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Christian Rieger · 11-29-2006, 03:42 PM

Ryan and Eric,

Thanks for the four photos. You guys should be very excited. So many variegated ones and particulalry so many albinos at the same time is exceptional. From your friend’s photos, we all know that an albino pup is just as healthy and robust as any standard green one. The impression writers have given is it is a weak mutation. Nothing weak about the one in the second photo. This alone indicates it is not a freak of nature, a retard or mistake.

The last photo gives no doubt it is really albino, even though a little red is down the center of the leaf. It is almost like red corpuscles. Probably a red carotene. If it had bananas, what color would you think they would be? Red? White? Silver? My first inclination years ago was red. Wouldn’t it be amazing if they were white with slight red ribbing?

If I were you, I would give all the albinos manure tea every day. Get several large, 5 gallon white plastic buckets. Puncture about 15 screw-driver size holes in the bottom. You can do this more easily by heating the tip of a screw driver over the gas flames of a stove, or resting on electric coils. Wear heavy gloves when you handle the hot screw drive, just in case.

Fill the punctured bucket about half way with chicken manure. Put the bucket next to the plant and fill to the top with water twice a day. It will drain out slowly and drip-feed the plant. When it gets tall, the leaves may burn away. If I were you guys, I would still try to protect them with shade cloth. If leaves are there, there has got to be a reason, even if there is no chlorophyl. I have found without equivocation, that God and nature know what they are doing.

You guys should find it informative that an albino can get to the heights it does and while not being able to manufacture its own food. However, maybe it does, but in a different way? Do you think it grows faster than the parent shrinks?

There are people who kill an albino because it is not the same as the others.

Cruel, cruel world. Shame on them.

But us . . . we here are all about to learn something.

D. O. Christian Rieger

11-29-2006, 03:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
Christian Rieger Junior Member Location: Fort Lauderdale Find me on the map! Zone: 10.5 Name: Christian Rieger Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37 BananaBucks : 20,138 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Ae Ae Albino Ryan and Eric, Thanks for the four photos. You guys should be very excited. So many variegated ones and particulalry so many albinos at the same time is exceptional. From your friend’s photos, we all know that an albino pup is just as healthy and robust as any standard green one. The impression writers have given is it is a weak mutation. Nothing weak about the one in the second photo. This alone indicates it is not a freak of nature, a retard or mistake. The last photo gives no doubt it is really albino, even though a little red is down the center of the leaf. It is almost like red corpuscles. Probably a red carotene. If it had bananas, what color would you think they would be? Red? White? Silver? My first inclination years ago was red. Wouldn’t it be amazing if they were white with slight red ribbing? If I were you, I would give all the albinos manure tea every day. Get several large, 5 gallon white plastic buckets. Puncture about 15 screw-driver size holes in the bottom. You can do this more easily by heating the tip of a screw driver over the gas flames of a stove, or resting on electric coils. Wear heavy gloves when you handle the hot screw drive, just in case. Fill the punctured bucket about half way with chicken manure. Put the bucket next to the plant and fill to the top with water twice a day. It will drain out slowly and drip-feed the plant. When it gets tall, the leaves may burn away. If I were you guys, I would still try to protect them with shade cloth. If leaves are there, there has got to be a reason, even if there is no chlorophyl. I have found without equivocation, that God and nature know what they are doing. You guys should find it informative that an albino can get to the heights it does and while not being able to manufacture its own food. However, maybe it does, but in a different way? Do you think it grows faster than the parent shrinks? There are people who kill an albino because it is not the same as the others. Cruel, cruel world. Shame on them. But us . . . we here are all about to learn something. D. O. Christian Rieger