Musa Basjoos are flowering and fruiting/Audubon NJ zone 7a

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:06 pm

Finally after 3 years in the ground some of my babies are giving fruit! I'm amazed at them!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:48 pm

Hope to the banana gods you get some seeds! Apparently you can grow the flower in a vase, like a cut flower as well.....

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:37 pm

canadianplant wrote:

Hope to the banana gods you get some seeds! Apparently you can grow the flower in a vase, like a cut flower as well.....

Whoa! CooL!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:42 pm

Excellent! They got started growing early in Spring of this year, right?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:24 am

TerdalFarm wrote:Excellent! They got started growing early in Spring of this year, right?

Hey, yep I removed the covering in mid March, probably for good by end March. However t was so mild this winter that I would often flip the top hatch of covering on warm sunny afternoons. I just cant get over how huge and heavy the pod of flowers and fruit is...Amazing!!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:28 am

Stormy and getting windy today sustained 25 to 30 mph, gusts to 60! My poor Musas!!!!!!!!!!

I'm off for the Jewish Holidays, I'll have to go outside and throw myself on them to protect them!!!!!!!!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:50 am

I have almost done that to Mike...instead I just watched and listened to the Thai giant snap.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:30 am

hardyjim wrote:I have almost done that to Mike...instead I just watched and listened to the Thai giant snap.

Gulp!!!!

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:05 pm

Great work, Mike!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:36 am

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:Great work, Mike!

Thanks...

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:38 am

hardyjim wrote:I have almost done that to Mike...instead I just watched and listened to the Thai giant snap.

Storms came through pretty strongly, preceded by high winds all day long. They got pretty shredded and even list a lot of huge leaves. However, the flower pod and bananas are fine! We got almost 2 inches of rain also which is always welcome!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:35 am

watched and listened to the Thai giant snap

What a shame, Jim.

Mike, hopefully that storm's over now.

Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:05 pm

My area has been dealing with the same storm system all day, and it is supposed to rain until Sunday

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:34 am

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:My area has been dealing with the same storm system all day, and it is supposed to rain until Sunday

Are you getting a lot of wind also??

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:24 am

lucky1 wrote:
watched and listened to the Thai giant snap
What a shame, Jim.

Mike, hopefully that storm's over now.

Barb

No worries Barb,that was last year-the winds have been pretty gentle on us this year
but the Saba certainly was shredded yesterday and the G-reed grass took a snapper
or 2 getting smacked against the roof line(gutter)....other than that-have not had a real t-storm since July 1.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:07 pm

Week 2 progress on my nanas! Lovin' these things!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:45 pm

So cool!

Great photography Mike.

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:55 pm

Mike awesome that your tropical bananas are producing for you

Great pics

. How many pups do you have with each banana plant?

John

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:58 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Mike awesome that your tropical bananas are producing for you Great pics . How many pups do you have with each banana plant?

John

Thanks John. Well, They have basically become two small banana groves. I probably get about 15 pups per year from each group of trees. Some of them I leave in the ground and others I hack away and usually give away. They are amazing plants!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:24 am

recent stormy pic.....shredding!!!!!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:20 pm

Great photo, Mike!

Wish it had been somewhere other than at your place.
No flooding hopefully.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:34 pm

lucky1 wrote:Great photo, Mike!

Wish it had been somewhere other than at your place.
No flooding hopefully.

Barb

Thanks Barb, we're actually pretty lucky here in South Jersey with such sandy soil. More storms last night, but beautiful again today! Not a single cloud in the sky....Finally no heat and humidiy!!!!!!! Love Fall weather.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:27 pm

Love Fall weather.

Me too, Mike.
More energy to work/enjoy the outdoors when it isn't blistering hot.

Let's hope it lasts until November...heck, why not December?

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:43 pm

lucky1 wrote:
Love Fall weather.
Me too, Mike.
More energy to work/enjoy the outdoors when it isn't blistering hot.

Let's hope it lasts until November...heck, why not December?

Barb

right....It is so nice to open up the house again after almost four full months of AC, UGH! I love the free AC!!!!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:54 pm

Great photos, Sid! Thanks for sharing.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:30 am

TerdalFarm wrote:Great photos, Sid! Thanks for sharing.

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Musa Basjoos are flowering and fruiting/Audubon NJ zone 7a

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