Lousy summer weather and stunted Basjoo growth

deruo · 07-23-2009, 11:24 AM

I'm in Toronto and just wondering if I'm the only one that has been disappointed with my basjoo growth this "summer".

Last year by this time, my new plant planted in the ground was about 3 feet tall. This year, the new plant (as none of my old ones survived winter...indoors or out) is only about 1 foot tall and not looking nearly as vigorous as the old one was. It's had compost and some feeding and gets plenty of sun.

I kept an extra indoors as backup and it's doing much better than the one outside. Purchased the same time and it's now about 2 ft tall.

Summer has been cool with some nights darn near cold. I've used the furnace more than the AC in July so far. Today is only 66F.

I had planned on trying to overwinter the outdoor plant outdoors, but who knows?

Been a very disappointing summer for my plans of a northern banana plantation!

revensen · 07-23-2009, 12:44 PM

Tom I agree with you and understand what you are saying. It's been hit or miss in Iowa this summer. June was fantastic, one of the warmer Junes on record in Cedar Rapids. July is on track to rival the coolest July on record. Several days ago we had nights in the low 50's (F), several nights tied and even broke the record low for that particular day.

Lets hope for some "summer weather" in late September and early October.

JuniPerez · 08-09-2009, 10:32 PM

Hi Tom.

I'm just across the lake from you in Rochester, NY. I agree... this summer has been awful. I am growing M. sikkimensis, M. basjoo, and Musella Lasiocarpa. Right now the Musas are about 3 feet tall, but I feel the growth hasn't been at it's best due to not enough sun (it's been raining most of the summer or just cloudy). The Musellas remain at about a foot tall. Maybe next year will be better. They still stop traffic though since most folks still have a "They don't grow here" mind set.

Good luck.

Juni

Jack Daw · 08-10-2009, 04:07 AM

Some of our climatologists say that this year's weather has been very unpredictible and strange because of an active volcano in Alaska. This volcano went active in spring and since then, the weather has been very atypic for the better part of the time.

sandy0225 · 08-11-2009, 06:24 PM

This has been a bad summer for basjoo around here too. Also bad for tomatoes until this week. I just picked three bushels yesterday though, since it finally got to be 90 degrees.

07-23-2009, 11:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
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revensen revensen's Photo Gallery Location: Indian Harbour Beach, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Bob Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 247 BananaBucks : 59,401 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 220 Times Was Thanked 160 Times in 57 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 8 Times	Re: Lousy summer weather and stunted Basjoo growth Tom I agree with you and understand what you are saying. It's been hit or miss in Iowa this summer. June was fantastic, one of the warmer Junes on record in Cedar Rapids. July is on track to rival the coolest July on record. Several days ago we had nights in the low 50's (F), several nights tied and even broke the record low for that particular day. Lets hope for some "summer weather" in late September and early October.

08-09-2009, 10:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
JuniPerez Puerto Rican Gone Bananas JuniPerez's Photo Gallery Location: Rochester, NY Find me on the map! Zone: 6b Name: Juni Perez Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 313 BananaBucks : 79,959 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 153 Times Was Thanked 202 Times in 117 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 13 Times	Re: Lousy summer weather and stunted Basjoo growth Hi Tom. I'm just across the lake from you in Rochester, NY. I agree... this summer has been awful. I am growing M. sikkimensis, M. basjoo, and Musella Lasiocarpa. Right now the Musas are about 3 feet tall, but I feel the growth hasn't been at it's best due to not enough sun (it's been raining most of the summer or just cloudy). The Musellas remain at about a foot tall. Maybe next year will be better. They still stop traffic though since most folks still have a "They don't grow here" mind set. Good luck. Juni

08-10-2009, 04:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jack Daw I think with my banana ;) Jack Daw's Photo Gallery Location: BA, SK, CEU Find me on the map! Zone: Dfa (Köppen-geiger) <-> 7b/8a? (USDA) Name: Jack Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,525 BananaBucks : 212,763 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 2,771 Times Was Thanked 2,461 Times in 1,355 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 383 Times	Re: Lousy summer weather and stunted Basjoo growth Some of our climatologists say that this year's weather has been very unpredictible and strange because of an active volcano in Alaska. This volcano went active in spring and since then, the weather has been very atypic for the better part of the time. __________________ Thnx to Marcel, Ante, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar and *Francesco* for the plants I've received. Zeitgeist - Corporatocracy 101 (~2hrs) Zeitgeist - Moving Forward (~2.5hrs)

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 362,818 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: Lousy summer weather and stunted Basjoo growth This has been a bad summer for basjoo around here too. Also bad for tomatoes until this week. I just picked three bushels yesterday though, since it finally got to be 90 degrees. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

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