Forum: Tiki Hut
01-07-2015, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,430
Re: Dropping to 19 degrees here tonight!
I'm in coastal Alabama and temp is forecasted to drop down to between 17 and 21. That's for Mobile and I'm 12-15 miles south of there. Lower elevation and cold air sinks, but closer to the Gulf. ...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-24-2013, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,007
Re: My passionflower
I know of a grower of the red passion vine and if there is enough interest I'll drive up there and pick up a load. Only problem, they're in gal. containers which would probably be too expensive to...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
04-04-2013, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,084
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-04-2013, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,258
Re: Hello. New here and need advice.
HarryWho, I'm glad you asked that question. Last fall my mystery banana put out a funky leaf which at first I thought was malformed because of the cold. Then I notice that at the top of the pstem...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-04-2013, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,168
Re: Turmeric
I've got some turmeric and I am not in a frost-free zone. I'll have to go take a look at it and see if it has made it through the freeze we had a couple nights ago
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-04-2013, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,110
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Forum: Member Introductions
03-02-2013, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,317
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-02-2013, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,110
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Forum: Tiki Hut
03-02-2013, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 382
Views: 63,690
Re: Southern Weather Forecast
HA! The last of it? Today has been the coldest day of the winter and it's March already. Didn't get out of the 40's and tonight upper 20's. I hate the cold!
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Forum: Tiki Hut
03-02-2013, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,649
Just Venting
It's March already and what do I get? The coldest day of the year! The maples are blooming along with the azaleas and it's 42 degrees at 4:30 in the afternoon. I just stepped outside and the north...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-02-2013, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,329
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-27-2013, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,556
Re: Got a bug
It's always good to hear from you, Patti. At first I thought you had the canna leaf roller, but with a little more thought I decided it's a different animal altogether because the canna leaf roller...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-27-2013, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,050
Re: Just Getting Started - New Plants
Looks like you're off to a good start. I'm like you, I have an unknown. Actually now I have a mat of the unknown and the mother of all of these has a big fat bud at the top.
I'm interested,...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
02-23-2013, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,587
Re: Huge Frost Next Week NE Florida.
I hear you! I'm as far south, in Alabama, as you can go and stay on the mainland and the forecast says low 30's one night next week. I've got a big bud sitting atop my mystery banana and if it goes...
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Forum: Member Introductions
01-30-2013, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,172
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-27-2013, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,853
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-26-2013, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,370
Re: Advice on this coming growing season.
Do you have a reliable snow cover through the winter? If so that can increase your choices of what you grow, especially if you add a good mulch before the first snow.
I planted several this past...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-26-2013, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 901
Re: Lemmon Tree Flowering .
I begin to fertilize my lemon, well all of my citrus, in mid Feb and continue to feed them monthly through September. I'm on the Gulf coast of Alabama. From the way you word your question it sounds...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-24-2013, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,149
Re: Those ever amazing bananas!
Welcome home. I left my maurelii in the ground and I notice yesterday that a new leaf has appeared. I had such high expectation for that plant last year because it started on to be such a beautiful...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-24-2013, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,162
Re: January Bloom
Nice pic. Thanks for posting it. I don't have any bloom but I'm getting new leaves coming on. This is suppose to be the dead of winter.
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Forum: DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself
01-24-2013, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,683
Re: chicken feed
There's a joke - wish I could remember it -, but the punch-line was "do you plant them feet first".
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Forum: Other Plants
01-22-2013, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,069
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-11-2013, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,902
Re: For real Blue Java
I just today got two Blue Java and I'm as proud and happy as you must be, thanks to a kind member on the West Coast.
Without going into detail it has been one of "those days", like a day from Hell...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-11-2013, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 17,584
Re: The Pineapple Diaries
Kbud, you asked about red stem sugar cane. I have two or three small pieces that I got from Kat of Dreaming of the Tropics. Forgot the name but I can find it if that's important to you and if you...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-06-2013, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 17,584
Re: The Pineapple Diaries
Kbud, I'm following your progress because I bought 2 dz or so pineapples and this is my first experience growing them. Good luck.
Terry
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