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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-22-2012, 06:07 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 10,212
Posted By nucci60
Re: mekong giant, what's wrong?

Tony, was that an answer or a question, LOL.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-22-2012, 09:35 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 10,212
Posted By nucci60
mekong giant, what's wrong?

Heard so much about MG. I got one late last summer and potted it up. Overwintered it inside. My problem is, I put it out potted in May and it has been as slow as molasses. It is healthy but oh so...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-06-2011, 04:34 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,351
Posted By nucci60
Re: A New idea for over wintering outside (at least to me}

Actually not a new idea (but a good one). Folks have been doing this with bags of fall leaves for a while. It is used when you want to save some pseudostem. Four bags of leaves ( or mulch in your...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-06-2011, 03:40 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,126
Posted By nucci60
Re: What to do with Basjoo

Try to get it through the winter and plant it outside next spring.That is the whole idea with basjoo, it is hardy. Protect it in the winter ( much info on this) and leave it in the ground. If you...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-06-2011, 12:05 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 11,196
Posted By nucci60
Re: Massachusetts Banana progress 2011

We really have a short window of summer in zone 5 and 6 new england. They really seem to "take off" by the moddle of july and grow like crazy. Arn't you Ma. people growing Basjoo in the ground? If...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-20-2010, 09:50 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,216
Posted By nucci60
Re: Basjoo cut down to ground level :(

Alittle off topic, but those cordylines seem very hardy. Do you grow windmill palms in your area also?
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-25-2010, 10:03 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,270
Posted By nucci60
Re: It's official… overnight low of 27°F - FRIED.

I would surely dig the Sikki up and bring it in the basement. Sikkis "ain't" Basjoos. tough to overwinter in zone 6 and below.
Forum: Site Help & Feedback 09-11-2010, 08:40 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,664
Posted By nucci60
Re: Why all the "welcome to the forum" posts?

Thanks for the info.I was just surprised when I saw the emails.:waving:
Forum: Site Help & Feedback 09-11-2010, 07:05 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,664
Posted By nucci60
Question Why all the "welcome to the forum" posts?

Just curious, why all of a sudden I am getting all these welcome to the forum emails when I have been a mmber since 2006.
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-09-2010, 03:24 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,608
Posted By nucci60
Re: container banana Mexicali

If I lived in zone ten ,Everything Would be in the ground. Why keep it potted?:waving:
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 08-09-2010, 03:18 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 9,992
Posted By nucci60
Re: General pot size rule?

:waving:The bigger the better of course, but people like us that do not live in zone 9 and up have to consider weight as well. we have to put them in garages, basements or some indoor place...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 08-01-2010, 07:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,694
Posted By nucci60
Re: maurelli burning up!

thanks for all your help folks. I am down to about 4 leaves now. The plant has about 4 ft. of thick stem and is in a 14" stone (plaster like) pot. It is growing about 3 feet from my house wall that...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-22-2010, 09:27 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,887
Posted By nucci60
Re: Predatory mites

I wonder what happens to them after they have eaten all the evil spider mites
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-20-2010, 09:21 PM
Replies: 340
Views: 62,753
Posted By nucci60
Re: What did you kill today?

my Sikki looks ready to meet it's maker.
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-19-2010, 05:45 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,694
Posted By nucci60
Re: maurelli burning up!

sandy,I was worried that I may have been overwatering. The small one Igot from you is growing fast and doing fine inthe same conditions. I sprinkled a little 12-12 12 at the beginning of the season...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-19-2010, 01:46 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,694
Posted By nucci60
Re: maurelli burning up!

Are they potted? Mine seemed to have loved the sun last summer.
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-19-2010, 01:44 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,694
Posted By nucci60
Re: maurelli burning up!

I will have to try it. Thanks:waving:
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-18-2010, 08:36 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,694
Posted By nucci60
Re: maurelli burning up!

the probes go down to about 11 inches. I have two potted raja puris near by, and a smaller Maurelli I got from Sandy a short time ago that are fine and in near full sun. the weather has been hot...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-18-2010, 07:47 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,694
Posted By nucci60
Re: maurelli burning up!

It has been outdoors since may 7. I thought that I would burn up about five leaves while it got accustomed to the outdoors, but it is still happening eight weeks later.:waving:
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-18-2010, 01:06 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,694
Posted By nucci60
maurelli burning up!

This is the third year that I have had my potted Maurelli out doors for the spring/summer/fall. I have moved it up in size every season,but this year the leaves are really burning. It has been hot,...
Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 07-01-2010, 06:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,993
Posted By nucci60
Re: Basjoo Problem?

What is the problem with the leaves themselves? A couple of my basjoos are having some of their new growth get big brown patches like on your leaves.:waving:
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 06-29-2010, 07:18 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 20,950
Posted By nucci60
Kevi, I think tht photo was photoshopped or...

Kevi, I think tht photo was photoshopped or altered i some other way. It is most likely a maurelii that had the red enhanced.I would love a banana that actually looked loke that, as would...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 06-28-2010, 03:40 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 20,950
Posted By nucci60
Re: Ensete ventricosum var. 'Maurelii'

Max, I feel your pain because I try to zone push myself. I do find the maurelii easy to store. I only leave the lead leaf on stick it in the cellar upright. It still grows a couple of leaves over...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 06-27-2010, 10:40 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 20,950
Posted By nucci60
Re: Ensete ventricosum var. 'Maurelii'

both your maurelliis look great. You cannot really "toughen " your plant. It is at least a zone 8 banana, and exposing it to unnatural cold will only harm it. they overwinter in a basement much...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 06-24-2010, 10:11 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 20,950
Posted By nucci60
Re: Ensete ventricosum var. 'Maurelii'

my potted maurelli did very well the past two winters in the basement with very little light and water. it is crowded in with Basjoos and a sikki near one small basement window.That banana and a raja...
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