pretty sure its not a flag and a few pics of the banana plants
 

i have seen this before when i bring the plants outside for the season and it looks like a normal leaf is coming out next with no swelling near the top... we will see



the plants are starting to put out leaves after a transition period




not in pots but the basjoo are growing great this year
the matoke in the front yard is likely to get taller than the basjoo in the front though


the one in the backyard however will probably be the tallest plant this year i am guessing

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Looks like a flag to me but mine are outdoors all year. ??

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Is that an orinoco?

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no, dwarf namwa

i will update when the next leaf comes out

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looks like i was wrong about that

not a huge thriving plant but i will get to watch it flower etc
hopefully get to eat some

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Excellent! Please keep updating us on it's progress.

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way to go!

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awesome! How much pstem ?

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under 3'
it was cut to around a foot or so in the fall when i brought it indoors
spent the winter in not the brightest part of the indoor garden but not in a shaded corner either

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here is a pic from yesterday followed by a pic from just now (which makes it look larger than it actually is)





i almost killed the bee balm last year but it is back and very tall this year...
the bees however are not back.. kind of strange




out front they are growing well although i plan to separate some plants off the basjoo mat soon


very upright habit to this zebrina in a pot out front

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Sweet. That flower looks amazing, as does your garden. Keep the pics coming!

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Congrats! Hope you get to eat them, Namwah are delicious.

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bunch update


i dug up a big basjoo to give to someone... hopefully it survives


millipedes galore under the backyard basjoo helping to compost


hummingbird at the monarda

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Looks awesome.

Your plants are growing nicely.

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Sweet, you might actually get some edible fruit off that guy. Basjoo looks just fine to me, I have no doubt it will work out well. And….I don’t think I have ever seen that many millipedes in one location, the most I usually see is maybe two or three, that’s crazy!

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subsonic remind me what zone you're in?

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i am in toronto canada petey
US and CAD plant zones are different apparently but close to you

here is an update on the fruiting dwarf namwa


i potted up a thai black


also a balbisiana a couple weeks ago


more pics from the backyard











the basjoo in the backyard and the ensete glaucum in the front are competeting for thickest stem this season
the basjoo is ahead but the glaucum has momentum \
basjoo:


glaucum:


more pics from out front

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Wow! You're doing all this in Toronto!! I'll have to read through all your posts again and take more notes for what I'm trying to do here. And I'm heartened you got a namwah to fruit going inside <> out — how long did that take?

edit: I had no idea that you could cut the pstem down and still it would keep growing and fruiting (as long as you don't cut the flower?) — that's good to know as I try to cram things inside.

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i got the variety near the end of the 2020 growing season
i am not sure if the one that flowered may be a pup of the original or the original plant

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here are a couple pics from a couple weeks ago
the plants were brought inside oct 8th with the exception of the basjoos




Pisang keling and blue java


big mike


ensete ventricosum maurelli, basjoo and matoke


matoke stems... this is a great plant


ensete glaucum



inside for the winter
the namwa bunch has not filled in yet so it is inside and hopefully still growing


plumeria and sugar cane outside



plumeria inside... I am going to put a light over it today