Just over a year in the life of an Abyssinian

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 4:34 pm

Another really rewarding plant to grow-hope it stores well this winter,it's not coming up to my room this winter!(wink)

Bought off e-bay
Planted 6-6-09 less than a foot tall.
<img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 ... -09003.jpg" border="0" alt="Abyssinian 6-6-09"></a>

2 months and 3 weeks of growth 8-30-09
<img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 ... -09034.jpg" border="0" alt="Abyssinian"></a>

February 12-10,put out about 5 leaves inside and spent most of it's summer(stored)carbs.
<img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 ... -12-09.jpg" border="0" alt="Abyssinian"></a>

6-10-One year and 4 days later.
<img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 ... -10016.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

6-29-10

<img src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm22 ... -10011.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

7-12-10

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BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:38 am

Jim,
Maurelli is such a cool plant to watch grow. Just think right about now is the time when they really start growing like weeds too, just think what another 3 1/2 months will make it look like

I tend to think your room upstairs wont cut it this winter unless you blow a hole in the ceiling and hire two muscle heads to get it up there

So what are you going to do with it? I'm planting a back up since I'm in the same boat, then I'll have a big one for next year if I can't stuff mine somewhere.

Bill

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:16 am

Bill it's going down in the basement to be stored like my Banana plant was.

I won't butcher mine as much as this guy-just enough to get it in the basement!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oXo49_as9g

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:09 pm

Gotta admit I winced when the video guy cut it ALMOST to the ground!

Amazing growth Jim for only a year, but with your 14 inches of rain and heat, it thinks it's in the tropics.
What a gorgeous specimen.

Barb

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:39 am

For a minute Jim I thought you where going to post the picture of the German guy riding the abyssinian rocket

If you can find that picture please post it, that had to have been one of the funnies things I've seen regarding plants on the internet.

Kind of disturbing but funny as hell.

By the way I bet that one from New York didn't make it after that hack job.

Bill

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:47 pm

You may be right about that.

It would take some time to find that h*** riding the A rocket
but I'll look for it tomorrow

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:06 pm

Posted another(updated)picture of the Abyssinian.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^above

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:44 pm

Nice Jim! Where the Rocket Abyssinian Man picture

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:23 am

I looked for it and could not find it,it may be to far back in one of the threads on Hardy palms U.K.

Corrosion · Post by **Corrosion** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:33 am

Hi Jim, nice growth. wonder if it makes that big as the german guys one did. Mine was almost dead in the spring and I was going to throw it away but here it is now. The weather has been crazy past 3 weeks, real tropics after an awful winter which is good for a while..
I also planted different sikkis grown from seed and theyŕe doing also well.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:25 am

Jim - Very very nice banana! ( and the taro people seem to forget:P) Isnt that the ensete " red albyssian banana?". The UBC has a giant one growing apperantly.

ARent they hardy to zone 6??