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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 11-26-2019, 08:06 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 8,072
Re: Are Musa Basjoo leaves and flowers edible?

I found out a few weeks back that horses love musa basjoo plants. This year they did all the cutting back for me, a little more than usual...LOL. It'll be 12 inches of overwintered p-stem as opposed...
Forum: Banana Identification 05-01-2017, 06:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,228
Re: Ensete glaucum?

This last batch of glaucum seeds was purchased from a vendor that had ventricosum instead of glaucum pictured. All the seeds germinated quickly. And were definitely glaucums.

MUSA ENSETE GLAUCUM...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-29-2017, 05:25 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,297
Re: Is this a Musa Basjoo?

It looks like a basjoo, garden centers will often have them in the spring for 10-20$, often bigger too.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-28-2017, 12:25 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 911
Re: Should i cut this back?

It's fine, just plant it, in a month you won't notice it.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-25-2017, 09:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,201
Re: Fifth Birthday for the basjoo patch.

In a mature patch there will be too many large P-Stems competing in a small area, so I thin them out by excavating around the corms and chopping them apart with a large machete.

They're cut back...
Forum: Banana Identification 04-22-2017, 09:01 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 565
Re: What type of banana is this?

I concur it's most likely either an SDC or a DC (dwarf cavendish) as these are by far the most commonly sold in Canada, DCs given good conditions will get quite large, in SW Ontario I routinely get 5...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-20-2017, 07:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,201
Fifth Birthday for the basjoo patch.

May 5th 2012 was the beginning of my banana odyssey, a friend at work convinced me to try my hand at growing one. He sold me a pup and I transformed a weedy spot behind my barn into a little tropical...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 05-11-2016, 01:10 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 6,155
Re: The jungle 2016

Thanks for the update, it's going to look very nice come summer. I'm envious, a persistent trough and NE flow has kept the great lakes chilly so far and has significantly delayed my plant out date,...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 04-01-2016, 08:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,028
Heads up in the NE and Great Lakes

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2016040118/gfs_T2m_neus_28.png

If anyone has uncovered their bananas in the great lakes or parts of the N/E you may want to take some protective...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 03-02-2016, 04:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,817
Re: Masa Basjoo Banana

Plant them in May after all risk of frost has past. Musa basjoo will be fine in the ground this upcoming winter 16/17 as long as it is adequately protected, nearly bulletproof.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-27-2016, 02:17 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,090
Re: Unexperienced World of 29F/-4C

I hope they make it.

The recent cold wave in Asia was immense in scope.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-13-2015, 05:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 927
Re: how do i winterize ensete ventricosum green vat

Unless you are in Zone 10 or better you will NEED to bring it in. You can either store bare root and dormant, dry and in a cool dark place or put it in a container a few inches wider and deeper than...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-13-2015, 04:36 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,957
Re: Fall is coming, Banana care?

I would bring in the Cohol and the DC, you should leave the Basjoo out and protect it.

The Basjoo will take years to get big if you dig up every year, you should seriously consider leaving it out....
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 09-13-2015, 10:18 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,717
Maurelii 2015 : The final month outside begins

It's mid September so there is only a month left in the growing season here in the Great Lakes.

I bought a couple of these in 2013 and one has gotten steadily bigger and the other one has declined...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-23-2015, 04:25 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,558
Re: What is this banana?

That is almost certainly another musa basjoo.
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 08-05-2015, 06:33 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,495
Re: Ensete Glaucum - first try sowing banana

No heat was added bottom or otherwise, I did place a clear acrylic lid on the flat until they started popping en masse. I'd heard somewhere out here that ensetes seeds like varying temps so I figured...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 08-05-2015, 06:52 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,495
Re: Ensete Glaucum - first try sowing banana

I just germinated a batch of Glaucums, so far a month after the 2 day seed soak, I have 20 germinated and transplanted out of 32 seeds.

I am very happy with the results, I ordered some from ENSETE...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 08-04-2015, 05:24 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 6,907
Re: Outside Basjoo - when did your corms start growing this year?

So, anybody else having a really slow year?

I would call it about average, here are mine from this past Friday (along with some of the...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-09-2015, 08:33 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,876
Re: Around the yard 2015

Looks like you're really rocking it this year.

I hope you guys get some rain soon, we have no shortage out here this year.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-09-2015, 08:20 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,977
Re: It's finally time to plant em all out

Just a quick update:

The basjoos are healthy yet battered in appearance due to several windy, rainy, low pressure systems. They don't have the normal vigor, mostly because of the lack of sustained...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-01-2015, 05:50 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,889
Re: Morning in the garden

Sweet, very nice.

I'm jealous of your great weather this year, you've had a persistent high pressure ridge and here in the great lakes we've been cursed with persistent low pressure trough.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-25-2015, 05:29 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,963
Re: How deep to plant Basjoo zone 5?

Can you give more detail?
What is normal depth?
How Thick the mulch?
Do you remove it in the spring?
When did you remove the tarp?


Normal depth would be so that the base of the p-stem is level...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-25-2015, 05:49 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,963
Re: How deep to plant Basjoo zone 5?

In Z5 you shouldn't have to plant it any deeper than you would normally plant anything else.

All my basjoos are planted at a normal depth and survived the last 2winters from hell nicely with only...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-18-2015, 05:10 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,842
Re: Expensive Basjoo

Yes you are correct, for a plant in that condition $20 max IMO.
I'd have a snarky comment or two for the manager/owner of that nursery.
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 06-14-2015, 11:53 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,977
Re: It's finally time to plant em all out

Thanks Snarkie, I may give that a try next year.

The spindly things are common accent spikes green and red ones...aka cordylines, they are 2 or 3 years old (brought in for the winter in small pots),...
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