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Dartolution · 08-31-2020, 09:34 PM

Hey everyone,
I am new here (first post), but definitely not new to gardening.
I've been growing Palms, and Tropical plants for most of my life in the southeast zones 7b and 8a.

Currently I am in south/central Alabama, and last year after a landscaping renovation to my little backyard, I picked up a small starter Musa Basjoo pup at a local nursery. (or at least what I suspect was basjoo, it was actually unlabeled, and I was told it was "the regular kind"). You can make whatever sense of that you wish.

Anyway, The little banana was planted on March 9th (see picture) and as of today the clump is about 7 strong, and at this point I have been clipping the emerging pups off at the ground to prevent anymore from coming up in the area.

These have done remarkably well, but I have been toying around with the idea of translating these elsewhere, and replacing them with Blue Java Bananas.

I would like everyones opinions and thoughts on growing Blue Java's in full sun (south facing backyard), in zone 8a in the southeast.

The area they would be in gets sun from sun up to sun down all day, no shade, and the area is on drip irrigation at the soil level.

Here are a couple of pictures of the existing Musa Basjoo clump planted this year:

08-31-2020, 09:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dartolution Dartolution's Photo Gallery Location: South/Central Alabama Zone: 8a Name: Dartolution Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 32 BananaBucks : 12,908 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 11 Times Was Thanked 79 Times in 23 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Introduction, Basjoo's, and Java questions. Hey everyone, I am new here (first post), but definitely not new to gardening. I've been growing Palms, and Tropical plants for most of my life in the southeast zones 7b and 8a. Currently I am in south/central Alabama, and last year after a landscaping renovation to my little backyard, I picked up a small starter Musa Basjoo pup at a local nursery. (or at least what I suspect was basjoo, it was actually unlabeled, and I was told it was "the regular kind"). You can make whatever sense of that you wish. Anyway, The little banana was planted on March 9th (see picture) and as of today the clump is about 7 strong, and at this point I have been clipping the emerging pups off at the ground to prevent anymore from coming up in the area. These have done remarkably well, but I have been toying around with the idea of translating these elsewhere, and replacing them with Blue Java Bananas. I would like everyones opinions and thoughts on growing Blue Java's in full sun (south facing backyard), in zone 8a in the southeast. The area they would be in gets sun from sun up to sun down all day, no shade, and the area is on drip irrigation at the soil level. Here are a couple of pictures of the existing Musa Basjoo clump planted this year: