The mystery bananas continue to grow rapidly. I had some extra soil, so I topped off the dirt. I'm glad I did because I found a large root starting to grow on top of the soil.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Mystery Corm Update
The growth rate of my mystery bananas far exceeds that of my Dwarf Cavendish plants. Yesenia (on right) and Yulisa (on left) have grown 6-8 inches in a week. If they keep this up, by the time I'm able to plant them in April or May they will be 4-6 feet tall. We'll see.
I still don't know what type of bananas they are. I have noticed that the midrib of the leaves are pink. They even have some pink veining. The stems are a rosy pink. Ice Cream bananas have these characteristics. However my research indicate that Ice Cream banana fruit is 6-9 inches long. According to the corm's previous owner, it produces small fruit. I'm still clueless as to its variety.
I'd like to find out how fast the mystery plants grow so that this coming fall and winter I can get a pup started indoors. If I can plant it outside early enough, just maybe it will have grown long enough to fruit.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Mystery Banana Update
Yesenia (on left) and Yulisa (on right) have grown almost an inch today. These mystery bananas, whatever they are, grow fast.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Absolutely Amazing
I just wrote an update on Yulisa Mystery. Then I ate supper. By the time I returned, she had changed.
Dwarf Namwa Unfurls
Dwarf Namwa produced another leaf. It's been 1.5 weeks since the last leaf emerged. This is slow for a banana with such small leaves.. However, since this is a tissue cultured plant, it will probably take longer since it doesn't have a corm yet, only roots.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Mystery Banana Update
Yesenia Mystery (on right) grew nearly one inch in a day. Her rapid growth is astounding.
Yulisa Mystery didn't grow much, but she's definitely larger than she was a few days ago.
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