My Red kru growth
 

So here is my Red kru i got back in August of 2009. I got it justj from his divorce sale.. i thought since not very many people have this plant i know a few tho. anywaay i thought it would be fun to make a thred for you all to follow it's growth. here are the pics in order,from biginning till now.

Sept 6 2009


Sept 27



Jan 10


May 3


June 6


July 14


Aug 15


Sept 2

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Great pics Matt....Kru's are not easy.

Nice Job!

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Looking good, Matt!

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I have been thinking of getting one of these myself (along with every other banana in existence). Thanks for the pictures, I will be following this one for sure. I am very interested in its fruit, I know that won't be for a while though.

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VERY NICE Matt! Good job!

~JaNan

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thanks everyone i have more pics to add tomorrow now it has such a beautiful red color ohh so nice , it's already almost 5 feet tall !! woo

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Nice plant.. Your tackling a bunch there.. :^)

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Very nice I got one too awile back it finally started growing after I put it out in the dirt.

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wow yours looks great ! has yours shown any red ? my new favourite banana plant the colors are extremely beautiful !

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Thanks,That picture was a few days ago I will take a new picture this afternoon. It is changing some.

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July 14

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Looking good there

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Anyone who can grow a banana plant that well [especially through a Canadian winter] gets definite props from me. Good work, it looks awesome! :)
If they weren't so rare, I might almost consider one myself. But as Rmpmnz said, they're "not easy" and I'm still having problems with easy ones, lol.
Thanks for sharing! I'll definitely be watching this thread.

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Thanks cory, yeah winter was sorta a challenge as you seem in the jan pic.

Had no idea it was so rare till after i got it, when just j was selling ,it wasn't my first choice. I wanted a different nanna and he had no more so i said ok i'll take an orinoco and i'll try the kru, im so happy i bought it now ! when pups are a good size i will try selling some.

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Well even your January photo looks great! I've only been growing bananas [or anything else] since May this year so I still have to deal with my first winter this fall [scary]. I drowned 2 dwarf Cavendish banana plants before I found out they don't live in rivers or ponds. I still have a dwarf Cavendish pup and an Ice Cream pup alive [major luck]. But now I'm wanting more color so I ordered [another] Black Thai and a Rojo Zebrina. Hopefully I can keep those alive [remains to be seen, lol].
Anyway, your project is very inspiring! Keep up the good work! :D

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The pics you posted today look very nice.. Plant looks very Happy :^)

I saw that ic and the others, they look good, good luck with them and the scary winter lol

thanks so much Michael :)

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Very nice. The Red Kru banana is definitely one of my favorites. They don't look so majestic and often look horrible but the blooms and the fruit are out of this world in both appearance and flavor. I have some pics of blooms from mine in my gallery as well.
Hopefully you get fruit from yours next year, please keep us posted.
Enjoy them.. they are well worth the wait.

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Matt
Here is mine yesterday