HMelendez

****An Update!*****




Musa Dwarf Gros Michel Highgate keeps pushing out the new cigar leaf!....She keeps growing nicely!....I can't wait to transplant her to the ground!....


Pictures from 10/05/2019.....


















Musa Patupi (Kokopo, Vudu Papua) Mat #1 keeps growing nicely!.....She should be flowering soon!.....Up front, the beautiful AeAe Manini started to pick up the growing pace!....


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Akula

Hey Hector thanks for the update!

Are there two patupis in that photo? Looks like the main plant plus a plant/pup 3/4 the size of the main plant directly behind. I noticed it in an earlier photo you posted but thought it was a mirage.

Thanks again!

HMelendez

Donald,



I told you that you got a good eye!.....LOL!..........Yes!.....As you mentioned, there is another Musa Patupi approx. 3/4 the size of the main Patupi plant!....She has been growing in a close rate to the main plant!....Most likely she will flowers/blooms very close after the main Patupi plant does!.....

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Backyard Banana Joe

Just a thought- maybe you could contribute to the wiki and put pictures of the tu Ghia and other varieties. Since I thecked last the only picture of tu Ghia is a big, massive, tissue culture.

HMelendez

Thank Joe for the suggestion!.....I will Update!.....

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HMelendez

*****An Update!*****






This is what happened to my Tissue Cultured FHIA-2 Mona Lisa plant!....She just flowered not even at 5 ft. tall!....Normal (Real) FHIA-2 Mona Lisa flowers, blooms approx. 8-9 ft. tall!.....She has been growing on the same environment conditions as my other Nanas!.....Also, she took almost 2 1/2 years to flower!.....


Pictures from 10/22/2019.....





















Wooohooo!.....Finally!....I received a big FHIA-2 Mona Lisa corm from Dan (bananimal)!.....Thank you Dan for sending me a nice size Mona Lisa corm!.....Look at that color!....No doubts it's the real thing!....FHIA-2 Mona Lisa corm took a bath of water with bleach, then it was transplanted to a pot using pool filter coarse sand and lots of perlite mix as medium....Once she opens at least 4 new leaves, she will replace The TC FHIA-2 Mona Lisa for sure!.....


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Yeehaaaa!.......Seems she started to push out already!.....


Picture from 10/26/2019.....




















Musa Monthan is flowering again!....So far she has opened a 13 hands bunch, as the previous one!......This is the third Monthan generation!....This is not a coincidence!.......What a productive Nana Variety!.....Amazing!......


Pictures from 10/26/2019.....


















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mushtaq86

Hector

Good to hear Dan has sent you the real FHIA-2, hopefully this one will get to 8-9 ft.

beam2050

looking good hector, just got my monthan this year. cant wait.

also just went to home depot to get some sand blast sand.
got it in a white bag that you cant see thru, its much more coarse than what you are using if your interested.
the sand has a mixture of fines and coarses, the larges I have see is half the size of a bb.

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npk of wood ash 0/1/3 to 0/3/7

npk of banana leaf ash 1.75/0.75/0.5

Backyard Banana Joe

Looks like that nanner trunk in the background kinder escaped!?!?!

Carry on!!!! :bananaro w:

Backyard Banana Joe

So are you going to leave the fake Mona Lisa in to ripen the fruit? Or are you going to obliterate it?!?

HMelendez

LOL!.....That is the FHIA-3 Sweetheart mat!....Last FHIA-3 Sweetheart bunch was in the 85-90 pounds range!....A monster Nana producer!....

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HMelendez

Mushtaq,




Thank you buddy!....Wooohoooo!....I’m glad Dan sent me a big FHIA-2 Mona Lisa corm!....It’s growing fast too!....

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Master Beam,



Monthan is an awesome, amazing Nana producer!....Once it gets established, it will start producing big, heavy bunches!....

Send me a PM about the coarse sand!....I’m interested!....Mines comes in a white clear bag that you can see thru too!....I think it might be the same that I’m using!....

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Joe,



As I mentioned, I will wait for the FHIA-2 Mona Lisa to opens at least 4 new leaves before she replace the Tissue Cultured FHIA-2 Mona Lisa!...My main priority is to get the Real FHIA-2 Mona Lisa to the ground as soon as possible!...Also, I observed that the Real FHIA-2 Mona Lisa is growing way faster than the TC FHIA-2 Mona Lisa!....It’s not going to take long!.....

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Joe,




That Nanner trunk in the background that looks like kind of escaped is a very tiny (8 ft. tall)......LOL!.....Musa Sweetheart pup!.....She was transplanted back in the mat, where she belongs!.....What a beast!....


Pictures from 10/27/2019.....

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HMelendez

*****An Update!*****




Woohooo!.....Musa FHIA-2 Mona Lisa is growing, pushing out fast!....Pictures for comparison!.....


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Picture from 10/27/2019....










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beam2050

used the sand yesterday. coarse enough it was clogging the gun, which I figured.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS SOME LIME IN IT.

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npk of wood ash 0/1/3 to 0/3/7

npk of banana leaf ash 1.75/0.75/0.5

nealnick5

Hector, I always love watching the progress of your banana plants. If it weren't for the weight, I'd 100% use your silica and pearlite combo for soil medium.

Let's get an update again soon please! Especially when it's winter here.. at least I can watch someone else's grow while mine are sleeping!

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Growing: Ensete ventricosum 'maurelli', Musa balbisiana 'Thai Black', bordelon, basjoo, Dwarf Cavendish, Dwarf Orinoco, itinerans var. itinerans, lasiocarpa, orinoco (tall), saba, sikkimensis 'Red Tiger', TaNee, zebrina, VDN (green), 1000 fingers, praying hands, ornata purple, veluntina, french red, super dwarf cavendish, dwarf iholena, red iholena, balbisiana (yellow), kru, mananzo, zebrina var. gran nain.

HMelendez

Awesome Master Beam!.....

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HMelendez

Nick,



Thank you!.....I will keep updating!.....My respect and appreciation for you guys Up North growing Nanas!....Zone pushers!.....

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