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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 05-03-2017, 08:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,297
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: Is this a Musa Basjoo?

I grow musa basjoo here in Missouri zone 6. I have done it for years. In Oct we cut it down to about 8 inches. We then put a big tomato cage made out of fencing with a mesh to keep mulch from falling...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-10-2015, 08:29 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 13,322
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_5978.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_5978.jpg.html)


I grow bananas out of my ponds too. I do not want 8 ft banana plants in my...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 03-10-2015, 08:19 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 13,322
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water

look at this again

Growing a banana tree in a pond (http://www.bonniesplants.com/banana.htm)



I slowly got my bananas used to being in water I did not plunge them in a pond all at once, I posted...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-14-2014, 04:15 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

I did forget to say I have a 100 gallon pond in the basement and 6 fish aquariums plus all kinds of plants with 9 shop lights all winter in the basement plus 10 or 12 land banana plants down there...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-14-2014, 04:12 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

LOL I just pot them in yard dirt put them it the pond and take them in the basement in the winter. I do not trim them in winter I do not feed them I do not repot. I do not worry about fungicide. LOL...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-13-2014, 10:04 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

banana in basement in water one winter when it was smaller. I also keep my water cannas in water all winter in the basement.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_2810.jpg...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-13-2014, 09:58 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

starting a banana in water in 2008 it is still in water. I did this myself to make a water banana
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_3111.jpg...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-13-2014, 09:46 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

here is another pic from another yr

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6340_zps56cadfa0.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_6340_zps56cadfa0.jpg.html)
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-13-2014, 09:31 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

That was my pond in June now there is water bananas water lilies water canna and water hibiscus and lotus so it does have many plants. Due to my mom being in a car wreck in July it has been chaos so...
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-12-2014, 09:33 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

no folar feeding fish pooping in water. And in basement in a tub with water 3 inches up side of pot no moving water no fertilizer did this since 2007 and had 6 bananas all winter like that
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 09-12-2014, 07:27 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

my water bananas earlier this june in a pond with no movement of water and in a pot with yard dirt and holes


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6651_zpsbde1349e.jpg...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-05-2014, 08:40 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 799
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: banana

your right this is not my snow banana the bloom is not green or shaped right. I am thinking it is one of my Philippine ones.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6800_zps27049967.jpg...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-03-2014, 04:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 799
Posted By Vickie H.
banana

I thought this was my snow banana now not so sure
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6794_zps9bcedd16.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_6794_zps9bcedd16.jpg.html)
Forum: Bananas.org Site News 08-19-2014, 07:59 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,567
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: What root rot?

My water bananas are in my ponds and not the ponds with filters or pumps. All but one has been in water since 2008 the other was in water since 2007. They are under water about 3 or 4 inches above...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-03-2014, 06:58 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,244
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: Planted Musa Basjoo on August 1

Is your banana living a sheltered life? LOL
I did loose 3 clumps of musa basjoo's this past winter for the first time in years. It was a rough winter and I had them mulched in big cages with 2 ft of...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-07-2014, 11:36 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,248
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: Are my Basjoos dead?

It looks like I have lost 5 musa basjoos from a bad winter. It was minus 13*F for several days. They were mulched with 2 ft cyprus mulch in big tomato cages. I have had them for 5 or 6 yrs never...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 06-07-2014, 09:15 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 13,322
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: discussion of bananas grown in water

they are still going strong this year
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6651_zpsbde1349e.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_6651_zpsbde1349e.jpg.html)
Forum: Other Plants 07-24-2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,353
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: nelumbo grow procces

Here is my Lueta I grew from seed. In zone 6 it takes one full year from seed to bloom for me.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6091_zps8fc265a6.jpg...
Forum: Other Plants 07-09-2013, 08:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 894
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: hardy water lilies

Salty I have not had many blooms on my Lilypons before. I have had it several years. Wanvisa blooms good for me. I have had some blooms with yellow streaks before. It is a good grower and I...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 07-08-2013, 06:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,716
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: my water bananas

Thanks Olaf. I bought my first water banana in 2007 at a big greenhouse. I still have some of those bananas. In 2008 I decided to try and do my own. I took a pup and I do not remember which banana. I...
Forum: Other Plants 07-08-2013, 05:19 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 894
Posted By Vickie H.
hardy water lilies

2 of my favorites
Lilypons
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6351_zps9ed1581f.jpg...
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 07-08-2013, 11:29 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,716
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: my water bananas

here is another pic
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_6340_zps56cadfa0.jpg (http://s53.photobucket.com/user/PHPong/media/100_6340_zps56cadfa0.jpg.html)
Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants 07-07-2013, 08:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,716
Posted By Vickie H.
my water bananas

This past winter my water bananas did well in the basement in water all winter. I brought them out and put them in my water gardens. Last week we seperated them and repotted. We placed them in the...
Forum: Other Plants 04-18-2013, 05:19 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,865
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: Australian Water Lily

Keros it might be Mrs. George Hitchock or Celon Pink it is hard to identify from a picture. Different sights show different looks for the same lily. Could even be Texas Shell Pink. Look those up and...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-27-2013, 09:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,159
Posted By Vickie H.
Re: Bananas grown in water gardens

Not always. That banana is bigger so pot bigger pond not deep. Other bananas under water. Maybe 3 or 4 inches over pot. None of my ponds more then 23 inches deep. Lots are 12 inches some 10 inches.
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