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Musa Basjoo Going to bloom!!
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:43 pm
by hasty22
It looks like my Musa Basjoo plant is finally going to bloom. This will be the first time after many years in ground. Not bad for zone 5 in Canada. Will keep updated!!
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:58 am
by TerdalFarm
That's great! Keep us posted.
Musa Basjoo Blooming update
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:22 am
by hasty22
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:37 am
by Paul Ont
Awesome! Out here (zone 4) I've never got them to grow beyond 8' and stopped protecting. Might just be worth another try some day! Well done!
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:34 am
by KrisK
Awesome! I always think it looks like an ear of corn coming up the stalk.
I got three inflos this year. We had a ton of rain and the high temps, while warm, didn't fry any leaves. The bloom is bittersweet because that particular stalk will die, but you get the honor of saying you got to see a real banana bloom in your garden. How many people can say that? In zone 5 Cananda?
When's y'all's *gulp* first frost?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:38 am
by TerdalFarm
KrisK,
can you share a photo of yours?
And the Sabal "Lou" while you're at it.
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 3:59 pm
by KrisK
You bet, Doc!
Give me a couple days to get off my work rotation.
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:50 pm
by TerdalFarm
I'll drink my
and wait.
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:07 pm
by hasty22
First frost is suppose to be tonight. Have at least one more bloom maybe two. It is quite the jungle of leaves.
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:03 pm
by chadec
Awesome, never had that happen before. Only my musa velutina blooms here. Do you cut the trunks all the way to the ground?
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:45 pm
by hasty22
No the biggest ones are about 4 feet from ground.
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:56 am
by hardyjim
Thats really fun!
The earliest I had a bloom was beginning of July...
unfortunately they need 6 months of tropical weather
to mature properly outside..
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:48 pm
by chadec
Yeah, I always cut mine all the way to the ground. May try to protect a couple trunks this winter.
