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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-02-2025, 07:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 420
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: trying to figure out the right amount of wood chips for musa basjoo over winter

oh ok you are storing just the corms
i was trying to keep pstems as well
it was the pstems which were shriveling up
maybe i needed to have them in coarse sand when i planted them out but i have not...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 12-01-2025, 03:06 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 420
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: trying to figure out the right amount of wood chips for musa basjoo over winter

i havent had much luck with dry storing thus far
it may be that i have not kept the right and consistent temperatures and humidity
humidity has probably been my biggest issue as each time i attempt...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 11-30-2025, 03:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 844
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: brought the plants inside about a week ago and today it snowed!

those ventricosums were fine they are inside now
the other ensete from seed are doing well and they are in a well light part of the room
trying hard to keep them going over the...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-29-2025, 10:17 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 420
Posted By subsonicdrone
trying to figure out the right amount of wood chips for musa basjoo over winter

last year i believe i did not put enough wood chips on my basjoos in the backyard
in years past i had bought some straw bales which i used to insulate the stone retaining wall which also helped in...
Forum: Other Plants 11-15-2025, 07:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 755
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: has anyone seen a leaf like this on you're plumeria?

that certainly is odd looking
thanks for sharing that
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-09-2025, 09:31 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 582
Posted By subsonicdrone
hopefully this basjoo makes it through the winter

its a couple hours drive north of here and i am worried about the water table being so close.. like maybe it is detached from the ground heat
could have use more wood chips i think but i ran out of...
Forum: Other Plants 11-09-2025, 09:24 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 755
Posted By subsonicdrone
has anyone seen a leaf like this on you're plumeria?

the plant was just brought inside recently and the leaves have been falling off as they tend to do... found this one ... i have never seen one like...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 11-09-2025, 09:18 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 844
Posted By subsonicdrone
brought the plants inside about a week ago and today it snowed!

edit: it was 2 weeks ago i brought most of them inside
i tried keeping some of them a bit taller instead of hacking them down to 1 foot tall
actually my maurelli were only dug out of the ground...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 10-30-2025, 09:31 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,286
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: Growing edible bananas in central Switzerland

good luck maesy!
it sounds similar to what green dragan on youtube does in ottawa canada
except he uses c9 incandescent christmas lights pugged into a thermo cube
i think you will have success with...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-22-2025, 06:06 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,376
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: pics of my fruiting dwarf namwa

sorry for the late reply all43, it is in a fabric pot that is around 35 gallons
pstem is 4.5 feet ... the last one was just under 3 feet
this one is thicker and healthier that the last one that...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-14-2025, 08:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,376
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: pics of my fruiting dwarf namwa

i looked back at my thread on here and it looks like the flower first started to emerge june 24th 2023 and i was eating the bananas about 7 months later
it wasnt a thriving plant but it did produce...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-10-2025, 05:53 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,376
Posted By subsonicdrone
pics of my fruiting dwarf namwa

i think this might turn out to be my best bunch yet
it will be ripening indoors as the frost is already just north of the city during the nights
the last dwarf namwa bunch ripened indoors as well and...
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 10-10-2025, 05:45 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,598
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: tracking the growth of my ensete glaucum

well my plant has grown at a moderate pace this year
with frost just north of the city a couple nights ago the end of the season is near
such a beautiful...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-22-2025, 11:13 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,643
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: Trying again in Charlotte- any tips/advice would be MUCH appreciated!!! TY!

dwarf namwa has been a good one for me
and that is bringing it inside each winter (long winter 7 months+or-) under lights
i think it is in a 35 gallon fabric pot
Forum: Banana Plants For Sale & Auction 09-13-2025, 05:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,827
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: BOGO Sale

hi JohnAndSancho!
nice to see you here
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-07-2025, 10:02 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,702
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: forum member JP stopped by and toured my garden

hi sirdoofus
thank you for the compliment and here is an update of the surviving seedlings
trying to decide if i will pot them up a size again
the weather has cooled off
they are just starting to...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-27-2025, 06:13 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,702
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: forum member JP stopped by and toured my garden

when the plumeria fell over one small branch broke off and i have it in soil now
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-21-2025, 05:12 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,702
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: forum member JP stopped by and toured my garden

yes my white jade did fruit for me and produced 14 baby plants
some around the base, some below the fruit and also the one i cut off the top of the fruit
prolific and good tasting
it is like razor...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-20-2025, 07:04 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 726
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: Basjoo fun!

nice!
i have never had a flower on my basjoo
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 07-20-2025, 06:42 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,598
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: tracking the growth of my ensete glaucum

my glaucum shrank over the winter but is starting to wake up now....

https://i.ibb.co/8426Hxkg/IMG-8143.jpg
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-20-2025, 06:38 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,702
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: forum member JP stopped by and toured my garden

https://i.ibb.co/sdgJpr6P/IMG-8092.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/xqC1ThGT/IMG-8094.jpg

i have been so busy that i havent been able to do all the plant related things i want to...
i did start to put some...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 07-20-2025, 05:50 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,702
Posted By subsonicdrone
forum member JP stopped by and toured my garden

this was a couple weeks ago and the plants have grown since so i will post some more recent pics too...
JP liked my aloe barbarae and my plumeria the most i think...
the plumeria was moved outside...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 05-06-2025, 09:19 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 812
Posted By subsonicdrone
basjoo breaking ground.... little behind this year

the first sprout is pushing through the chips in the front yard
usually its the one in the backyard that sprouts first as it has been established longer
i was a bit worried i did not put enough chips...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-11-2025, 08:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,209
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: how many of you have fruited a double mahoi?

I have heard that is possible as well
Forum: Other Plants 03-11-2025, 08:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,503
Posted By subsonicdrone
Re: Time to plant!

I tried to start some castor beans seeds a couple springs ago but none came up
I collected them from a plant nearby with the permission of the owner in the fall
I remember my dad growing a castor...
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