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I got my first rajapuri pups today and potted them up. One was a little small and didn't have much of a root system. The other is a nice size with plenty of roots.
They will go well with the 3 Musa Zebrina that I got from Home Depot and Walmart.
Now I need 1 or 2 Musa velutina. It also wouldn't hurt if my Musa helen's hybrid seeds germinated.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 09/05/2007 1:32 am
How 'bout some pics, Allen?
Sounds like your place is going to be SUPER tropical. Good for you.
Barb
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Posted : 09/05/2007 3:24 pm
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It finally got warm enough to put them back outside.
The whole batch. The 2 in the front that look like they are dead are the Rajapuri pups that I just got from Florida. The corms are so large that I had to use the 12" pots to fit them.
The individual bananas. The 2 large Musa Zebrina are from Home Depot and have a new leaf unfurling. The smaller M. zebrina, from Walmart, is taking longer but the spear of a new leaf has appeared.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 10/05/2007 2:33 pm
Spectacular growth already for this time of year!
My basjoo from corolla tropicals is showing a brand new spear just starting to come up.
Your growth is way ahead of mine! I hope to catch up soon 🙂
Nice purchases, Allen.
Barb
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Posted : 10/05/2007 5:44 pm
It finally got warm enough to put them back outside.
The whole batch. The 2 in the front that look like they are dead are the Rajapuri pups that I just got from Florida. The corms are so large that I had to use the 12" pots to fit them.
The individual bananas. The 2 large Musa Zebrina are from Home Depot and have a new leaf unfurling. The smaller M. zebrina, from Walmart, is taking longer but the spear of a new leaf has appeared.
Allen
Those 2 large bananas may have been mislabelled. Musa zebrina have red on the underside of the leaves. The Musa you have look like some sort of Cavendish cultivar to me. Here is a picture of my Musa zebrina's.
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Posted : 11/05/2007 1:50 pm
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They were not labeled, Ryan. People on another website I.D.ed all 3 of them as M. Zebrina.
I don't know for sure what they are, but was advised that the red stalk eliminated the Cavendish varieties. Sitting inside in overcast weather for a week seemed to wash out the color on them. I'll publish a pic later in the summer and see what you think then.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 11/05/2007 10:31 pm
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Here are updated pics.
My 3 box store bananas died back a bit when I repotted them and put them in the flower bed. they have finally started to put out a new leaf about every 3rd day. The stems are no longer red and the new leaves are less colorful. Are they a M. cavendish?
The 2 Raja puris have taken root and pushed up new leaves.
Now I need to pour the fertilizer and water to them.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 15/07/2007 10:51 pm
nice...!
the Musa Zebrina do have the red on the underneath and this red is visible from the top leaf as well..
Palmettoman Z6-Ajax, On
Posted : 19/07/2007 9:15 pm
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The leaves on all 5 of my bananas have frozen back and I will be bringing them in today. All of the M. Cavendish plants grew pups. The one with 2 pups had a pseudostem that was 2 1/2' tall. The others were shorter. The 2 rajapuris showed little height increase but were producing healthy leaves.
All in all I had a good year with the bananas although their growth slowed after the spring hot spell ended.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 04/10/2007 9:34 am
I thought Rajapuri and Zebrina were the same.
Dean
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Posted : 04/10/2007 12:39 pm
I believe rajapuri is hardier than the later...
PalmettomanZ6-Ajax, On
Posted : 04/10/2007 10:01 pm
