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Indoor Basjoo doing great wht to exp in sum?
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Posted by andyandy 6bMI (My Page) on Mon, Feb 1, 10 at 13:49
| I got three Basjoo plants last year. Two I put in the ground and 1 in a pot. Of course the ones in the ground got the biggest (despite our non-existant summer). I moved the potted one in before the 1st frost and it has done quite well in a north-west facing window getting a few hours of direct morning sun. Even a few of the pups thaT I had cut down in late summer have come back. It is pushing up about 1 leaf every two weeks and has a total of 6 leaves and has about three feet of trunk. Is there any chance that if you add up that kind of head start on the 2010 growing season with a warm summer (it can't be two strait crap summers I would think) that if put in the ground in May that I could get it to flower. I heard it needs about 20-30 leaves.
thank you,
Andy |
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RE: Indoor Basjoo doing great wht to exp in sum?
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- Posted by donaldb 5B Worcester, MA (My Page) on
Wed, Feb 3, 10 at 8:53
| Wishful thinking about flowering it it's a Musa. I've had a couple for six years here in Massachusetts that are over thirteen feet tall in the summer and have never seen any signs of flowering. You have to realize that the season in the North is short. Who knows maybe you'll get lucky and I hope you do. I'm sure someone else will chime in. |
RE: Indoor Basjoo doing great wht to exp in sum?
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| all of mine seem to take 4 years. I have an ice cream and a mini sdc blooming right now. I'm in Indiana and we get a little bit more sun than you do. I fertilize them good though, which seems to get more growth on them. |
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