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![]() I've got a pre-flag leaf.
I know "pre-flag?" But it's doing the same thing it did last year. It throws out a leaf that's about half the size, then another smaller one, then a flag, then a bloom. So maybe I'll have a bloom shortly! This is on the same ice cream in the same pot that bloomed last year. Sorry for the bad picture, but the sun was shining in my camera, and I was standing on a bench, and the leaf is about 5 feet over my head even standing on the bench. Hopefully you can see that the new leaf is rounded, blunt on the end, and only about 2 feet long.
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![]() Congrat's and wish you much luck on having many nanners :^)
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![]() Awesome, Sandy! Keep us informed on your successes!
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![]() Ahh yes...the flag of the flag of the flag LOL. Keep us posted with pics please ![]()
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![]() Yep, it's a pup of the one that bloomed last year, in the same big pot. I didn't divide it or anything, it's a mini-mat of five large stalks in a large pot. It does look like next year I'll have to divide it though because it hasn't put out any new pups this year. I think basically it's a big root in a big pot. I'm sure I won't get many bananas because the plant is so overcrowded.
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![]() Congrats, and good luck!
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![]() I dunno, but I like it! Makes me glad I am growing IC and hope maybe some century mine will bloom!
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![]() Very Nice Sandy!!!
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![]() Very nice sandy.
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![]() Great info here that having the larger mother corm allowed such fast growth and possibly flowering to the young pup. Please keep us posted , if that's the case it might be another important piece of the puzzle for us gardeners in the north to achieve some success.
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![]() Congrats Sandy, I just came home from vaction to find that my IC has a flag leaf and I can see the tip of the flower. I will post pics when I can find the dang cord for my camera
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![]() This must be the year for Ice Creams LOL. Congrats Stumpy!
1aday, Sandy did get about 24 nanas but the heater went out in greenhouse & they sadly froze ![]() ![]()
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![]() Well, son of a....! Congrats to you! Mine just continues to taunt me.
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![]() Mine just continues to topple over in the wind and crush everything it lands on.
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![]() ![]() ![]() Still looking for the dang cord. I will have pics eventually. ![]() ![]() ![]() So far I can see 3 hands as the flower is blooming. |
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![]() PICS, PICS!! We want Sandy & Stumpy PICS!
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![]() the bloom is just starting to come out, but it's not open or colored up yet.
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![]() Congrats!! Its blooming in a pot? Thats really impressive! Im putting my Ice cream banana in the ground next year because I want it to get some good height. Im hoping for blooms in 2 years from it. Yours looks like it will be starting to bloom in 2 weeks!! What do you do when winter comes? Do the fruit mind the change of environment when they go inside? Thanks for sharing. I love to see bananas fruiting up north because it gives me hope that my banana plants will fruit too one day!!
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