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sandy0225 · 01-31-2010, 07:59 PM

Update, sadly I'm in difficulty with the stem of ice cream bananas. They are too small to ripen, only about 4-5 inches, but only about 1" in diameter.
We had a couple problems with the heater in the greenhouse. I told my hubby that the heater seemed to be kicking on and off a lot when I was in there watering, and he checked it. Well when he did, he accidentally repositioned one of the vanes on the front of the hanging heater and it was shooting the heat directly on the pstem of that tall ice cream, right into the crown of the plant where the bananas were hanging out. I noticed it two days later, but we were having 10 degree nights and 30 degrees cloudy days, so the heater was kicking on a lot. It kind of cooked the pstem, right up at the top and several of the leaves were looking very fried and dried out . He said the heater was fine, but seemed a little dirty in one of the burners, so he worked on it a little.
Well, Thursday, I went in there to water,( they only need it about once a week right now,) and we'd had a hard frost in there. I had just been in the greenhouse a day before and everything was fine. It showed on my max/min thermometer that it'd been 28 degrees on there. Not good! We did a little investigation and found that a spider had put a nest into one of the burners at some point in time (probably over the summer) and it had dislodged and burned and completely clogged up one of the three burners, so it was only putting out 2/3 of the heat it should have been putting out. I think everything in there is going to make it, but I think it's going to be the final straw for those bananas, the pstem they're on has a major black/brown look to it and it's hanging down really differently (bad) than before. On a happy note, all the other stems in the pot look fine, but the leaves look bad. And the whole greenhouse smells like frosted plant leaves.

01-31-2010, 07:59 PM	#37 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 487,577 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: Ice Cream flowering in pot Update, sadly I'm in difficulty with the stem of ice cream bananas. They are too small to ripen, only about 4-5 inches, but only about 1" in diameter. We had a couple problems with the heater in the greenhouse. I told my hubby that the heater seemed to be kicking on and off a lot when I was in there watering, and he checked it. Well when he did, he accidentally repositioned one of the vanes on the front of the hanging heater and it was shooting the heat directly on the pstem of that tall ice cream, right into the crown of the plant where the bananas were hanging out. I noticed it two days later, but we were having 10 degree nights and 30 degrees cloudy days, so the heater was kicking on a lot. It kind of cooked the pstem, right up at the top and several of the leaves were looking very fried and dried out . He said the heater was fine, but seemed a little dirty in one of the burners, so he worked on it a little. Well, Thursday, I went in there to water,( they only need it about once a week right now,) and we'd had a hard frost in there. I had just been in the greenhouse a day before and everything was fine. It showed on my max/min thermometer that it'd been 28 degrees on there. Not good! We did a little investigation and found that a spider had put a nest into one of the burners at some point in time (probably over the summer) and it had dislodged and burned and completely clogged up one of the three burners, so it was only putting out 2/3 of the heat it should have been putting out. I think everything in there is going to make it, but I think it's going to be the final straw for those bananas, the pstem they're on has a major black/brown look to it and it's hanging down really differently (bad) than before. On a happy note, all the other stems in the pot look fine, but the leaves look bad. And the whole greenhouse smells like frosted plant leaves. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!