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I'm in WI, didn't realize I didn't have that on my profile, so I just changed that.

I'd hate to give my chickens access to my bananas!! I already had to move one of my cannas because they were having a field day eating it up! lol

as a matter of fact, I do have chickens...maybe that's why I've never been hit like other people have. But mine aren't loose. The predators are terrible here. My neighbors have lost two flocks to hawks, during the day.

So everyone around here is seriously just throwing a fit about those Japanese beetles...I've seen some on my rasberries, but, knock on wood, we haven't been taken over yet.... Will they eat my bananas? Anyone ever had experience with this?? That MUST NOT HAPPEN!!! I know they ripped my friend's ...

LOVE those pics......wow.......

So they're pretty different than the basjoo...in pictures, I do see them as much more...um...stocky!

As far as protecting yours from the wind, do you actually stake them then?

Yeah, the corms are actually fairly small for the size of those bananas, aren't they? Makes sense.... I suppose I'll have to go through this acclimation thing every year then....but I'm thinking with fertilizing them, perhaps it will help the growth rate, therefore help them acclimate faster ...

Thought I'd update....my basjoos are starting to look a WHOLE LOT better!! I bought the milorganite on the 12th and applied it right away, I'm not saying it's that... I knew at the time they were finally finishing their "acclimating" too...so it all just worked out. Hey Jim, I see you wrap your ...

Thanks! I'll make a ring, as you suggested, both for watering and fertilizing... I did the mulch thing because I grow more weeds than I do plants here! LOL

Thanks for the great info!

I got the milorganite today! I am not sure how much, how often? I sprinkled half a cup on them.... The bananas have mulch over them. Do I have to push the mulch aside each time to get it on the soil? How often should I apply the milorganite? How late into the year? Was half a cup enough? I also ...

That is just awesome!!

Out of curiousity, what does the epsom salt do? Do you have any other palms growing in our state than the trachys? Such a beautiful sight to see walking in your door!!

We have Menards and Home Depot here...I'll have to check 'em out! Tomorrow's the plan. Had company/family over the weekend, from MNPLS/St. Paul...I get up there every now and then too.

Thanks! We have no more composted manure....I saved some from our pile before hubby spread it on the crop fields, but I'm out now....which is why i'm looking at buying fertilizer now.....plenty of fresh, but nothing composted! We kept our goats penned up in a wire mesh-fenced paddock reinforced with ...

Yep, we have horses and donkeys....some chickens...used to have goats too...miss them Is that seriously what that is? I read about it...and saw organic sludge, but is it seriously...um...well, human...manure? I don't know if any y'all get Mother Earth News, but I read in there recently how some ...

Walmart, eh? I'll look into that! So rarely do I go to Walmart (there's a Target so much closer)...but there are some things I make a list up to save for a walmart trip here and there. May have to take one Sunday or Monday after company leaves! I did read Milorganite was made in Milwaukee. That's ...

BTW Jim, I have a question about a couple of your photos...I believe I saw Canna Tropicanna in one of your photos, am I right? Do you have a good source for those with little threat of virus? I have some generic green canna now, and Canna Australia, but I want MORE! Also, do you have ice plant ...

Great! That makes sense! It's been pretty warm (near 90) and very dry here lately...I've been watering my basjoos every day, and they're soaking it right up. I've actually went out and checked the ground underneath, and it's hot. They're rubber, and dark colored, so imagine they absorb the heat. But ...

Thanks for the idea, I only recently put those there just to kill the grass around them. I want to mulch around the basjoos (good idea?) to keep the grass from growing around them too close. I thought killing the grass that way would be easiest. The plan was/is for me to take care of that mulching ...

We have well water. I can't stand city water myself...with all the additives in it. Do you order the milorganite and fish fertilizer? Where from? I looked on the milorganite's website, and see they list ONE distributor in WI (where it originates), and it's quite a distance away....here I thought I ...

Thanks much mnpalms! (your name has me curious!) Just so happens I've been looking up milorganite.... for use on my bananas. I'm reading articles and posts about it.......I've heard it's pretty awesome, but stinky stuff, but not to be used on plants or grounds intended for food (which obviously my ...

Thank you! Hope you don't mind my questions, you've obviously had great success, and we're in neighboring states...so thought you'd be one to ask once I saw all of your pics! I'm still in awe.... I'm reading up on maurelii, I did so earlier, but just refreshing my memory now that I will be having ...

Here's a pic of one of the basjoos from July 5th... (if I know how to post pics) I added the circle thing around them to kill the grass so I can pull it up and mulch around them. http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb236/grullablue/basjoo5july11.jpg And from June 20 http://i205.photobucket.com/albums ...

Wow. I'm absolutely AMAZED at your "beast!" I was reluctant to even order one because I bought some basjoos in March, but didn't get them in the ground until the end of May because it stayed so darn cold here...and they're doing very little. They're spitting out leaves, sure, but even though I ...

HardyJim, Your yard is beautiful! I can't imagine all the work you have into it, especially preparing for winter! I have a question, if you don't mind, regarding your Abyssinian photo near the steps. That thing's huge! How do you winter it? Do you pot the whole thing? I'm near Madison, WI, zone 5 ...