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![]() i haven't posted any pics of most of my Bananas so i thought id do it now after surviving the third hottest summer on record here in southern Nevada the Bananas have finally started to recover a bit with some amazing growth so id thought id share them with you compared to allot of you all there probably not that impressive but I'm proud of them nun the less for any one thats not lived through a Nevada summer i can tell you that the fact that all my Bananas survived is amazing to me!
Williams hybrid Siam Ruby one of my Ensete Ventricosum close up of the dwarf Brazilian and Ice Cream in the back ground another shot of the DB and IC and finally my pride and joy the Ae Ae this is my fastest growing Banana the top two leafs have grown in under 7 days i wanted to add some shots of the Ae Ae individual leafs there stunning in my mind
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![]() Beautiful plants! Are they in the sunken pots so you can concentrate the water because of your climate? I had put some old very large broken clay pot tops around my in ground basjoo for that reason, turn the hose on low and walk away for a bit.
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![]() Way to go Pauly! Nice stuff. I like your William's hybrid and of course your Ae Ae very much. Over here, I am really enjoying my 8 months old Ensete superbum. With the weather here and copious feeding and watering, I get 1 new leaf EVERY day. It feels more like a pet than a plant! And of course, I am indebted to your advice and notes on the PM.
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![]() Very nice and beautiful. Red
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![]() yes to keep the water from moving away from the roots to quickly my soil is hard packed sand and dose not retain mosture for vary long are soil is also toxsic containg high levals of boron in addtion makes moving them insid for the winter vary quick and easy every singal banana i have is in a pot for this year at least nexst some are going in to the ground after i get rid of the soil in the planting beds and rplace it with good stuff but as iv alread perchest over 50 2qft bags of soil all ready the buget was shot for this year gardening in Nv is exspesive and back braking takes a hole day to dig a hole the size that thouse two banans are in you have to ues a pri bar just to dig the rocks out thos two hols containd over 8o rocks betwen them and there just 36" deep so as you see the pots in the ground is are vary practical sorry if that was long winded but its hard to conva what its like to garden here i think thats why almost know one dos they just hier garders to do it for them and never plant any thing but desert land scape at least cati dont conplain like Bananas do LOL
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![]() Thanks Pauly. I had no idea how your conditions were . Yeah 50 2 sq ft bags would put a dent in any ones wallet. Any way you're doing great with them!
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![]() pauly thank you for posting a pic of your ae ae. ive been drooling wanting to know what it looks like. the rest of your nanas are looking beautiful.
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![]() Looks great Pauly, your AeAe is awesome, I'm jealous
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![]() Looking good Pauly! Is that an Ae Ae pup in the first Ae Ae picture, or is it an EV just in front of it?
The new leaves sure look better than the first ones from when you got it. Looks like the fungus is under control or gone. |
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![]() First and foremost i have to give hearty thanks to Scot for if it were not for his grate generosity i would not have this Ae Ae THANKS SCOT'Y Me Boy!!!!! and secondly Christmas is coming you never know who the pupmass fairy mite bless with a teeny tiny little eeny winy pup for his or her own Yuletide enjoyment LOL
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Correction Scot thats a convection oven with dual Microwave Feature and optional Delux Ultraviolet Food warmers built in ROFLAO!
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Yes the last leaf doubled in size over the previous one no more fungi that i can see i cant Waite till the old leafs shrivel up so i cut them off i want that fungi out of my house my orchids are all over the place and next to it but iv taking precautions sounds like a Public service announcement for safe sex LOL
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![]() Man, third hottest summer in history must have been something. I heard when it gets over 115F they don't tell the actuall temp(just keep it there), so that it doesn't scare away the tourists.
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![]() I think they may survive the heat better in the ground. Mine are all doing well here in AZ with no shade at all, and it's even hotter here than it is at your place. I am just concerned how they will do during the desert winter nights, since I can't be bothered to dig them up and store them inside.
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No shade protection at all. I put about 6 cubic feet potting soil with each banana. The soil here is also crap, hard clay and decomposing granite. The mat protection would also be minimal as most of my bananas are spaced pretty far away from one another. I just use massive amounts of water. Drip irragation system. |
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