat update.
As of 7/6/08
front to back
?
dwarf oorinoco
california gold
dwarf brazilian

bencelest · 07-07-2008, 01:37 AM

And here's the viente cohol I plan to transfer to pergola plat once established.

bencelest · 07-07-2008, 01:52 AM

More bananas that are planted in my PP.

chong · 07-07-2008, 02:23 AM

Benny,
Welcome back!

Is that Lady Finger the one from Logee's? Or, a pup from it? It looks like a new planting.

I got 5 Dwarf Lady Fingers in the last couple of months, and I was wondering if they would look like the one you got from Logee's. 4 of them are from eBay, and 1 from a grower in San Diego.

The one from San Diego comes from a reliable source, but the 4 from eBay is sort of questionable. Of the 4, the first two that I got looked really green - one small and one big, then regressed to almost a stump, but now they're back but they are smaller. I'm kind of concerned because these first two are exhibiting some faint red coloration similar to Cavendish. Does your Lady Finger have any red colorations? It's pretty hard to tell from the picture.

Thanks.
Chong

microfarmer · 07-07-2008, 09:59 AM

It's lookin' good, Benny!!

mskitty38583 · 07-07-2008, 10:03 AM

benny your flowers and nanas are so pretty!

bencelest · 07-07-2008, 04:15 PM

Chong:
It was the same lady finger I bought from Logees last winter.
I made an error transplanting it to my pergola plat. I planted it too early. We had many low night tempts then and it regressed so much I thought it would not recover. It still has some signs of stressed in the older leaves. But it is growing strong now.
As far as the color of the leaves, some of the leaves have a faint splash of red color about the size of half of a dime maybe 2 to 3 in a leaf but you can hardly see it because they were very faint. Just like a shadow inside the leaves. Unlike the dwarf Cav they are very noticeable.

Soon after I came back from PI, the family went on vacation in Maui and gosh, I've seen some out-of this world flowers and tropical trees and I took many pictures. I saved them cause they are just beautiful.

bencelest · 07-07-2008, 04:18 PM

Thank you Micro and Mskitty for beautiful compliments.

Benny

island cassie · 07-07-2008, 04:45 PM

Benny your yard is very beautiful and all your hard work has paid dividends. You make me laugh when you talk about being locked out, and how things were different when you were first married! I have a tasteless joke somewhere that covers that - but I can't find it!!

Cassie

bencelest · 07-08-2008, 09:10 AM

Thanks! Cassie. And it's just so true about my wife. But my friends said ....and three you are out. She's my third so I stay. But I am very happy and very willing to stay. 20 years now.

mskitty38583 · 07-08-2008, 09:19 AM

wow benny! thats a long time. i have a hard time making a commitment to the type of potting soil i use....let alone living with the same person day to day. congrats on the 20 yrs! for yall who can do that, i salute you!!! ive been married 3 times and dont even care to try it again, between the grandbaby,nanas,dogs, my kids, and school...i dont have time for that sort of thing. so kudos to yall!

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