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Old 02-12-2021, 05:36 AM   #21 (permalink)
 
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They are all looking great! Mine are mostly in my heated and lite greenhouse although its struggling to get to to my set temperature as its down to -4 here at the moment outside and due to warm to the dizzy heights of 6-8 by Monday which my heater will coupe with, Im losing some leaves but Im hopeful they should all make it come spring. Only Musa that is lucky enough to come in the house are ones that I have only have a single specimen and no pups as yet, they however are still pushing new leaves of course slowly but misted daily and happy.
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in this pic you can see the red/purlpeish underside of the pisang keling
two of my pineapples in the background are flowering!
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Your setup is astounding and your dedication awe inspiring. Thank you for the amazing thread!! Looking forward to seeing more this spring
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thanks...its funny i was thinking of posting on here earlier today after watering the plants
but then put it off since i was posting on here about once a month and a full month had not passed yet
i went and took some pics just now since they have grown a fair bit
of the plants which i bought from Larry (sddarkman)
the east african highland banana, big mike and pisang keling seem to be in a race
a small pup from my ice cream(tall namwa maybe?) is growing like crazy too it is on the middle shelf of the staduim section near the pineapples


here you can see the pstem height of, from left to right:
east african highland banana, big mike, pisang keling


here is a pic showing the stems same plants same order


east african highland banana


big mike on the left/middle with the splotched leaf and pisang keling on the right with the redish underside to the leaf


as far as the ones in the garage dormant... i have not even looked in there all winter

it will still be a month and a half before i bring them outside i am guessing (usually may 24th) and the final stretch can be tough
bugs have been erupting in waves and i have put in some work manually squishing... i did not buy predators this year
i will make a few more updates since this is the last winter this set up will be my overwintering site
this summer will be their last summer at this location... i plan to do some crazy stuff like put some on the roof
also some in the front yard.. i always had them hidden away in the backyard

thanks for checking out a fellow canadian garden... did you see my late summer/fall pics from last year?
2020 pots are outside and now thriving

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Looking awesome, thanks for the update!
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a little update on the basjoo outside

i pulled the chips back a bit a couple weeks ago
looks like there are some firm parts near the soil line

there is snow in the forecast and a long cold night so i will be covering it back up
when i uncover it again i might remove a layer of chips also to give pups a chance to push through

i put pots up on the roof... a previous attempt failed so we will see how it goes


inside the east african highland banana continues to grow the fastest


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That is quite the protection for the basjoo, nice a cozy I am sure.
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i cut a v into one side of the stump because the centre was discoloured
it was mush down pretty deep so hopefully some pups emerge
there was a cold forecast so i pulled the chips back over the stump
i will probably remove a layer of chips after this stretch of cold
so the pups can push through hopefully
it was like a volcano before with only the stump exposed in the middle and extra deep where the pups might emerge

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i cut a v into one side of the stump because the centre was discoloured
it was mush down pretty deep so hopefully some pups emerge
there was a cold forecast so i pulled the chips back over the stump
i will probably remove a layer of chips after this stretch of cold
so the pups can push through hopefully
it was like a volcano before with only the stump exposed in the middle and extra deep where the pups might emerge
Looking warm.
Hope they do well.
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ok so i was pulling some of the wood chips off at night and accidentally broke off the top of a plant poking through the chips!
i successfully overwintered my basjoo!
at some point this summer i am going to dig it up, plant it further north and mulch it thicker






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Congrats, that's excellent!!
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getting closer to bringing the plants outside


my aloe barberae is slowly chugging along
i have another seedling which just sprouted as well when i planted the remaining seeds i had


this butia went really yellow at one point and i was able to bring it back to health with the addition of powdered sulphur to the soil periodically
it is probably about time to add a spoonful


this traveller palm leaf seems bigger than the last...


sugar cane


a different perspective


new growth


right under the lights


pisang keling with nice colouring on underside of unfurling leaf


this thai black pup grew when it first came inside..
one cigar leaf stopped in its tracks and only resumed growing in the last couple days...
good timing to wake up



the larger of my two balbisiana var balbisiana (still pretty small)


mystery seedlings



not all plants are happy.. some are pissed off
i find basjoo hard to keep happy all winter.. mine are looking not great
last year my ensete ventricosum var large seed seedlings got big fast and then died before making it outside
this year i have some mystery seedlings which look like ventricosum and went through a similar decline
here is the more hurting of the two.. i brought it upstairs to sit by a sunny window until it can be brought outside

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Looking good, you obviously have a gift. Good luck with the PO'd plants, I am sure they will recover. Keeping fingers crossed for that mercury to keep rising
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