BM's Banana Crop

Looking through some of my experimental shots from last nights shooting, and thought I would show you the crop of bananas growing this year. Ignore the test quality of the photos, just see the amount of baby bananas. Best crop I have had.

Summer





Winter





Can't wait till May when they can enjoy the open air, sun and rain again.

BM :D

 

Amazing, BM! I remember being completely astounded when I saw bananas growing in a glasshouse in one of the botanic gardens when I was a kid - so to think of them growing out in someone's garden is just incredible! :D

 

It is funny that the bananas stop at the point where the banana house went up. The flowers were not pollented during their appearance and falling. As the outer petals fall off to make way for the next wave, they leave a scar on the stem. I think as it warms up in to march, and the roof comes off periodically to air, insects will fly in to taste the unusual flowers and new bananas will apear further down.

 

Fascinating stuff BM and great pics!!

Sorry bit off thread here : I did what you said re; my musa and its still growing!! It's throwing up another leaf now. Is this ok? I thought they were supposed to go dormant??? It's getting a bit big....... :rolleyes:

 

As long as you have the room it will be fine. How often do you water. Mine recieved a drink for the first time yestersday since November.

 

Been watering about once a month, which generally goes straight through as the compost has shrank away from the sides :rolleyes: Think it must just like me!!!! If it gets any bigger we'll have to limbo under it!!!!! :D :D :D

 

Great pics BM - fascinating to see the bananas

 

What you can do windy is put a wet bath sponge on top of the pot so that the water oozes rather than like you say runs down the shrunken sides. Plus they only need like half a cup just to wet their whistle. :D

 

Half a cup - will do!! Thanks BM :D

 

Love the pictures BM, and would like to have a go with a banana plant, however (and I shrink from admitting this to you) I don't really like bannanas, so I would like to grow one with red leaves more for foliage than fruit.

Now thinking about it, your outside lav (as I call it) does not let any light in, so I suppose then now Mr Waco has let me develop my tropical ideas, they could go on the hot concrete apron in summer and in the stable winter, still leaving the greenhouse relitively uncluttered for his nude sunbathing - perhaps I should grow a few fig leaves too though

 

Looking good BM are they basjoo?