Greetigns from the carolinas
 

Actually our adventures with Banana plants started last year when I bought on the spur of the moment my first Musella Lasiocarpa to decorate around the pool and I fell in love to the dismay of my husband :O). By the end of the summer we had a second musella, a cavendish and a blood banana.

Even though we went out and bought a green house the blood banana and the cavendish did not survive last winter we think we know what went wrong (to much humidity in the green house).

So needless to say we had to go on a shopping spree this spring and we brought home another cavendish, Blood banana and Basjoo.

I am looking forward to learn all I can about my diffrent Banana trees and how to properly take care of them so we don't have another sad winter.

Little Rat
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Re: Greetigns from the carolinas
 

welcome from Charleston!

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Hello Neighbor

thanks for the welcome

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Welcome Little Rat.

Sounds like you have a nice start this year. I just love to see bananas around a pool. What temp was the green house this winter? That basjoo can stay outside if protected. Mine is starting to push leaves. It stayed outside this winter and I'm in zone 6.

Michael

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Hi Micheal, Thank you for the welcome :O)

Hmmm not to sure about that one since hubby took care of the babies in the green house, but we think it was to moist in there.

We tried to cut everything back but the stalk was really mushy and it rotted completely.

The only thing that survived the cut back was the 2 chinese, and they are doing great with a bunch of babies.

Little Rat

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Just my guess but I'd say its not the humidity but that they got too cold or were over watered. Even though I brought mine inside I was very stingy with the water.

Michael

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Welcome to the site! I hope you enjoy it here...if you have questions, feel free to ask! People are very helpful around here!

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Welcome Little Rat!!

It's a wonderful thing to fall in love with banana plants!!! Here's to the beginning of another great growing season!

Deb

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Welcome aboard. Funny how it goes with bananas ,you start with ine and often end up with a tropical landscape. Always great to have around the pool. Looking forward to hearing more.

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After talking it over with hubby he thinks you are probably right and he over watered them.
Lesson learned and it won't happen next winter.

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Welcome to the organization brydon1 (Little Rat).

I hope your banana growing efforts are successful, and you and your husbands' greenhouse is warm. Best wishes.

(How did the name Little Rat find attachment?) :2239:

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Little Rat is a nick name hubby gave me LOL. I'm born in the year of the RAT and the Little is my husbands sarcasm (actually I am 6'1") LOL