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I can only imagine what these would have done with our normal rainfall-
I think they saw 2 rainfalls over an inch April-Sept,the growth
was visible from each rain event in these and the Bananas.
In spite of this- the warmest March in history and a lot of hot
weather made for the biggest Castors I have ever grown-
I think they were already the biggest in July!
sorry about the sunlight in back of them--but if you look close you can
see a 12' pole that I put 6" of a yard in-so,the pole is 14' 6" tall.
This puts the Castor bean plants at 14 feet 7 inches,maybe more..
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Posted : 17/09/2012 11:53 am
Haven't ever heard they could get that tall, Jim.
Fabulous!
What was their max growth last year?
Barb
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Posted : 17/09/2012 12:59 pm
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usually no more than 12' although I had a different variety that was pretty tall too.
heres a pic of the same variety in the same place on Sept 27,2009
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Posted : 17/09/2012 1:43 pm
Incredible...can only imagine what nutrients they need to take OUT OF the soil to get that large.
Passerby good for scale 😆
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Posted : 17/09/2012 3:17 pm
Those are some nice big healthy looking plants you have there. Caster Beans are quite tough and can survive on very little water although they are sparsely foliated and don't look that good. They are weedy here and survive on 10-20 inches of rainfall just fine.
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Posted : 17/09/2012 4:32 pm
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Those are some nice big healthy looking plants you have there. Caster Beans are quite tough and can survive on very little water although they are sparsely foliated and don't look that good. They are weedy here and survive on 10-20 inches of rainfall just fine.
But they will grow slooooooooooooow
thanks Barb
they are a lot of fun to watch grow-all that from a little seed in one growing season.
My poor Washy is getting shaded out but has grown 17 leaves anyway-LOL
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Posted : 17/09/2012 4:37 pm
17 leaves on your Washy 😯 😯 :bounce:
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Posted : 17/09/2012 5:14 pm
17 leaves on your Washy 😯 😯 :bounce: Barb
In once season? :bounce: :bounce: 😯
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Posted : 18/09/2012 4:57 am
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Yep-you know,I had read about that like all of us have......
you know,the stories of a foot of trunk growth a year and such.
Really cool to see it-the trunk has grown a foot at least and the
base is so fat that even if I slid the same cover over it,there is no
room for the x-mas lights in between the trunk and protection
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Posted : 18/09/2012 11:07 am
Cool stuff! I just ordered Purple New Zealand Castor Bean seeds to plant in the spring.....I can;t wait. never had them before
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Posted : 07/01/2013 2:58 pm
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The purple one are really gorgeous-if photobucket was working I would post some pics from a few years ago 🙁
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Posted : 07/01/2013 6:22 pm
The purple one are really gorgeous-if photobucket was working I would post some pics from a few years ago 🙁
Thanks....I saw soem of your pics on another garden forum I think and on flickr???? Have you got an account there?
Mike Trautner
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Posted : 07/01/2013 8:49 pm
Great looking yard Jim! I want spring NOW! 😀
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Posted : 07/01/2013 9:26 pm
On their way to the second floor, Jim.
I'm with Tim...spring NOW.
Barb
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Posted : 08/01/2013 12:15 am
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Mike-just photobucket and webshots and now image shack in case photobucket is down again.
Heres a decent shot(s) showing the coloration of the New Zealand purple.
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