Show me your Namwah Pearl!!!

harveyc · 07-31-2008, 03:18 PM

Okay, mine died like nearly everyone else's. Quite a while ago someone posted some photos of theirs that was still growing, maybe a couple of folks. It's mid-summer now and I'd like to know if these are still alive and how they are doing. Have they pupped? Show us your pictures, please!!!

sandy0225 · 07-31-2008, 03:38 PM

She's not too big considering she's about a year old, only about 18" tall. But there's two new leaves.

sandy0225 · 07-31-2008, 03:40 PM

FYI those aren't pups in there. They're green spider plants. They bloom and seed into everything.
No pups yet!

harveyc · 07-31-2008, 03:52 PM

Maybe "Pearl" likes company, Sandy!

sandy0225 · 08-01-2008, 09:31 PM

Doesn't anyone else have one? I thought at least one more person said they had one that was still alive this spring.

harveyc · 08-01-2008, 09:46 PM

Mark and Jane still had them the last they talked about them.
M. dwarf namwah pearl flower/banana bunch?

natedogg1026 · 08-01-2008, 10:51 PM

I think everyone else killed theirs.

Jane · 08-02-2008, 08:48 AM

Mine finally died too.

I was so proud of myself this spring as I had kept mine looking pretty good all winter in the house. I was not careful enough with all the rain we have been having and I know I let it get too wet. I may try again someday. But right now I think I just stick with ones that are not quit so picky.

Jane

hydrojeff · 08-02-2008, 08:53 AM

Sandy what is the plant to the left of the first pic, is that balsa? BTW the hua moa i got from you is doing great!!!!thanks Sandy for such a great plant!!!!!!
jeff

Gabe15 · 08-02-2008, 12:49 PM

I spoke with the producer of the Namwah Pearl's a few weeks ago, and he said they were completely unaware that everyones plant dies and no one can get them past about a foot. They hadn't even grown them out for their own testing, but he said they would and see whats up.

MediaHound · 08-02-2008, 12:50 PM

Ask him to join Bananas!

MediaHound · 08-02-2008, 12:51 PM

btw I killed mine also, lol

Taylor · 08-02-2008, 01:01 PM

Never tried...after hearing of all the failures.

harveyc · 08-02-2008, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MediaHound

btw I killed mine also, lol

I'm in very good company!

jrozier · 08-02-2008, 01:53 PM

mine hung in for over a year, but never really grew

STEELVIPER · 08-02-2008, 02:49 PM

Sorry about not updating on this ,but i have been very busy this summer with work, GF, etc.. but mine after 2 years and about 11 inches of growth died about a month ago. Not sure why it decided to leave this world as it was looking pretty good.But after a week of declining heath, it kicked the bucket.

I will try another later on sometime down the road. But it seemed to like filtered sunlight all day(no direct sun) even watering, and some fertilizer.No temps under 55F. This plant has to be babied. Like i said before, i think this musa thinks its a cactus. But its worth another try.

harveyc · 08-02-2008, 04:01 PM

Looks like Sandy is the Queen of Namwah Pearl!!!!

Naturally, the pressure is really on Sandy now and the stress may just be too much and do hers in as well.......Good luck, Sandy!

Taylor · 08-02-2008, 04:04 PM

Maybe those spider plants are absorbing any excess water she throws at them?!

Bananaman88 · 08-02-2008, 06:51 PM

Yeah, mine kicked the bucket too. It was doing really well up until late spring when it suddenly went into decline. It will be interesting to hear what the producer has to say once they try growing some of theirs out.

sandy0225 · 08-05-2008, 04:52 PM

Maybe I should put in another ad--the only surviving Namwah pearl known to man--will trade for ae ae, LOL.
I thought maybe when I'd grown all the others I'd be about up to the challenge of a $100 plant. Hydrojeff, glad to hear your plants are doing well, and that plant isn't a balsa, it's solanum quitoense, aka naranjilla. They come in two kinds, a spiny one, and a fuzzy one. That one is a fuzzy one, I also have the spiny one.

07-31-2008, 03:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
harveyc Been nuts, gone bananas harveyc's Photo Gallery Location: Isleton, Calif Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Harvey Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,173 BananaBucks : 2,093 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 585 Thanked 314 Times in 189 Posts Welcomes: 40	Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Okay, mine died like nearly everyone else's. Quite a while ago someone posted some photos of theirs that was still growing, maybe a couple of folks. It's mid-summer now and I'd like to know if these are still alive and how they are doing. Have they pupped? Show us your pictures, please!!! __________________

07-31-2008, 03:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 479 BananaBucks : 7,616 Feedback: 18 / 100% Thanks: 1 Thanked 115 Times in 63 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! FYI those aren't pups in there. They're green spider plants. They bloom and seed into everything. No pups yet! __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

07-31-2008, 03:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
harveyc Been nuts, gone bananas harveyc's Photo Gallery Location: Isleton, Calif Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Harvey Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,173 BananaBucks : 2,093 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 585 Thanked 314 Times in 189 Posts Welcomes: 40	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Maybe "Pearl" likes company, Sandy! __________________

08-01-2008, 09:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 479 BananaBucks : 7,616 Feedback: 18 / 100% Thanks: 1 Thanked 115 Times in 63 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Doesn't anyone else have one? I thought at least one more person said they had one that was still alive this spring. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

08-01-2008, 09:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
harveyc Been nuts, gone bananas harveyc's Photo Gallery Location: Isleton, Calif Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Harvey Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,173 BananaBucks : 2,093 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 585 Thanked 314 Times in 189 Posts Welcomes: 40	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Mark and Jane still had them the last they talked about them. M. dwarf namwah pearl flower/banana bunch? __________________

Members currently in the chatroom: 0
	The most chatters online in one day was 14, 11-13-2007. No one is currently using the chat.

