Great update! They are looking really good so far this summer. Can't wait to see how they look by the end of the season! My Musa Basjoo that I overwintered last year in my garden in North West England is huge already, such fast-growing plants.
Thanks, yes they are really starting to grow big now that the weather has improved. I did loose a lot of leaves due to the storms and the growth was slow until the warm weather arrived, just two weeks ago there was not much to see due to all the broken leaves from the storms. This summer the sikkimensis are growing bigger than the basjoo, although in their first year they were pretty similar. My basjoo seems to be putting a lot of energy into new pups, whereas my sikkimenses are focusing mainly on the one stem.
It's possible, but unlikely in my climate, also these bananas are not very good for eating as they are not very sweet and are usually full of seeds. I'm just growing them for the tropical appearance, but edible bananas would be a bonus.
I use a variety of different ones, I use a slow release organic feed in spring such as blood, fish and bone or chicken manure pellets, to give a balanced feed for the whole bed. I then use liquid feeds for the rest of the summer, I use a balanced liquid feed once or twice to make sure they have all the nutrients that they need, but I usually feed the bananas with a pure nitrogen and epsom salt feed over the warmer weeks of summer to encourage large deep green leaves. As for frequency I go by the colour of the leaf or by the temperature in the weather forecast as the plants will use a lot more feed when they are growing fast during the warmer weeks.
Great update! They are looking really good so far this summer. Can't wait to see how they look by the end of the season! My Musa Basjoo that I overwintered last year in my garden in North West England is huge already, such fast-growing plants.
Thanks, yes they are really starting to grow big now that the weather has improved. I did loose a lot of leaves due to the storms and the growth was slow until the warm weather arrived, just two weeks ago there was not much to see due to all the broken leaves from the storms. This summer the sikkimensis are growing bigger than the basjoo, although in their first year they were pretty similar. My basjoo seems to be putting a lot of energy into new pups, whereas my sikkimenses are focusing mainly on the one stem.
great experience! well done!
do they really make that trunk from seed in just one year? thats insane (ensete ventricosum)
sooooo.. wil you get Bananas ?
It's possible, but unlikely in my climate, also these bananas are not very good for eating as they are not very sweet and are usually full of seeds. I'm just growing them for the tropical appearance, but edible bananas would be a bonus.
@@Gardeningat58N thx
What fert are you using?
I use a variety of different ones, I use a slow release organic feed in spring such as blood, fish and bone or chicken manure pellets, to give a balanced feed for the whole bed. I then use liquid feeds for the rest of the summer, I use a balanced liquid feed once or twice to make sure they have all the nutrients that they need, but I usually feed the bananas with a pure nitrogen and epsom salt feed over the warmer weeks of summer to encourage large deep green leaves. As for frequency I go by the colour of the leaf or by the temperature in the weather forecast as the plants will use a lot more feed when they are growing fast during the warmer weeks.
Ya know u want ppl to listen......so shut up @the first few ❤