Showing posts with label bananas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bananas. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Hardy Bananas 2017 Update
The little bananas I bought last year are making a come back. It might be time to put them in ground. I brought them in the greenhouse for the winter because this is only it's first year and I wanted to make sure I protected the young plant before putting it in the wild. I thought they may have died but it looks like the roots stayed in tack and are making a glorious come back.
Friday, July 8, 2016
Hardy Bananas
Hardy Bananas,
This is the first time growing Hardy Bananas. The surprising grow well here in Seattle. Or should I say they can survive the Seattle Winters.
These suckers grow fast too. They've outgrown the pot I've had them in. It maybe time to up pot after only 2 months or so.
August 1st: Up Potted
August 10
This is the first time growing Hardy Bananas. The surprising grow well here in Seattle. Or should I say they can survive the Seattle Winters.
These suckers grow fast too. They've outgrown the pot I've had them in. It maybe time to up pot after only 2 months or so.
April:
June
July
August 1st: Up Potted
August 10
Monday, April 18, 2016
Bananas & finally planted my raised beds
New Bananas: 4/16/16
It sounds amazing but some Cold Hardy Bananas will survive our winters here in Seattle. The Musa Basjoo supposedly can withstand -3F temperatures.
I love tropical plants, so I bought these 2 little guys which are probably about 6 inches tall upon arrival. Let's see how big I can grow them this year. (That's if I do not kill them)
Bananas Like:
Raised Beds:
Been so busy with the new fence and other things in my life that tilling and amending my 3 raised beds has been low on my priority list. I finally managed to get them tilled last week. The original soil came from Carpinitos Top Soil delivery. I'm not too happy with it. It compacts after one season and had very little organics in it.
This year I added broken down wood chips, perlite, steer gro, and compost to each bead and gave then a thorough tilling. The soil looks amazing now. It's soft fluffy and full of humus, the added woodchips is to encourage mycorrhizae to grow. I've read that you're not suppose to till your raised beds but in this case it needed it badly. Moving forward I'm treating it like my potted plants. I also added rock dust and 10-10-10 to really super charge the soil.
I even got the wifey involved this year I gave her one of the beds to plant whatever she wanted. She opted for the Kale, lettuce, zucchini, cabbage and beans. While this year I'm just going to focus on peppers and my giant pumpkin.
After planting them she really took over 2 beds, but I'm perfectly happy so as long as we're enjoying the garden together.
A happy wife is a happy life!
July 2016 Update:
The bare beds have been taken over by the squash
It sounds amazing but some Cold Hardy Bananas will survive our winters here in Seattle. The Musa Basjoo supposedly can withstand -3F temperatures.
I love tropical plants, so I bought these 2 little guys which are probably about 6 inches tall upon arrival. Let's see how big I can grow them this year. (That's if I do not kill them)
Bananas Like:
- Rich, dark, fertile soils.
- Lots of mulch and organic matter. LOTS. Just keep piling it on.
- Lots of nitrogen and potassium. (Chicken manure or Steer gro!)
Raised Beds:
Been so busy with the new fence and other things in my life that tilling and amending my 3 raised beds has been low on my priority list. I finally managed to get them tilled last week. The original soil came from Carpinitos Top Soil delivery. I'm not too happy with it. It compacts after one season and had very little organics in it.
This year I added broken down wood chips, perlite, steer gro, and compost to each bead and gave then a thorough tilling. The soil looks amazing now. It's soft fluffy and full of humus, the added woodchips is to encourage mycorrhizae to grow. I've read that you're not suppose to till your raised beds but in this case it needed it badly. Moving forward I'm treating it like my potted plants. I also added rock dust and 10-10-10 to really super charge the soil.
I even got the wifey involved this year I gave her one of the beds to plant whatever she wanted. She opted for the Kale, lettuce, zucchini, cabbage and beans. While this year I'm just going to focus on peppers and my giant pumpkin.
After planting them she really took over 2 beds, but I'm perfectly happy so as long as we're enjoying the garden together.
A happy wife is a happy life!
July 2016 Update:
The bare beds have been taken over by the squash
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