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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-12-2021, 02:32 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,047
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: First Bananas! Ottawa, Canada

No, I didn't do anything different. I think it was just ready!

It lives in a pot that comes into my plant room for the winter and outside for the summer.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-12-2021, 10:12 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,047
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: First Bananas! Ottawa, Canada

Here's a more recent picture, from this morning.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=67211&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=67211)
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-12-2021, 09:51 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,047
Posted By Sting_stong
Party First Bananas! Ottawa, Canada

Hey everyone,

I've finally got bananas! I've had this mat of Dwarf Orinoco for 8 years or so and have had 2 blooms previously, but both were naked. Third time's the charm! When it eventually...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-08-2019, 08:31 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,093
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: My first inflorescence! Dwarf Orinoco, Zone 5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

They are currently in my plant room in the basement with a bunch of LEDs. Trying to keep the spider mites at bay!

I've currently got the dwarf orinocos, musa basjoo, dwarf cavendish, musa "truly...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-07-2019, 08:15 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,093
Posted By Sting_stong
Joy My first inflorescence! Dwarf Orinoco, Zone 5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

:woohoonaner:

It's finally happening! I've been growing bananas for around 10 years now, knowing that it would be a challenge to get a flower, but the hard work is paying off.

I purchased this...
Forum: Tiki Hut 05-28-2018, 09:02 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,088
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: Southern Ontario members?

I'm the Ottawa guy with the ice cream banana. I moved last year, so I have been in transition, but I've got a much bigger space for my addiction hobby now. My current plant situation is a basjoo that...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-17-2015, 02:48 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

An update on my Ice Cream for summer 2015.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58980&size=1...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-01-2014, 09:54 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

Thanks for the suggestion, I have one already and will consider it for next year. Too late for this year, as it's now sealed up tight. I wonder if these controllers would work for heating cable, or...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-29-2014, 10:37 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

Yeah, turns out it's definitely not a basjoo. After doing some research, I'm quite certain that it's an Ice Cream, especially considering the waxy PS and red PS base. Does everyone concur?

Anyway,...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-22-2014, 01:09 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,009
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: Ensete Ventricosum overwintering.....

You can cut them off or leave them on, either way. The roots won't survive through the winter anyway as they will just dry up, so you can do whatever is easiest for you.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-12-2014, 06:42 AM
Replies: 83
Views: 9,527
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Hopefully those basjoos bounce back. They're pretty remarkable things so nothing would surprise me. Just to give you an idea of what might have been going on in there, I had a first year plant with a...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 04-09-2014, 01:13 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 9,527
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: My Canadian Bananas and Tropicals

Thanks for posting all your plants, Brady. It's nice to see other Ontarians here who are just as crazy as I am. I'm in Ottawa.

I've been growing musa basjoo, musa zebrina, pineapples, citrus,...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-04-2013, 02:52 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

It's funny, I actually planned it out so the dryer vent would be my secret weapon in a deep freeze. The box actually has a hole in the side that fits snuggly over the dryer vent. However, I'm not...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-04-2013, 02:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

I've actually got two thermometers in there already. One wired and one wireless. I can't stop staring at them! I've found that if the outside temperature is around 0c, the internal temperature is...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-04-2013, 11:57 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

The link on the Quats seems to be no longer existent, but I did a quick search and I never realized that they were that hardy!

When you grow them from seed, will they still bear fruit, or is the...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-03-2013, 09:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

Thanks Olaf.

Yes, the sides are held together with all-weather caulking, and now that the cold weather is upon us, the top is also caulked on (but I would be able to pop it off in the early spring...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-03-2013, 09:26 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

lmswayne, yes, that is in my front yard.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-03-2013, 01:40 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,946
Posted By Sting_stong
What do you think of my overwintering method so far? Ottawa, ON

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to share with you my first attempt at overwintering my basjoo. It's a first-year plant that put on a terrific amount of growth this past summer. It was planted in mid...
Forum: Banana Plants Wanted 03-11-2013, 08:00 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,512
Posted By Sting_stong
Re: Ontario - looking for Musa Basjoo, Orinoco

Thanks kaczercat, we'll be in touch in April.
Forum: Member Introductions 03-08-2013, 03:24 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,122
Posted By Sting_stong
Hi everyone!

I've been lurking here for years, and only just got around to joining and introducing myself.

I grow many tropical fruiting plants in Ottawa, ON, including Ponderosa lemon, Hass avocado, Bacon...
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