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I haven't been on for quite a while. Tons of things going on. The weather here in Southwest Florida has finally started it's rain pattern. We have had some very good rains this week. We had been without any "real" rain for 5 weeks. A ten minute shower or light sprinkle here and there.
We used our collected rain water fairly quickly since we have extensive gardens. Mostly we used house water just to keep things green. Now stuff is taking off especially the bananas. They are loving the rain.
I did pick up two plants from a on line nursery. One was a Sweetheart that is doing very well. The other is a Kandarian, that is weak, and very small. Both plants were the same size when I received them. Now the Sweetheart is 10 inches tall. The Kandarian is barely 3 inches tall and has only produced two leafs since I have had it. I will nurse it along and see how it does.
A good friend of mine bought a fairly large piece of property. There were a lot of Banana plants along side a barn. He initially cut them down and figured that would be the end of it. LOL. They came right back up. He called me and asked if I wanted them, and if so come dig them up. I got 13 plants that are very healthy. I transferred them to pots with my banana soil that I make up. They have been in pots since April 29th and have grown through the bottoms of each pot. He said the previous owner did not know the variety but said they grew very sweet bananas. I am guessing Cavendish since that is about what everyone has in their yard. I will plant a few and probably sell the rest. My Dwarf Maoli is growing like a mad man. The leafs on it are huge. It did have a caterpillar that was chewing holes in the leafs. It was down in the stem. I managed to stab it with a long thin spike. The next leaf that came up has some holes in it, but the one that has come out just the other day doesn't show any damage yet. It still needs to unroll.
Between the raised beds that my wife has put in, the Mexican Sunflowers, regular sunflowers, wild tomatoes, and bananas everywhere it is getting very tropical. Lovin life right now.

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yes its been so dry here south of Jacksonville my irrigation couldn't keep the weeds growing. the dollar weed is turning brown. been needing this rain.

the rain has been so good that my sumatrana cross, goldfinger, blue java and one of my namwas thru our pups. total of 7 pups.

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Rains have come to the Dirty South! Copious sword pups surrounding my musa basjoo.

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We are still getting rain each day. Today it came in the afternoon with a lot of rain. I was able to plant a very healthy banana that grew through the bottom of the pot in less than two weeks. The pups are popping up.