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Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

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Originally Posted by Kat2 (Post 298258)

It was on the clearance rack. What is it? It's very short; it's supposed to be kept inside. Oh and it needs bright light and is a "mood booster". I will contact the vendor tomorrow: delrayplants.com But a search of their site for musa or banana (pot is marked musa) does not satisfy. No wine marks but is it a Dwarf Cavendish?

ETA: I did e-mail them and got an automated reply. Wanna bet they don't know what plant they sold? Happens a lot...at least to me...

While searching the southern Florida Walmarts this link has the most probable banana plant you will find for sale at southern Florida stores.
Smaller novelty types.

This seems to be the top 5, but I have also seen other varieties also for sale near the Treasure Coast.
https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=banana%20plants

Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

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Originally Posted by Island Brah (Post 298321)

What are wine stains?

Wine stains are the description of the burgundy(wine) color of the leaf.
Some plants show similar coloration only when young but I cannot accurately recall which ones.

This leaf is of a small Siam Ruby .
The underside of the leaf is a deep purple.
The plant is a great accent plant with that nice foilage

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Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

I got back from the WalMart at Tallahassee/Bradfordville. They did have banana plants. These were labeled as Dwarf Cavendish @ $8.77 each. These plants were in BAD shape. The pots were bone dry; leaves dropping & broken; and I could see several pots where the pups had died. But the pots I picked, up the pups were almost as big as Mom. One pot Mom had died, but the 3 pups were as big as all the other pots.

You guys are going to shoot me. I asked for a department Manager to see if these distressed plant could be discounted. One wasn't available. I was sent to the Customer Service desk to ask for the Manager there. She stated she could only allow !0% off. Then punched buttons on the registrar and stated the plants would be $6.77/ea (hum ... more than 10%) and told the clerk. I had 3 pots and decided to get one more pot.

The clerk ring up 4 pot for a total of $32.??; I handed her my card; she punched a couple of buttons and I saw $12.00 on the display; the display when black; the clerk gave me the card back for me to put into the terminal; I pulled out the registrar slip to see the total charge & debit was $12. I just said THANK YOU to the clerk & she smiled. .... nuff of my rambling ...

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Banana Heads, check out the Florida WalMart stores to see what Banana plants they may have.

Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

These plant are so dry. I have them setting in a tub and I'll be flooding them to night and tomorrow and giving a little miracle grow. Then I'll re-pot.

Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

Nice and green, no dead leaves all over, you did good... Be careful to not get root rot started with too much water. :D

Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

morning update:
I have watered the pots 4 X's and very little water in in the tub. The plants were sucking up water like crazy. Most of the leaf wilt is gone, so the roots are in good condition. ... I'll water 3 or 4 X's today and re-pot tomorrow. ... There are 17 plants in the 4 pots!

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Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

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Originally Posted by edwmax (Post 298356)

work it....:03:

Re: I bought a foliage plant at Walmart

Walmart is having a great sale on ferts......shop them....
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