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since photobucket wrecked my last thread i thought i would start a new one
here is a quick video of the backyard.. with more to come soon https://vimeo.com/227916678 |
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Nice!
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Great video .
Love the camo air pots.:) |
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they look cool to the eye
but when you shine a UV light at them they light right up and stick out like a sore thumb not as durable as the root pouch although they are cheaper and after 2 seasons only 1 has ripped so far see my pomelo is flowering! wish my grandmother was still with us to enjoy the fruit she loved grapefruit |
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it has been a while since i posted but i am still lurking when i can
cold overnights came early this season and last year the plants spent a lot of time indoors to try to reduce the electricity bill i set up a greenhouse of sorts heated it slightly on the coldest of nights, actually my family did i was out of town for a month or so so here they are in the temporary greenhouse: https://vimeo.com/241694658 i brought them inside a couple days ago which is quite late in the season compared to when i normally might some minor damage to some of the plants but not the bananas might change as they adjust to the new lighting and dry conditions here they are now: https://vimeo.com/241695176 you can really tell that i have one magnetic ballast and one electronic ballast access for watering is difficult so i may make a simple watering tool a pvc pipe with a funnel attached to one end works well for people with physical disabilities ie. use of one arm who want to tend their own garden use a jug instead of a funnel and brace the jug between youre legs scoop cupfuls of water from a bucket beside youre chair |
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well a bit of good news and a bit of bad news
bad news is my theobroma cacao is not looking great... possibly dead it had green leaves when it came in.. but the change to hot and dry plus being underwatered at the time caused all those leaves to shrivel and die. i will still await some new growth from the stem somewhere but it does not look good on to the good news... all my citrus are doing great. not all of them have produced fruit up to this point but since coming inside they all seem to be flowering and forming fruit. and the main reason for an update............ my first flag leaf ever! woo hoo!!!! https://vimeo.com/243845128 the plant is a lot smaller than it has been in the past and it has been putting out rather small leaves for a while now pretty pumped up! |
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thanks JP!
for those of you who did not read my other thread this is in Toronto, Canada i joined when i got my first banana plant so it has taken a while... Pstem height is 2'6" LOL plant was bought in Niagara on the Lake, Canada. in a grocery store. did well its first season.. even had pups overwintering bare root was a disaster. the basement flooded and most of my banana plant collection was mush this plant and my musella lasiocarpa survived some seasons it did better than others the season previous to this past summer it was my biggest plant it would not fit inside vertical in the fall. this past summer it stayed shorter. with shorter leaves. I was actually expecting to have to have a full blown greenhouse before getting a flower. nice surprise! |
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Congrats subsonicdrone!.....
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https://vimeo.com/244517466
well the flower is a lot smaller than i was expecting must be because the plant is small, leaves are small and the container is only 20 gal. you think the pup is feeding the mother plant at this point? what do you think of the flower resting on the petiole of the other plant? is it an issue? should i cut that leaf off or just let nature take its course looks like it might work out ok and the pup will act like a brace to hold up the bunch? there is a beam nearby which i could use to hold up the bunch otherwise. still pumped up! edit here is a still photo taken on the 27th: IMG_5601_zpssrlurk0c.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket |
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Give it time to open up. Small or not, that's still pretty impressive.
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looks like there is only a couple fingers per hand
my first bananas :) i added a product called myke fruit and veggie but it is meant to be under the soil i did not want to disturb roots so it did not get worked in very deep IMG_5684_zpsztcsw0up.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5681_zpsmo3wrna1.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5680_zpsxwc5scoo.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket video update: https://vimeo.com/245507659 edit: some more pics and addition of humidifier IMG_5698_zpsuehjjxkg.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5705_zpshmwtmfvl.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5716_zps4prncegx.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5761_zpsch55rdil.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5770_zpswrovhpms.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket |
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really nice pics.
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Thanks for sharing! Gives me hope!
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well the bug situation was pretty good for a while but i had a small
explosion of borg aka spider mites so i have been applying soapy water and physically rubbing affected areas seems to be working.. havent spotted one in a while i think the spots on the leaves (mostly the plumeria and musella lasicarpa) are from the soap getting into wounds caused by the mites edit: it may have been from the leaves being wet when the light turned on i could be wrong though whenever i spray the soapy water i get the song: down at the car wash yeah stuck in my head https://vimeo.com/246585930 got 3 bananas on this last hand:) https://vimeo.com/246585929 a couple pictures: IMG_5773_zpsro2jm99u.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5771_zps4vs58anf.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket edit: newest hand has more fingers! IMG_5783_zpssfizwmp1.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_5797_zpsrjdcinhn.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket my musella lasiocarpa is dying back... which happens every year although this year it was delayed and i was hoping it might not happen and grow through the winter and make a flower this year it is getting taller although i read it would flower at about 1.5 feet the stem is about a foot tall now IMG_5853_zpsxrbbfubs.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket edit: i might have been overly ambitious with the finger and hand count starting to think it may not come to fruition fingers have not developed much as compared to pictures from warmer climates maybe i do need the greenhouse after all to have my first successfully harvested fruit anyhow here is a quick video filmed a few days ago showing fruits and flowerbud at beginning at 8s you see the rough looking musella lasiocarpa and the unfortunately dead theobroma cacao behind it at 19s you see my fruiting pineapple at 25s you see a lime which is pretty much ready to be picked in the background is a cola bottle with a mango which was gifted to me at 32s you see calamondin https://vimeo.com/249861568 edit: bunch update: not much filling in happening IMG_5890_zpsguy2uk2s.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket pic of half of the garden... most of the bananas are on this side though: IMG_5893_zpspleqbtgr.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket edit: good thing i like weak coffee since i only have a few cherrys which are ripe :) IMG_6003_zps6gs3uvfy.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket IMG_6006_zpsbbnzgac4.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket and another video: https://vimeo.com/253706117 |
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thanks for the pics and the videos. |
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