What did you plant today (bananas)? - Page 10

bencelest · 12-17-2007, 12:40 AM

That's very interesting Harvey.
Were you able to see Pitangdiego while you were in San Diego?
I emailed him but he did not answer back.

harveyc · 12-17-2007, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by bencelest

That's very interesting Harvey.
Were you able to see Pitangdiego while you were in San Diego?
I emailed him but he did not answer back.

Yes, I have Lakatan and Khandarin for you that I picked up there. He does not have Senorita. I'm preparing an e-mail to you and Joe right now.

bencelest · 12-17-2007, 08:42 AM

Thanks a lot Harvey. I am very grateful. Khandarin is just as good as senorita or very close to it because of its fast closeness of ripening. Very fast.
I'll wait for your email how we can settle the cost.
Thanks.
Benny

MediaHound · 12-17-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithThibodeaux

I planted "Grand Nain" and "Belle" today. Still have "Raja Puri" in the pot, trying to decide on the right spot. - keith

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So. Louisiana Zone 9a (Iberia Parish)
Average rainfall 61". Low/Hi=January 60/40, July 90/72

Cool!

Welcome aboard! My RajaPuri bloomed at 7' of pseudostem, maybe this info helps you

SOCALROCKER · 12-17-2007, 09:59 PM

Dwarf Red

Praying Hands

Heleconia rostrata

These three I received from Chris today in the mail.I potted them up and keeping them nice and warm in the house.

Thank you very much.

Mitch

KeithThibodeaux · 12-17-2007, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MediaHound

Cool!

Welcome aboard! My RajaPuri bloomed at 7' of pseudostem, maybe this info helps you

Thanks for the welcome. Our growing season is close, but just a little short for most fruiting bananas. I am trying the 3 varieties mentioned in an attempt to actually "eat" a banana grown here. :-). Stokes Tropicals is right down the road, so I will be opening my experimentation more on the banana side. Got 3 acres so why not.

CookieCows · 12-18-2007, 01:25 AM

I got two dwarf orinoco in the mail today!! I'm so excited. I expected just a stick but they're beautiful .. one with three leaves with another sprouting out and the other one has four leaves. Both have a thick root system and came with a fertilizer spike in each. My first banana plants!

I ordered them before I found out that I won't get fruit without a green house but I have what?... 3 years to get that green house built? I'll get the ornamentals to plant in the yard.

I'll plant them in pots tomorrow and post pics! They'll be in the tub with the lemons for now.

Deb

mskitty38583 · 12-18-2007, 02:35 AM

cookiecow, when you get your first few its just like a drug. you look at the leaves and the beautiful stem and your hooked line and sinker. congrats on your new babies!!

. then you wonder how many more can i comfortable fit in a small sized room.... i mean tub.

mikevan · 12-18-2007, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CookieCows

I ordered them before I found out that I won't get fruit without a green house but I have what?... 3 years to get that green house built? I'll get the ornamentals to plant in the yard.

Deb

Before you listen to them that say you can't get fruit from nanners in Zone 7, give this thread a gander:
Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter

You indeed can get nanners without a greenhouse. It takes a bit of work, but it's possible. Of course, don't plant your new nanner in the ground just yet - plant it out, if you want, in the Spring and give it a good year's growth. Then dig it up before the first hard freeze comes, and stow it in a cool place that stays fairly reliably around 55-57F and more often than not it'll overwinter there just fine. There is a percentage of loss - so get a few more growing in your patch.

Have fun,
Mike
Zone 8 - too warm for that trick...

mskitty38583 · 12-18-2007, 11:12 AM

cookie, make sure when you plant your babies that you do it in a well draining potting MIX. if the dirt is to heavy it will hold to much water and your babies roots could rot. wasnt sure if you had knew about the soil for drainage. dont want your babies to have wet feet. it you have questions about the soil post a note and the good people here can tell you their preferences for their soil.

ClevelandCATHY · 12-20-2007, 03:10 PM

2 Hardy Citrus Trees

1 Hardy Hibiscus

Merry Christmas Everybody

CookieCows · 12-21-2007, 12:05 AM

Mikevan ... that thread you gave me is amazing! Thank you and thanks to Bigdog for the step by step instructions. I have it bookmarked.

Kitty... thanks for the advice on drainage. My hubby brought home two big bags of miracle grow potting mix. Normally I use whatever I can get the cheapest and in the biggest bags but didn't want to take any chances on these babies! Reading about everyone in college is making me yearn for higher education! Congrats on the good grades.

I haven't been able to be on much with Christmas getting close. Baking and shopping.
Merry Christmas to all!

Deb

magicgreen · 12-21-2007, 12:16 AM

Cookiecow i share your sentiment exactly about college. I have been learning so much on this site, iam seriously considering taking horticultural classes! Iam finding this stuff so stimulating!

Magicgreen

magicgreen · 12-21-2007, 12:18 AM

AND..........I want to try growing a banana hydroponically!

mskitty38583 · 12-21-2007, 12:22 AM

you are welcome. i am glad you got the good stuff.

! thank you for your kind words. and YOU SHOULD NEVER QUIT LEARNING! there is too much out there to accomplish! and you can do anything you set your mind to.

! dont ever let anyone tell you, you cant do something. this is what i think of people who say you cant do it....:2780:

CookieCows · 12-21-2007, 12:29 AM

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AND..........I want to try growing a banana hydroponically!

Oh my gosh I want to grow anything hydroponically .. boy a banana tree! Wouldn't that be amazing

magicgreen · 12-21-2007, 12:45 AM

yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mikevan · 12-21-2007, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by CookieCows

Oh my gosh I want to grow anything hydroponically .. boy a banana tree! Wouldn't that be amazing

You may want to check this site out then:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/
http://www.fastonline.org/content/view/15/29/

A neat system that uses pebble-beds and fish-tanks with no chems. I have a friend on my Taro-and-Ti Yahoogroup who is developing that system to grow a number of plants including taro and bananas and I may also experiment with it too.

Be well,
Mike

CookieCows · 12-21-2007, 07:50 AM

Mike that was really interesting! I just scratched the surface with the aquaponics links from one of those sites. I can't think of anything more cool than a set up like that!! If I can spark my husbands interest in it, we already have what could be the fish tank on our back deck. A few years ago he built what I lovingly refer to as his "red-neck" hot tub. A small stock tank with an old swimming pool pump hooked up to the jets he installed with the deck around it. NO he never uses it... LOL
OK.. new 'backyard deck thoughts' to sit and ponder over the winter!!

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