Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355093)

The 2 Veinte Cohol pups I ordered from Etsy finally arrived. I think it took a full week from when I ordered. As far as I can tell, they look to be VCs (I compared looks and leaves to those of Banana Man Larry's VCs on his site). They arrived in exceptional condition, and oddly, began transpiring at the tips after I opened the package up (plants are cool-sorry I've never ordered plants so dunno if they just do this from shipping).

I will get these potted and hopefully have some good updates in a couple of months. I'm not too convinced to plant in-ground this year. I dug a hole for my Tropic Snow Peachtree and tested drainage. It is now on day 2 with almost no drainage, so I spread 80 pounds of gypsum on my land to hopefully assist with this (I know there's speculation on using gypsum, but rest assured I am within this exception https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/.../03/gypsum.pdf "With the exception of arid and coastal regions (where soil salts are high) and the southeastern United States (where heavy clay soils are common), gypsum amendment is just not necessary in non-agricultural areas.") QCTropics on youtube has given me hope in fixing the drainage.

Once I get that in check I'll be planting in-ground. Hopefully, that issue can be resolved in a year's time frame.. especially since I also have 2 kokopo from Larry, and a russian pomegranate tree, white lady Peachtree, and some blueberries on the way from Perfect Plants Nursery. So this should be exciting. :08:

*I'll edit this post with photos as soon I figure out how to..Not sure if they are just trapped in a black hole right now uploading to the gallery*

Originally Posted by cincinnana (Post 355097)

Good luck with your two new banana additions and other fruit bearing plants.

Before you plant them in the ground amend that soil as much as you can this year so you have a great foundation to start with.

I hope they do well for you.

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355235)

I also ordered a Veinte Cohol pup that should be arriving soon. Very excited for the prospective "Tropical Flavored Banana".

I'm interested to see the potential growth from your plants, and if you're interested I can also post the growth of mine when I receive them in this thread aswell!

Anyway, I hope it works out best for you, I have to get back to work! :2738:

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355236)

That would be great! Where did you order yours from?

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355237)

Here is the Etsy shop! :nanadrink:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZiPlantsFl...about-shopname

Also ordered a Mysore and Kokopo.

Very excited as per my research the Mysore is the "Pisang Kalang", and that is supposed to be the "strawberry shortcake" tasting banana.

As the Kokopo should be a slightly less, but still tropical, orange fleshed banana.

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355239)

Nice! It's the same seller I bought mine from so we'll be able to compare them. Not that it matters but it's funny they use that profile picture because if you go to their website it's some dude lol.

I'd be interested in seeing how your kokopo does too as I have 2 growing as well.

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355233)

Little update on the plants, they are still adjusting to outdoor life it seems as their growth has been pretty slow. The kokopo arrived in alright condition. The one that arrived with damaged leaves is really taking a while to settle in. On top of that, I set them outside in a shaded area that gets maybe one hour of morning sun right when they arrived and traveled for a few days from work. During those days, temps went down to around 36 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour or so and were in the mid 40s during the day. Needless to say, none of the bananas enjoyed that but they did survive.

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355241)

Yeah man I'm pretty excited! Although a thought crossed my mind, there wouldn't be much stopping the seller from selling water suckers. It doesn't say what type of plant or if it's TC either. Then again, we are the type of people to create accounts on a 20 year old forum to talk about their love of bananas lol.:waving:

Originally Posted by Jeff zone 8 N.C. (Post 355243)

Your plants should be ok with the low temps but it surely cold shocked them a little. You are doing what I would do and keep them in pots this year so they have a great start next spring. Are you sure that your temp reading are correct. Here around 90 miles up the coast we have been in the 50's as lows.

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355290)

Potted my newest pups!

Took the names that were taped to the bags and used them as labels.

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355235)

I also ordered a Veinte Cohol pup that should be arriving soon. Very excited for the prospective "Tropical Flavored Banana".

I'm interested to see the potential growth from your plants, and if you're interested I can also post the growth of mine when I receive them in this thread aswell!

Anyway, I hope it works out best for you, I have to get back to work! :2738:

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355460)

Is the site really slow for anyone else? Taking minutes for pages to load and can't upload pix.

