wstrickland1

This has been a strange acting guy from day 1. Got it as a very nice pup from Larry and potted it up asap. Dappled sunlight not too much water blah blah. It got late in the season so I didn't plant it. Stayed in the kitchen all winter which wasn't more than 3 months and did good. It survived but didn't grow. March got here and it was warm enough to take them out for a stroll and a drink of water. I guess I damn near killed it getting frisky with the water but I left it alone for a few more weeks. Planted it in a fresh pot and it started growing a bit. Put it in the ground about 6 weeks ago and it was doing nothing, As a few of you said it started growing fairly good there (finally) and now this little dude is pushing a pup. I guess it's gonna roll. No name yet, might go with Frank Shu....

Mekong Midget by William Strickland, on Flickr

sashaeffer

Have one myself that I got last year late so didn't grow much(in the ground) pulled it out and put in pot with cedar chips like I do with another banana species I have. Withered back to almost nothing but still saw some green in the stem so planted it back outside in May, sat there and didn't do ANYTHING...but didn't die either. Today, it's starting to really take off where I have it planted along a south wall so gets a lot of sun.

This fall, when I pull it out of the ground I will clean the dirt off the corm as I didn't do that last year so probably kept the corm damp too long.

Valor_X

Wow I didn't know you were trying to grow Mekong Giant.
I remember doing some research on it a while back and watched this vid about the way it sends out pups "runners" several feet away.

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

wstrickland1

I'm trying to grow way WAY more than my yard can handle. Going to have to make some decisions here t some point.

Valor_X

You can always do more whiskey barrels!!
You were the one who originally gave me that idea

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

wstrickland1

My pool deck is a bit crowded too. 🙃

reginefrias

Very cool, it's like bamboo! Makes me wonder if it would become invasive. Thanks for sharing! I just put a couple of these in my garden last week.

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JaredZone9a

That’s pretty insane!

wstrickland1

I will not allow that to happen

JaredZone9a

I like the bamboo edging you have around that plant. I thought about doing something similar to keep the darn weeds at bay. :-)

wstrickland1

Thanks, that is actually eucalyptus. It does look good we'll see how it holds up. Probably should have sealed it but I can barely get to everything I want to do so......

If I get 3 or 4 years I'll call it a win