Musas recovering after the worst winter ever

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun May 18, 2014 6:58 am

Here are a few pics of my musas recovering after the worst winter I can ever remember.....They are small for may but at least growing nicely!

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sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun May 18, 2014 7:12 am

and here they were last October.....I think they may catch up???? Who knows....

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TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sun May 18, 2014 1:06 pm

Looking good; I was not actually worried about them.
Same fertilizer treatment, the locally-sourced fish feces?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun May 18, 2014 1:51 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Looking good; I was not actually worried about them.
Same fertilizer treatment, the locally-sourced fish feces?

yep. plenty of that around here....

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun May 18, 2014 2:10 pm

They'll be forty feet tall this summer, Mike.
My pond needs cleaning too.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun May 18, 2014 3:48 pm

lucky1 wrote:They'll be forty feet tall this summer, Mike.
My pond needs cleaning too.

Barb

Ugh what a stink in' chess pit of muck and nastiness that was...I love gardening, but not pond cleaning....ugh

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sun May 18, 2014 4:51 pm

Fun photo, though. Thanks for sharing.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:09 am

Bananas are coming along nicely even after the slow start...Bamboo is fine too after all my worry....

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 1:05 pm

Mike,
looks like no winter even occurred there.
Very nice.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:33 pm

I know right, they are amazing plants...Although i have to say my huge fig trees took a hit. They died back to the ground, never ever covered or overwintered them in 13 years, that was crazy

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:12 pm

fig trees took a hit. They died back to the ground, never ever covered or overwintered them in 13 years

Those reminders of where we live (iffy zones) simply aren't fair.

Maybe they'll bounce back as well as the Musas.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:06 am

lucky1 wrote:
fig trees took a hit. They died back to the ground, never ever covered or overwintered them in 13 years
Those reminders of where we live (iffy zones) simply aren't fair.

Maybe they'll bounce back as well as the Musas.

Barb

NJ has never lost fig trees, no one ever wraps them, not this year: they all died back. They are coming back front he ground though......

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:24 pm

NJ has never lost fig trees

What a great zone you live in, Mike.
Normally, anyway.

Here, stuff dies even covered

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:50 pm

lucky1 wrote:
NJ has never lost fig trees
What a great zone you live in, Mike.
Normally, anyway.

Here, stuff dies even covered

Barb

we are pretty lucky here...

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:00 pm

Everything looks great, even the bamboo!

How did the figs do?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:50 am

canadianplant wrote:Everything looks great, even the bamboo!

How did the figs do?

Everything is growing like mad. However, this is the first year the figs have died back to the ground. Never in NJ history I am told. They're coming back up now. No one ever covers them here, so it was a surprise for all of us. I even had castor beans reseed and come back like crazy. Ya' just never know

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:25 am

I hear ya there mike.... the winter here was just as relatively harsh. My phyllostachys alata made it, so did my crocosmia and hybrid tea roses. And, I had MY fig survive outside too!

905palms · Post by **905palms** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:26 am

Awesome to hear! My Basjoo pups survived, but not the mother plant, despite all the hay that was used. (my neighbor still giving me crap about all the hay in his pool.. :lol) They re growing at their normal rate. I've since planted 2 Ensetes, we shall see what this winter does to those.... Anyone have luck with those?
The figs around here always seem pull through, my Italian friends say they must be laid down and covered.