What are your 2010 goals?

revensen · 12-22-2009, 05:26 PM

I thought this might be a interesting thread. Feel free to add your own, whether it's banana related or not. Might be fun to check this thread at the end of 2010 to see how you did.

Some of my goals would include:
1. Successful completion of overwintering of my bananas. (fingers crossed)
2. Buying an Ae Ae.
3. Researching, buying and planting of a Bamboo clump.
4. Continue with germination of bananas and palms.
5. Adding new banana area to backyard.
6. Adding a small pond to backyard.
7. Moving from Iowa. (This one would strike many of the previous goals)

What are some of your ideas for 2010? Even if you only have one, let's hear it!

Bob · 12-22-2009, 05:47 PM

To get one banana to flower would be the first goal. Edible fruit the second. I think I may have a chance with, Ca. Gold, Raja Puri, Dwarf Nam Wah, Velutina....oops Dasycarpa! and maybe Ice cream. All of these are mature enough and are being overwintered actively growing( though January is fairly dormant). The limiting factors of course are ..... transplant shock and it's effects and of course the short outdoor growing season here. One can only hope.

Dean W. · 12-22-2009, 06:21 PM

Grow more bananas!

lorax · 12-22-2009, 06:51 PM

Grow and fruit a banana at 11,000 feet of altitude.

Jack Daw · 12-22-2009, 07:15 PM

1) Hm, to see at least one naner blooming in 2010.
1+) To spend more time with (more) women.

The rest will be automatic.

Sure. Also:

2) Find some time to go and check up on Ante and meet him in person, see bananas, balanas and olive garden (no maa, we ain't going to the Olive Garden - Big Bang).

But I'd better find some girlfriend before that, so that Ante could show us some parts of the beach, where we will be hidden from everyone and won't be arrested by Croatian police for having *** on the beach.

(that is actually an extension of 1+, so it means 1++?)

Bob · 12-22-2009, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

1) Hm, to see at least one naner blooming in 2010.
1+) To spend more time with more women.

The rest will be automatic.

Sure. Also:

2) Find some time to go and check up on Ante and meet him in person.

Maybe I'll have to join you meeting Ante.... have been considering it for a while now.

"1+) To spend more time with more women.

"

Careful what you wish for Jack

Scuba_Dave · 12-22-2009, 07:28 PM

Finish the addition & siding the house
Insulate the greenhouse to use to Winter bananas next year

Start setting up Christmas display EARLY (end of Sept) in 2010 to have a HUGE display
To achieve above:
Setup animated Christmas tree - 4 colors - in summer & test
Build Radio broadcasting unit to broadcast Christmas music
Test bulbs for blow molds (300+) & have ready to go out starting in November
Put away $$$ for electric bill

palmtree · 12-22-2009, 09:35 PM

Cool thread idea...

Here are my goals (plant related only goals)...
- Overwinter my pindo palm, windmill palms, needle palm, and sabal minor sucessfully outdoors.
- Keep all the plants I have indoors alive (and somewhat pest free)
- Get all my plumerias to flower (I now have 6 and only had 3 last summer, 2 of which flowered)
- Sink some tropical potted plants in the ground so it gives a more tropical effect
- look for some more bananas (maybe get some fruit from my dwarf cavendish too, wishful thinking though)
- to get my orange to fruit (it keeps on flowering, but no fruit!)
- Hang spanish moss on my tree without bugs taking it over or it being rippped apart from birds (I already got the spanish moss so one problem solved)
- This ones the most important: to step into my backyard and feel like im in the tropics.

jeffreyp · 12-22-2009, 11:15 PM

hmmm...strictly from a gardening perspective..

Plant some AEAE
Experiment with banana hybridization
Plant some Olive trees
Plant some exotic palms
Get an extensive vegetable garden growing...

Jack Daw · 12-23-2009, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob

Maybe I'll have to join you meeting Ante.... have been considering it for a while now.

"1+) To spend more time with more women.

"

Careful what you wish for Jack

What could possibly go wrong with women?

sbl · 12-23-2009, 08:18 AM

For Bananas, my goals are to fruit Ice Cream, Dwarf Cavedish and Dwarf Red for the first time and repeat fruiting with Orinoco and RP.

lorax · 12-23-2009, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

What could possibly go wrong with women?

All sorts of things.

Jack Daw · 12-23-2009, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorax

All sorts of things.

Wow, they've always brought only pleasure to my life.

lorax · 12-23-2009, 11:04 AM

You're still young.

Dalmatiansoap · 12-23-2009, 12:37 PM

WoW! This is a hard one to answer but it looks like that this could be one of the more interesting years lately

Cant wait for Summer

Bob · 12-23-2009, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

Wow, they've always brought only pleasure to my life.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorax

You're still young.

Never mind!.....I'm experiencing a rare moment of restraint

Abnshrek · 12-23-2009, 01:14 PM

Clean up my front yard.. I have an Oak to split and stack
Plant 2 Palms (TrueDate or Medjool), 4 Banana's (d. nam wah, 1000 finger, manzano, glui khai), germinate some Olive's
See how the banana's fare.. Make a banana box in the back yard
Get almonds in the ground.
have more olive's than last year (crop).
Hope pecan's produce half of what I got this year..
get four stumps ground, and dig out two others by hand
put in three concrete pads
Trim and drop a katopa worm tree
Plant a lemon tree
Not get any gray hair :^) all in no certain order.. lol

Jack Daw · 12-23-2009, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorax

You're still young.

You're starting to scary me, Beth. I have been lucky in choosing the good girls, so I hope this luck won't disappear in the future.

Bob · 12-23-2009, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

. I have been lucky in choosing the good girls, .

Must.......not ..... say anything.......must.... not ....type.......oh impossible!

Jack you should choose several different types for reference..

oops...... so much for restraint

guerich · 12-23-2009, 01:29 PM

Learn more about; tc, air plants, mushrooms, planting a carnivorous plant bog, and to travel abroad more this year.

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