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my bananas and E.E and windmill palm

Post by pitotes » Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:28 pm

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Post by cuja1 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:44 pm

Nice landscaping! :D
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Post by hardyjim » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:02 am

Looks good...are those Basjoo?
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:56 am

That's nice in 5b.

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Post by teebee » Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:35 am

lucky1 wrote:Where's Chitown?
Chicago ;)

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Yes, welcome! This is the right place for you.

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Post by pitotes » Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:03 am

Lol chi town Chicago, but I'm actually live on the border of north west Illinois Indiana. Yeah musa basjoo
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Post by pitotes » Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:05 am

I meant north west Indiana close to Chicago
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Post by bgodwin1987 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:53 pm

very nice :) did you dig up your basjoo's or do you leave them in the ground?
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Post by pitotes » Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:03 am

No I have them covered with Styrofoam. I think they'll survive but I did a bad job with wintering all my plant's . I did a test to see if the one I left uncovered would make it and to see if the ones I covered will survive. It was 1 degree today Fahrenheit. So we'll see what happens. This was my first year doing this, studied all the info I could on cold hardy pants and palms. I've got big plans and a little budget for next year lol. But I think I can do it a lot better. I've noticed everything tropical looks alt better when it's bunched up together and not big spaces inbetween like I have
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:42 am

1 degree today Fahrenheit
Ouch, that's quite the test! :roll:

Fingers crossed you'll get pups out of its base.

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Post by bgodwin1987 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:36 pm

I hope your Bananas survive I used to dig mine up but that got to be too much. I really didn't believe they were as hardy as people were saying. So I have left them in the ground the last few years and they shoot up out of the ground and get about as tall as my house. The only protection mine get is mulch. I live in a slightly warmer zone that you do though im farther south. It's considered 6b here where im at in southern Illinois. Good Luck hopefully they will survive and come back.
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Post by pitotes » Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:51 pm

Yeah I noticed the one I didn't cover turned in to mush. it never grew that good don't know why. so I took the chance with that one. my other ones that are under Styrofoam froze but I noticed because the trunks are real thick it hasn't turned into mush.
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Post by pitotes » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:55 pm

My bananas rotted all the way to the ground. Does that mean theyre completely dead, or will they come back.from the roots
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:06 pm

They often do rot right to the ground, even if you have some protection.
Should come back from the roots as soon as ground heats up.
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Post by pitotes » Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:40 am

Thanks for the info
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Post by sidpook » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:55 am

Your musas should be fine.....no matter what they will come back from the ground. I have had several great winters with huge growth every spring and summer until this past winter of death. I had to cut them the furthest back I have ever done in their four years in the ground, and they are shooting up now. They are way behind the past few years for this time, but they are alive and kicking....
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Post by pitotes » Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:55 pm

It's going on May in my zone 5b and no growth anywhere...are my bananas completely dead?
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Post by sidpook » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:32 am

pitotes wrote:It's going on May in my zone 5b and no growth anywhere...are my bananas completely dead?
can you post a picture??
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Post by pitotes » Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:28 pm

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Post by sidpook » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:40 am

they look great last season. do you have a picture of their current growth?
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Post by hardyjim » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:13 am

Those look pretty crispy...where they covered at all??

No signs of life from mine either...I usually don't even cover them
but I did this year and still no sign-what a rotten winter-spring!
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Post by 905palms » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:37 am

Same, mine seem toast, even after covering them well. My EE was mush also.
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Post by sidpook » Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:01 am

I would hazard a guess that if you clear some of the soil away on the sides you will see some live growth. Give it a try. Take a some pics, you will see some reddish yellow healthy tissue around the outsides....let us know....
Just don't dig into that plant itself.Good Luck!
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Post by hardyjim » Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:11 am

This is one time where I can say that-

I would be more surprised to see my Basjoo come back
than not-it has been a cold spring though,going to need
to warm up more to know for sure...I also had/have a clump of
Musa Mekong giant under a bunch of mulch and a trash can...
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Post by chadec » Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:39 pm

Hopefully, everything is just coming in late this year. My musa has only been growing for 3 weeks and the largest one is only 12". Even if the old trunk is rotted out they can still sprout in new spots off the corm. Which I am hoping for with my upright EE's.

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Post by pitotes » Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:02 pm

I dug one up and couldn't tell really but I didn't see any growth... roots looked ok I think but no growth so I just burried it under a tree...I'm going to give my other ones till May 11th and if nothing I'm going to dig them up because I already ordered 10 more
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Post by sidpook » Sun Apr 27, 2014 5:16 am

Everything is definitely late around the howl country, my figs are way late this year and they have been in the ground unprotected for 11 years now, just slow to come back
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Post by pitotes » Sun May 04, 2014 6:20 pm

This is what's left.. nothing but roots..they didn't make it
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Post by sidpook » Sun May 04, 2014 6:24 pm

pitotes wrote:This is what's left.. nothing but roots..they didn't make it
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hmmmmmm...?
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Post by hardyjim » Mon May 05, 2014 1:13 pm

That is what my Mekong looked like too........


Too wet and cold this winter-that same cold with a dry winter may have been a diff story.
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Post by pitotes » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:33 pm

None of my plants made it........I have to start all over
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Post by sidpook » Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:04 pm

pitotes wrote:None of my plants made it........I have to start all over
Ugh, sorry!!!!!
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:40 pm

So sorry, that's the pits!

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Post by pitotes » Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:32 pm

I'm starting over without the Palm tree till I get a better plan on how to take care of it
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Post by sidpook » Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:46 am

pitotes wrote:I'm starting over without the Palm tree till I get a better plan on how to take care of it
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Good luck. Mother nature always has a way of letting us know who's boss!
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