HMelendez

*****Update of the Vanilla Pistachio Swirl Ice Cream Banana!*****Manini Corm!....


The first leaf should be coming out any time now!....


06/08/2016




more updates coming soon!...

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HMelendez

*****An Update of some of the corms!*****


Finally my Manini corm is putting out the first leaf!....My Vanilla Pistachio Swirl Ice Cream Banana growing in brown sugar!....ummm!.....yummy!....LOL........My Manini corm made it!....







My Patupi corm is coming out with the first leaf!....




Also, my Veinte Cohol corm is growing fast and it should coming out with the first leaf anytime now!....




more updates about the rest of the corms coming soon!...

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Lau

Your plants look great.

HMelendez

Thank you Susan!......


Good luck with your corms as well!....

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speakeasy

Hi, thanks for the interesting pictures, please keep us updated!

HMelendez

*****An update of the corms!*****


All pictures taken on June 22, 2016....backstage my barbecue grill!...LOL....


Manini corm!....Just Beautiful, Royal and Majestic!.....







Patupi corm growing fast and beautiful!....Nice colors!.....







Nice fast growing Veinte Cohol corm!....Finally opened the first leaf!....Growing the second leaf now!....You can see the small brown/black blotches (pseudostem) characteristic of the Veinte Cohol......






The Manini, Patupi and Veinte Cohol corms will be trans-plant to the ground soon!....

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HMelendez

*****Following an update of the rest of the corms*****


Pictures taken on June 22, 2016....


Yesterday, June 22, 2016, I inspected the rest of the corms (Tigua, French Red and FHIA-1 "Real Deal" Goldfinger).....As a good sign, I didn't find any soft or rot spots on the corms!.....Thanks God!....



Tigua corm....very well develop roots!....starts to grow fast now!....











French Red Plantain corm....very well develop roots....also starts to grow fast now!....











FHIA-1 "Real Deal" Goldfinger corm....no signs of any roots yet!....Also, no soft or rotting spots/sides on the corm (a good sign)!.... I will keep an eye on this one!....










After the corms inspection, I put everything back together!....

*****For The Tigua and French Red corms only *****Just added a bit of water to take out the "air pockets" trap within the sand...As I mentioned before, no need for a frequent irrigation...there is enough moisture!....

*****For The FHIA-1 "Real Deal" Goldfinger corm only*****I changed/added completely new dry coarse sand....Just added a tip of water to the outer ring of the pot.....Definitely I will keep an eye on the FHIA-1 "Real Deal" Goldfinger corm!....


More updates coming soon!.....

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Mark Dragt

Great job with the pictures Hector. Thank you for the updates. Your corms are doing amazing. Keep doing what you are doing.

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HMelendez

Thank you Mark!....


Hopefully and wishing the best with you corms!.....

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JP

Thanks for confirming what I always say about coarse sand.
Great update. You did good buddy!

HMelendez

Thank you JP!.....

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Mudturkle

As I said before, my corms are about a week behind yours. I was going to be out of town for a few days recently so I repotted some of mine from coarse sand into a different soil mix that would hold more moisture. It's been hot here in my part of Texas and I was concerned that they would dry out too much in the coarse sand. But since I wasn't sure if that was the right thing to do, I left the last 2 corms as they were in the coarse sand as an experiment. When I came home it was very apparent that the ones I had repotted had grown more. So I decided to wash the coarse sand off the last 2 corms and repot them. The first one I did was my Patupi and it had only *one* small root! Aha! I thought that I should have repotted all of them. But when I did the last one it was full of roots and they had hit the edge of the pot and started growing upward from there! My conclusion is that the problem with my Patupi wasn't that it was still in coarse sand. (My wife watered while I was gone.) I think the problem was the corm itself. My Patupi corm looks like your Goldfinger corm - kinda cut off at an angle, rather than being more completely round as the others. I will watch my Patupi, as you are watching your Goldfinger. Hopefully they will catch up with the others.

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Great job Hector

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HMelendez

Thank you Keith!... I appreciated!....Give me a call!...

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HMelendez

*****An Updated*****


Pictures taken on July 02, 2016...


Finally!.....yesterday, July 02, 2016, I started to trans-plant some of the corms to the ground using coarse sand!.....Added some fresh grass clippings!....



Beautiful Manini!....Vanilla Pistachio Swirl Ice Cream Banana now on the ground!.....







Majestic French Red Plantain now on the ground!.....









Still to trans-plant the rest of the corms!....More updates coming soon!....

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HMelendez

*****An Updated*****


Pictures taken on July 7, 2016...


I continued yesterday, July 7, 2016, trans-planting the rest of the corms to the ground using coarse sand!.....As before, I added some fresh grass clippings!....




Patupi corm......








Tigua corm.....








Veinte Cohol corm.....







Waiting now for the last corm, The FHIA-1 "Real Deal" Goldfinger to grow/develop some roots so I can trans-plant it to the ground!.....


More updates coming soon!....

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Mark Dragt

Great pictures Hector. My Real Deal FHIA1 Goldfinger is also slow to grow roots. I am sure it will take off when it is good and ready.

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HMelendez

*****Update*****


Has been almost 4 months since I trans-planted the corms to the ground!....They are doing great, fine!.....All the corms made it!....


I'm very grateful to Keith (PR-Giants) for let me acquire and to have the opportunity to grow all this beautiful plants!.....Thank you Keith!


My apologies/excuses for the pictures!...I did my best!....Has been raining almost everyday in South Florida!....Pictures taken on October 27, 2016...

Thank you for seeing the update!.....



FHIA-1 Real Deal Goldfinger.....It was the slowest to grow compare to the rest of the corms, but once it gets establish it takes off!....growing fast and steady now!....









French Red Plantain.....As the FHIA-1, it was slow to grow in the beginning, but once it was established, its started to grow fast!....Very beautiful plant!...I love the colors of the French Red Plantain!....









Veinte Cohol.....It was the biggest corm that I received from Keith....The corm was huge!....Robust and stout plant....Very fast grower!....








*****Now, the monsters of fast grower!.....This two are fighting for the king of the fast grower!...*****


Tigua......Beautiful and stout plant!....Very, very fast grower!







Patupi.....As the Tigua, stout, robust and beautiful plant!....Very, very fast grower!









And now the "showcase" The Majestic, Royal and Beautiful Manini!....no words for the Manini!....just simply breath-taking!....

As The Manini gets stronger, taller, older, she holds/stands the weather (temp) much better!....As you can see, Manini is getting big now!....













More updates coming soon!.....

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Mark Dragt

Thanks for the update Hector. Your plants look amazing! From the start, you have made these plants what they are today. You have done a great job with them!

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HMelendez

Thank you Mark for the appreciative words!.....

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