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355461)

Yeah It's been extremely slow. Also a flood of bots posting suspicious links too.

I think it might be targeted due to its simple domain name. Imagine how much someone would pay for "bananas.org"

Could be a large corporation wants this domain, so they're using underhanded means to deter activity on the site.

Either bots using this to send phishing links because this domain is easy to find, or its a large corp ddos-ing and sending bots to ruin the user experience.

We just want to enjoy bananas. -.-'

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355458)

Do you still think your VCs are VCs? Mine are starting to take off (been trying to upload upload pics but cant get them through) and they're starting to resemble dwarf cavendish..

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355464)

Hmm, my VC looks to have stunted growth. 5 leaves all next to each other at the same height. The 6th Leaf has grown to be a centimeter higher. New leaf on the way.

Kokopo is hardly hanging in. (its doing well, just doesn't like the humid heat down here) Wilty leaves, but doing okay. Slow to grow leaves.

Do you recommend watering every day?

I know that these young ones need special care, and I don't want to kill them from water. And it's difficult to kill them from drought if you're watching them, which I am.

These turning out to be a DC would be my worst nightmare.

You can get cavendish in the store, absolute waste not to grow an exotic variety if you have the ability to.

Also think of the value of the exotic bananas in an apocalyptic scenario. Rare fruits would definitely be valuable if SHTF and there isn't regular trade overseas or food being imported in anymore.

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355458)

Do you still think your VCs are VCs? Mine are starting to take off (been trying to upload upload pics but cant get them through) and they're starting to resemble dwarf cavendish..

Originally Posted by Abnshrek (Post 355470)

Alot of Bananas look similar when they are young.. VC's top out around 4 ft of p-stem and are very citrus'y. They are one of my Fav's.. Key for them is don't expose them to any temps below 50F.. They deteriorate fast. As u can imagine I have alot of 30 gal pots. Good Luck.. For anyone getting a TC it takes a couple years in 7-8 zones to get fruit, unless u have a heated greenhouse.. lol Young TC's you should be gentle on the water, and use a good soil mix.. No Water holding crystals..

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 355474)

shrek is right that "Alot of Bananas look similar when they are young.", so instead of wasting time focusing on the similarities just look for the differences. Your Kokopo appear exactly like they should at that age and the Veinte Cohol do not, so they are not vc. I haven't spoken with the tc lab recently but they said they were having difficulties with their tc vc and I thought it was discontinued.

If you really want a VC try posting in the 'Banana Wanted' section on the forum.

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355475)

I knew the kokopo were true because I bought from a reputable seller on here

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 355479)

Here's a perfect example that contradicts what you just wrote. There's a moderator on this site that sold Fake Blue Java Ice Cream TC's for many years. Most members knew that they weren't the Real Blue Java except for the newbies, who were clearly the target client.

Vendors that sell the Fake Blue Java Ice Cream TC have plausible deniability because they purchased the TC's as Blue Java even though they probably know they're not.

The interesting thing is that once the moderator started selling Real Blue Java Ice Cream pups instead of the Fake TC's they went back and deleted their thread selling the Fake Blue Java TC's.

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 355479)

Here's a perfect example that contradicts what you just wrote. There's a moderator on this site that sold Fake Blue Java Ice Cream TC's for many years. Most members knew that they weren't the Real Blue Java except for the newbies, who were clearly the target client.

Vendors that sell the Fake Blue Java Ice Cream TC have plausible deniability because they purchased the TC's as Blue Java even though they probably know they're not.

The interesting thing is that once the moderator started selling Real Blue Java Ice Cream pups instead of the Fake TC's they went back and deleted their thread selling the Fake Blue Java TC's.

Originally Posted by namwah12 (Post 355590)

Where could i buy a veinte cohol ?

Originally Posted by CarolinaShoreFruits (Post 355473)

Here's the state of my bananas. Pic taken May 9th, 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6wyM4Sv...w1YjYyMHVkOHdl

Originally Posted by Foxhound (Post 355595)

Ah, I saw the picture, so far my kokopo has been incredibly fragile and not really any orange markings on the pstem yet, but some brown spots.

Would you recommend watering every day for these small guys?

I really don't want to kill them by rotting out their roots by over watering.