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montyBurns has contributed to 4 posts out of 2511 total posts
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General Tropical plant growing Tips »
Mailing Musa Feb 17, 2005 11:30 AM
(Total replies: 8)
Not sure if this is the right forum but... I have found a kind gentleman who has far too many Basjoo plants and has offered to send me some pups. What is the best way for him to send them, both from a plant health point of view as well as keeping the cost down. Can they be shipped as canna corms are, just cut the stem down to about 2" and send that way? Or should he leave the plants intact? If he does this the shipping costs get way to high! Any suggestions? For what its worth, the plants will be shipped from St Louis to Boston, is that makes any difference. This fellow has a ton of these so if you want to know who he is (he's a member of this board I believe) ask in your response and I will let you know. Thanks!
Tropical plants help! questions and answers. »
can anyone help me? Feb 10, 2005 05:45 PM
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I'm no expert, but am gearing up to grow some for the first time this spring. Not sure what zone you are in, but if you get snowy winters you are going to want to look for 'Cold Hardy' varieties (so they don't die in the cold). Musa Basjoo is the best known of these, also Musa Sikkimensis is cold hardy. Also the Blue Java Ice Cream Banana Plant is supposed to be cold hardy as well.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Banana Tree Predators Feb 9, 2005 12:29 PM
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Hello, this message is assuming I ever get my M. Sikkimensis to sprout! The question is, are there any danger to banana plants, at any stage, to rabbits or deer or any other critter like that (excluding insects). I am in Z5b in southern Massachusetts, and am looking forward to creating a whole tropical bed this spring (bananas, cannas, oter unusual tropicals I can find), but it just occurred to me that these things might be delicassies for the woodland creatures. Any experience with this? Any remedies? Thanks
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Musa Sikkimensis from Seed -- Please Help!! Feb 2, 2005 12:43 PM
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I have been trying for months to germinate Musa Sikkimensis, and nothing is happening, could you let me know if I am doing something wrong? I received the seeds in mid November. First I soaked them in warm water for 3 days. I then nicked each of them to expose the interior on each side of the seed and set them into a clear Tupperware container filled with moist perlite. At first they just sat like that with some cannas I have under a grow light. (Does this type germinate in light or dark?) After a month and a half or so , I put a heating pad under them and began to alternate between heat half the day and no heat the second half, still nothing. I am considering removing them from the perlite mixture and sowing them instead in a seed starter mix or cubes. Any suggestions? Alternate Methods? Anything would be greatly appreciated. I need 15 foot banana trees in my New England yard! |
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