Update on the 5 Texas Star bananas that I ordered from Ty Ty Nursery last September. Photo is of the lone survivor. Hence, it's affectionately dubbed, "Texas Lone Star". Photo taken last Saturday 04/25/2009. It started to show some growth 2 weeks before that, but I didn't think there was anything that would be growing since the soil was pretty dry. I watered it profusely since exhibiting growth. But every morning it would be dry. Digging through the soil showed that all that watering only watered the top and sides of the pot soil. So, I soaked the pot in half pot height water for 8 hours, and capillary action took care of the upper half. The photo shows how wet the soil is after I removed it from the water basin.
Now comes the test for a replacement for the others. Unfortunately, I misplaced my invoice. But, I've got until September to find it.