08-01-2008, 10:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
natedogg1026 Banana addict natedogg1026's Photo Gallery Location: Pittsburg, Kansas Find me on the map! Zone: 6b Name: Nate Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 616 BananaBucks : 8,366 Feedback: 2 / 100% Thanks: 134 Thanked 113 Times in 92 Posts Welcomes: 3	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! I think everyone else killed theirs. __________________ Banana's are a safe addiction. Right?Maybe I need classes.

08-02-2008, 08:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
Jane Location: Missouri Find me on the map! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 58 BananaBucks : 873 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Mine finally died too. I was so proud of myself this spring as I had kept mine looking pretty good all winter in the house. I was not careful enough with all the rain we have been having and I know I let it get too wet. I may try again someday. But right now I think I just stick with ones that are not quit so picky. Jane

08-02-2008, 08:53 AM	#9 (permalink)
hydrojeff Bananacitus Location: orange city,FL Find me on the map! Zone: zone 9b Name: jeff Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 246 BananaBucks : 1,214 Feedback: 8 / 100% Thanks: 76 Thanked 39 Times in 38 Posts Welcomes: 97	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Sandy what is the plant to the left of the first pic, is that balsa? BTW the hua moa i got from you is doing great!!!!thanks Sandy for such a great plant!!!!!! jeff __________________ Jeff

08-02-2008, 12:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Gabe15 MC Banana Commander Gabe15's Photo Gallery Location: Honolulu, HI Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,537 BananaBucks : 16,616 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 1 Thanked 774 Times in 322 Posts Welcomes: 1	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! I spoke with the producer of the Namwah Pearl's a few weeks ago, and he said they were completely unaware that everyones plant dies and no one can get them past about a foot. They hadn't even grown them out for their own testing, but he said they would and see whats up. __________________ The only hemp Im growing is Manila.

08-02-2008, 12:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
MediaHound Tally-man MediaHound's Photo Gallery Location: South Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 10b Name: Jarred Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,024 BananaBucks : 54,362 Feedback: 58 / 100% Thanks: 932 Thanked 1,099 Times in 383 Posts Welcomes: 247	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Ask him to join Bananas!

08-02-2008, 12:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
MediaHound Tally-man MediaHound's Photo Gallery Location: South Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 10b Name: Jarred Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,024 BananaBucks : 54,362 Feedback: 58 / 100% Thanks: 932 Thanked 1,099 Times in 383 Posts Welcomes: 247	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! btw I killed mine also, lol

08-02-2008, 01:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
Taylor KING OF KORM. Taylor 's Photo Gallery Location: VA Find me on the map! Zone: 8a Name: Taylor Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,402 BananaBucks : 10,918 Feedback: 13 / 100% Thanks: 187 Thanked 147 Times in 97 Posts Welcomes: 190	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Never tried...after hearing of all the failures. __________________ Taylor Update: 23 California Gold fruit expected by Thanksgiving!

08-02-2008, 01:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
jrozier jrozier's Photo Gallery Location: Charleston, SC Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Name: Joe Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 148 BananaBucks : 1,465 Feedback: 3 / 100% Thanks: 59 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts Welcomes: 228	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! mine hung in for over a year, but never really grew

08-02-2008, 02:49 PM	#16 (permalink)
STEELVIPER Mechwarrior STEELVIPER's Photo Gallery Location: Riverside,CA Find me on the map! Zone: 9B Name: Mark Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 724 BananaBucks : 4,983 Feedback: 2 / 100% Thanks: 44 Thanked 56 Times in 44 Posts Welcomes: 169	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Sorry about not updating on this ,but i have been very busy this summer with work, GF, etc.. but mine after 2 years and about 11 inches of growth died about a month ago. Not sure why it decided to leave this world as it was looking pretty good.But after a week of declining heath, it kicked the bucket. I will try another later on sometime down the road. But it seemed to like filtered sunlight all day(no direct sun) even watering, and some fertilizer.No temps under 55F. This plant has to be babied. Like i said before, i think this musa thinks its a cactus. But its worth another try. __________________

08-02-2008, 04:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
harveyc Been nuts, gone bananas harveyc's Photo Gallery Location: Isleton, Calif Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Harvey Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,173 BananaBucks : 2,093 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 585 Thanked 314 Times in 189 Posts Welcomes: 40	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Looks like Sandy is the Queen of Namwah Pearl!!!! Naturally, the pressure is really on Sandy now and the stress may just be too much and do hers in as well.......Good luck, Sandy! __________________

08-02-2008, 04:04 PM	#18 (permalink)
Taylor KING OF KORM. Taylor 's Photo Gallery Location: VA Find me on the map! Zone: 8a Name: Taylor Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,402 BananaBucks : 10,918 Feedback: 13 / 100% Thanks: 187 Thanked 147 Times in 97 Posts Welcomes: 190	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Maybe those spider plants are absorbing any excess water she throws at them?! __________________ Taylor Update: 23 California Gold fruit expected by Thanksgiving!

08-02-2008, 06:51 PM	#19 (permalink)
Bananaman88 Bananaculturist Bananaman88's Photo Gallery Location: Pearland, TX Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Brent Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,096 BananaBucks : 8,594 Feedback: 15 / 100% Thanks: 112 Thanked 304 Times in 209 Posts Welcomes: 8	Re: Show me your Namwah Pearl!!! Yeah, mine kicked the bucket too. It was doing really well up until late spring when it suddenly went into decline. It will be interesting to hear what the producer has to say once they try growing some of theirs out.