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So far, 4 petals have opened with nothing under them. Is this normal? But...
:woohoonaner:under the 5th petal, there are 6 NANAS already 2 inches long!! Yup, I cheated & peeked under the petal which is lifting. Then, I picked up the 6th petal & peeked to count 5 or 6 more. The next petal has lumps in it but I won't peek LOL. 3 hands so far!!!
I tell ya, it's so nice to see this in person! Not too long ago, I wondered what a "hand" was or, how you can tell to count them.
I'm so happy & LUCKY that I got them now while we are having lots of heat & humidity, & time to mostly mature outside before I bring it in for frost in Oct.
:woohoonaner: :)

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You Stink!!!! ( Proud of you though!):mad:

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Come on Patty, show us the money!! Pics please.

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Yeah... we want some sneeky pic's of what under the petals.. lol :^)

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Dang...I posted 1 1/2 hrs ago, clicked "post reply" & got zapped off!
I have 2 pics in photobucket that I tried to post yest., but you can't see nanas... I'll take some "sneek peek" pics tomorrow & hope the petal opens more & post them. BTW, there are 7 nanas on first hand...5-6 on 2nd hand, & with the bulges so far, 2 more hands coming that I can see!
W/ the storms & lightning right now, hoping that petal will open tomorrow :) Thanks for the support gang!
Oh, this is so much fun to see it all in person.
Hey Harvey, how come you're so quiet lately!!??? :)

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waiting to see!!

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I tried again just now to take pics but I gotta wait for petal to open more... too dark where nanas are... can't see em. I took a pic of flower & support yesterday & I put that in my gallery instead of photobucket, so go there to see it. I don't know how right off, to post from there.
I guess most ppl make supports out of pvc but I used 2 1X1's & cut the bottoms to points. I found an old duffle bag shoulder strap & attached each end to the top of 1x1's. They are adjustable to make longer or shorter. Push the bottoms into sides of pot or pound in ground on either side of plant. The strap has clips on both ends so you can just clip them to eyes or screws into top of sticks. Mine had a clip missing so I nailed & stapled it on top of stick. This is working excellent & it was easy!!

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Looks good

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Definitely looks like its doing its job :^)

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Awesome job! Thanks for the update! Congrats!

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Great news Patty,congratulations!!! I hope they mature in time for you!:woohoonaner:

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Thanks!! :) It's in a large pot so when frost comes (Oct?), I can cart it inside the sunroom.
I took few pics again today but you can't see the nanas:( I sneek peeked again... there are total of 31 nanas on 4 hands so far!! I'll post pics soon. Oh, I am loving this.
What did you say Harvey?:)

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New pic today in my gallery showing the first hand. I'll try to post it here WOOHOO
[url=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/sho
can someone tell me how to post pics from my gallery?

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Click on your pic and copy and past'
Code for bulletin boards:

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Nice Looking nanners there.. Patty :^)

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Hey thanks you guys! I was just going to try to paste that pic here... so lets see if it works LOL

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:goteam::woohoonaner:

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Awesome! Congrats Patty! You definitely deserve this after all the hard work you put in!

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Congrats Patty!!! I'm rooting for you!:goteam:

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LOL....that's just a hilarious comment considering we're talking about plants! :ha::ha::ha:

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LOL from Patty with a Y

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I'm so excited for you!!! :woohoonaner:

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:ha: It's a known fact that all the cool people have spellings of names with Y's rather than I's! :ha::nanadrink:

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Patty congrats!! (again) how tall is your p-stem? I have several that are at towering heights (well above 10') but no sign of any flowers!!:mad:

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Hi Enigma, my IC Pstem is 6' 4" which is short for IC. But, that's because its been in a pot - I think. I was told to count the leaves that grew out. when it grows over 30 leaves, then expect a flower soon. Both of those 2 IC grew over 30 leaves so I think it's true rather than the height. Anything grown in a pot will be smaller than grown inground...I'm sure my nanas will be smaller than normal too. Mine (the 'twins') were 4 yrs old before they flowered...including the time I forced dormancy for a winter & the other winters they were semi dormant. In the tropics, they flower in 12 - 18 months.
Thanks, I hope you flower soon!!

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Yeah Patty!!!! How cool is that, YES!!!!!:woohoonaner::woohoonaner::woohoonaner::nanadrink:

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Poor Patty........... How about another contest?!?!?!? :woohoonaner::woohoonaner::woohoonaner::woohoonaner::woohoonaner :