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Hi everyone I am new here and this is my first post. I was wondering if someone could ID this banana plant for me? Is it a musa basjoo? I bought it at a local convience store next to my house and I thought I'd take a chance and hope its a basjoo. Thanks for your help in advance!
Posted : 29/07/2012 12:55 am
yes, it looks like Musa Basjoo for me
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Godfryd
Posted : 29/07/2012 5:53 am
Looks like my banana that is not Basjoo I assume
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Posted : 29/07/2012 12:01 pm
Welcome! No reason to think it is not basjoo. it likely is.
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Posted : 29/07/2012 6:38 pm
Welcome aboard aurelius...a nice looking musa there!
Barb
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Posted : 29/07/2012 9:00 pm
Hmmm...Loks like a banana plant to me! Hello again everyone....Hope all is well.....It does look like a musa to me though int he end....
mike
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Posted : 29/07/2012 9:14 pm
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Thank you everyone for your help and replies. I didn't realize how fast basjoos (or perhaps its banana plants in general) grow. That picture is from a few weeks ago and it has grown about 4 inches taller and there are 6 pups growing as well, 2 of them about 6 inches already! Thanks again to all those who replied much appreciated!
Posted : 29/07/2012 11:53 pm
Thank you everyone for your help and replies. I didn't realize how fast basjoos (or perhaps its banana plants in general) grow. That picture is from a few weeks ago and it has grown about 4 inches taller and there are 6 pups growing as well, 2 of them about 6 inches already! Thanks again to all those who replied much appreciated!
Just wait, they get huge under the right conditions. Are you going to keep it in the ground overwinter?
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Posted : 30/07/2012 8:24 am
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Thank you everyone for your help and replies. I didn't realize how fast basjoos (or perhaps its banana plants in general) grow. That picture is from a few weeks ago and it has grown about 4 inches taller and there are 6 pups growing as well, 2 of them about 6 inches already! Thanks again to all those who replied much appreciated!
Just wait, they get huge under the right conditions. Are you going to keep it in the ground overwinter?
I am going to keep it in the ground for the winter (with some winter protection of course). Hope it survives. It's a beautiful plant!
Posted : 30/07/2012 2:10 pm
Thank you everyone for your help and replies. I didn't realize how fast basjoos (or perhaps its banana plants in general) grow. That picture is from a few weeks ago and it has grown about 4 inches taller and there are 6 pups growing as well, 2 of them about 6 inches already! Thanks again to all those who replied much appreciated!
Just wait, they get huge under the right conditions. Are you going to keep it in the ground overwinter?
I am going to keep it in the ground for the winter (with some winter protection of course). Hope it survives. It's a beautiful plant!
What zone are you, where do you live?? I'm 7a (Southern New Jersey) and do protect with great success, esp this past winter.
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Posted : 30/07/2012 4:09 pm
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Just wait, they get huge under the right conditions. Are you going to keep it in the ground overwinter?
I am going to keep it in the ground for the winter (with some winter protection of course). Hope it survives. It's a beautiful plant!
What zone are you, where do you live?? I'm 7a (Southern New Jersey) and do protect with great success, esp this past winter.
I live near Toronto, Canada. I'm a zone 5b-6a. I plan on cutting the trunk (not sure if that is the correct term for a banana plant) to 3 ft or so and then i'm going to mulch heavily to just over the top of the trunk with a tarp on top. What do you do?
Posted : 30/07/2012 10:51 pm
Well, I cut mine t about hip high, build a cage of chicken wire around them with top open, mulch with oak leaves and cover qith a grill cover. On warm days and nights like his past winter I lift off the grill cover to get air and sun. Most times I just left the top off anyway since it was so warm this year. I also put a christmas present box over top of the front ones to keep them looking "holidy-like" for the holiday seasons.....I thinka s long as they stay dry they will do well....Mine have come back with a vengeance the past few years.
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Posted : 31/07/2012 8:46 am
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Well, I cut mine t about hip high, build a cage of chicken wire around them with top open, mulch with oak leaves and cover qith a grill cover. On warm days and nights like his past winter I lift off the grill cover to get air and sun. Most times I just left the top off anyway since it was so warm this year. I also put a christmas present box over top of the front ones to keep them looking "holidy-like" for the holiday seasons.....I thinka s long as they stay dry they will do well....Mine have come back with a vengeance the past few years.
Very similar to the plan that I had in mind. Thanks for telling me your first hand experience with them!
Posted : 31/07/2012 12:54 pm
Well, I cut mine t about hip high, build a cage of chicken wire around them with top open, mulch with oak leaves and cover qith a grill cover. On warm days and nights like his past winter I lift off the grill cover to get air and sun. Most times I just left the top off anyway since it was so warm this year. I also put a christmas present box over top of the front ones to keep them looking "holidy-like" for the holiday seasons.....I thinka s long as they stay dry they will do well....Mine have come back with a vengeance the past few years.
Very similar to the plan that I had in mind. Thanks for telling me your first hand experience with them!
Sure, you're welcome.
Here are 2 pics of bananas recently
Front yard (2 years in ground)
Back Yard (3 years in ground)
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Posted : 31/07/2012 4:06 pm
I absolutely love that backyard pic, Mike, with the quaint garden shed.
Makes me smile every time I see it.
Barb
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Posted : 31/07/2012 4:53 pm
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