Kostas

Hello!

I got my ''Pisang Ceylon'' last fall and overwintered it potted outside,unprotected,in my Pyrgos garden. It did well and survived with no pseudostem damage temperatures down to -2,5C and lots of winter rain,more than 632mm to be exact! Come spring,its dripper clogged and survived 2 weeks of bone dry soil in full sun,while potted and actually had 2 leafs in decent condition! Then,i found a spot and ground planted it. It was very skinny from the drought and the leafs paper thin. Here is a photo of it right after ground planting it,after the 2 weeks of drought!


And here it is about a month later,at the end of June!


Looking forward to see it grow tall!!!

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caliboy1994

A definite improvement! It's amazing how banana plants can recover from so much abuse.

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Kostas

Thank you for your reply Andreas! Indeed its misfortune was quite severe!


Here is an updated photo of it!

Musa ''Pisang Ceylon''


Its looking much better now as you can see and i hope to see it grow tall soon!!!

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austinl01

It has turned out to be a real beauty.

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venturabananas

Nice. The Mysore subgroup plants are really attractive.

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Kostas

Thank you very much Austin and Mark for your kind comments!

Here is an updated photo of my ''Pisang Ceylon'' from the Christmas holidays!


The area its growing at get little sun in winter as its at the north side of my garden. It should speed a lot and get some bulk on it as soon as it grows 1-2 more meters and starts getting a good amount of full sun! Thats what the ''Tall Orinoco'' growing beside it did once it reached that height and the sun and its pretty big and fat now!

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2woodensticks

they are a tough plant..will take alot a still give you growth...glad to hear it..

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Kostas

Thanks,its great it survives fine! Now its also starting to give me some nice growth too!


Here are some updated photos of my 'Pisang Ceylon'!




Its not very visible in the photo unfortunately but the newest leaf had a very nice color on its underside,as it should,being a 'Pisang Ceylon'!

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orangeong2

thats pretty!!! and looking healthy too!

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Kostas

Thank you Orange!

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Cikas33

Looking great!!!

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Cultivars and species that I have:

Musa basjoo
Musa Dwarf Namwah
Musa Fen Ba Jiao
Musa Ice Cream
Musa Pisang Ceylon
Musa thomsonii
Musa Dwarf Brazilian
Musa 1000 Fingers

Kostas

Thank you Cikas! Its much bigger now! It should flower within the year as I see it

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mushtaq86

Its looking in pristine condition, keep it up Kostas.

Cikas33

Do you have some new photos?

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Cultivars and species that I have:

Musa basjoo
Musa Dwarf Namwah
Musa Fen Ba Jiao
Musa Ice Cream
Musa Pisang Ceylon
Musa thomsonii
Musa Dwarf Brazilian
Musa 1000 Fingers