wishingtree's Blog
wishingtree's Blog
Jan 6, 2008 | 6:27 PM PST
Tag: 3rd Generation Musas
I bought a High Coloured Dwarf Musa with 1 sucker from a Nursery in Oct 07. Now guess how many suckers I got from it now?... 4 suckers and the 1st sucker is producing it's own sucker, therefore, it would be the 3rd generation. I'm not sure if it's common for this to happen, but find it rather amusing.
Boy! At this rate it is going, I'm going to end up with a dwarf banana plantation in my balcony....hahahaha(lol) If anyone is wondering what I've been feeding them, they are receiving frequent feeds of used ground coffee, tea leaves, epsom salts and seaweed solution with water. The foliage is full and green. It looks beautiful like a mini palm tree.
I realised that the trunk of the 1st generation is getting thicker. Now, I'm looking forward to having it bear bananas for me.
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Jan 6, 2008 | 6:49 PM PST
Congratulations on your new babies! They are just darling. I am hoping to start some from seed that was given to us from one of my husbands customers. |
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Jan 7, 2008 | 12:33 AM PST
enjoy those banana treats... sounds really good. |
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Jan 7, 2008 | 1:46 PM PST
Very cool! I had a few myself (before I moved 3000 miles) and was starting to separate them, that does work well and takes the energy strain off the main plant. I have a small one right now (just a baby) and it will be kind of 'quiet' till it gets warmer. Nice to see some doing so well! |
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Jan 13, 2008 | 11:43 PM PST
Hmmm... I haven't tried growing bananas from seeds and was wondering if the fruit it bears will also have seeds. Oh yes, taking the young plantlets away from their 'mommy' would definitely lighten its 'burden'...hahahaha(LOL). Now the young ones are only about 2" emerging from the soil. May be I'll wait a while more to separate them out. |
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