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Old 07-04-2009, 06:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Raja Puri Cold hardiness (New Member)
Hi, Happy July 4th everyone. I bought my first banana plants in May and live in Massachusetts. We haven't been having the best summer weather here to say the least. I think from May thru June we might of had 5 days of sun and temps above 70 F. I purchased an Ice Cream, Misi Luki, Raja Puri, and a Novak Super Dwarf. Instead of sticking my toe in the water I just dove in and bought these. The Raja Puri is stuck and is not doing anything. The others are growing and producing new leafs. The leafs were cut off for shipping. I don't see how the Raja Puri will be able to push out another leaf from the top. Should I trim down the P-stem? I have been peeling the dead stuff off like an onion to date and now the stem diameter is about half of what is was. I repotted to day. The soil was very wet but I don't think the bulb is rotted. There was only a couple of roots that had new white roots on them. I cut the roots back with scissors and added more perlite to the soil to loosen it up.
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Tom
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