Impressive effort with the ensete Dragan. Amazing that it continued to grow through tye winter. I dry store my ensetes for convenience. Great video as always 👍
Thank you Vincenze! Dry storage in mild winter regions is typically for a much shorter period than colder zones. I found the amount of growth during the season and the health and vigor is worth growing year round for me in my climate. Cheers.
Hey Dragan! Thanks for the shout out! I'm starting to get my winter protection ready for the fall/winter. Certainly has been an interesting grow summer. Cheers!
Keep up the good work and keep experimenting. I hope there are many weeks of growing ahead. Many of my plants have not flowered yet i.e.: plumerias, gingers etc. Happy gardening.
Wow this is a monster and a proper stunner! Abolsutely love the overwintering methods and makes me feel a lot more secure in my 9a conditioms! I dry stored mine and pleased with the new leaves on its 2nd year. Big thumbs up and subsribe!
Such a great plant! I brought mine in for the winter last season by cutting the top off at the center point of the pseudo-trunk. One clean cut with a machete. This was to prevent it growing into my ceiling before spring. 3 weeks after bringing it in, it went from looking like a stump to a proper banana tree. A little bit of supplemental lighting combined with a South facing window and it was almost too big to get out the doors by spring. Your zone pushing garden is an inspiration! Keep up the great work and content!
I've got my eye on you! You crazy Canadian! I have nearly the exact same size Red Absynian. These are interesting, as they do not pup like the Musa Basjoo. A few bananas we have had good luck with are the Apple banana, and the Double Mohoi. Both of these are pretty robust. The Double Mohoi pups about twice as often as the Musa's. A suggestion, Try a Laosy Giant colocasia. But only from Plant Delights Nursery. These will amaze you. We have four of them. In two seasons, all the leaves are over 3ft long and wide and getting larger. They pup slowly, so they do not appear invasive. I love your videos. I know how cold it can get in the great white north, as I couldn't breath the cold air when I was walking across a field west of Calgary. I've never experienced anything like it. Thank you, Charlie in San Diego.
That's an amazing specimen. I struggled with mine some, but that is due to me not giving them as much care as they really needed. Seeing that you overwinter these in the ground in your zone, makes me want to try that too. I do wonder if by keeping it in a dark enclosure, compared to using the cold frame polycarbonate method continued growth throughout the winter would be slowed enough so that one does not have to trim it back as often as you said you had to. Thanks again for sharing. Can't wait to see more of your Garden. I also was wondering if you use a special Soil mix for your raised beds. You mentioned that the Soil is amended, but would like to know as I want to somewhat replicate the raised Garden bed method.
Thank you very much Brian! By trying to restrict it's growth during winter by putting it in a dark box is not great for the plant, the string of C9 bulbs give it a fare bit of light. Is it good for the plant or good for you? If you want a descent specimen the plants always come first. Soil building is a process and takes some time. To start mix in tons of compost to your existing soil, then each fall add 6-12 inches or 15-30 cm of dry leaves, maple leaves are good, oak leaves will add tannic acid benefiting some plants and not others, well chopped with your lawnmower. As this breaks down through the following seasons your soil gets better and better. In the last few years I add a layer of wood chips and horse manure 2-3 inches as a mulch in either spring or fall.
@@GreenDragan Thank you for that information. Especially since I got a Huge Maple tree from which I can utilize its leave for that. As always Thank You!
Very impressive!!! I'm trying to do much the same here in zone 6a. I was wondering if you made yourself or pre-purchased the cold frames? I've been checking out parts online and am stuck figuring out how to attach the corners in particular.
Thank you very much! I have designed and built my own cold frames over the years. I have a two part video on winter protection methods and cold frame construction if interested th-cam.com/video/650yBmEGSG4/w-d-xo.html Cheers.
Impressive effort with the ensete Dragan. Amazing that it continued to grow through tye winter. I dry store my ensetes for convenience. Great video as always 👍
Thank you Vincenze! Dry storage in mild winter regions is typically for a much shorter period than colder zones. I found the amount of growth during the season and the health and vigor is worth growing year round for me in my climate. Cheers.
Hey Dragan! Thanks for the shout out! I'm starting to get my winter protection ready for the fall/winter. Certainly has been an interesting grow summer. Cheers!
Keep up the good work and keep experimenting. I hope there are many weeks of growing ahead. Many of my plants have not flowered yet i.e.: plumerias, gingers etc. Happy gardening.
Thank you ! 🌺💚🙃
You are so welcome!
Wow this is a monster and a proper stunner! Abolsutely love the overwintering methods and makes me feel a lot more secure in my 9a conditioms! I dry stored mine and pleased with the new leaves on its 2nd year. Big thumbs up and subsribe!
Thank you very much!
Such a great plant! I brought mine in for the winter last season by cutting the top off at the center point of the pseudo-trunk. One clean cut with a machete. This was to prevent it growing into my ceiling before spring.
3 weeks after bringing it in, it went from looking like a stump to a proper banana tree. A little bit of supplemental lighting combined with a South facing window and it was almost too big to get out the doors by spring.
Your zone pushing garden is an inspiration! Keep up the great work and content!
Thank you for watching. They are amazing plants, growing even during less than ideal conditions. Good luck with you Ensete.
I've got my eye on you! You crazy Canadian!
I have nearly the exact same size Red Absynian. These are interesting, as they do not pup like the Musa Basjoo. A few bananas we have had good luck with are the Apple banana, and the Double Mohoi.
Both of these are pretty robust. The Double Mohoi pups about twice as often as the Musa's.
A suggestion,
Try a Laosy Giant colocasia. But only from Plant Delights Nursery. These will amaze you. We have four of them. In two seasons, all the leaves are over 3ft long and wide and getting larger. They pup slowly, so they do not appear invasive.
I love your videos. I know how cold it can get in the great white north, as I couldn't breath the cold air when I was walking across a field west of Calgary. I've never experienced anything like it.
Thank you,
Charlie in San Diego.
Thank you so much for watching! I do have several large Alocasias, including Borneo King, Sumo and others. Cheers.
Wow! Amazing! Thanks.
That's an amazing specimen. I struggled with mine some, but that is due to me not giving them as much care as they really needed. Seeing that you overwinter these in the ground in your zone, makes me want to try that too. I do wonder if by keeping it in a dark enclosure, compared to using the cold frame polycarbonate method continued growth throughout the winter would be slowed enough so that one does not have to trim it back as often as you said you had to. Thanks again for sharing. Can't wait to see more of your Garden.
I also was wondering if you use a special Soil mix for your raised beds. You mentioned that the Soil is amended, but would like to know as I want to somewhat replicate the raised Garden bed method.
Thank you very much Brian! By trying to restrict it's growth during winter by putting it in a dark box is not great for the plant, the string of C9 bulbs give it a fare bit of light. Is it good for the plant or good for you? If you want a descent specimen the plants always come first. Soil building is a process and takes some time. To start mix in tons of compost to your existing soil, then each fall add 6-12 inches or 15-30 cm of dry leaves, maple leaves are good, oak leaves will add tannic acid benefiting some plants and not others, well chopped with your lawnmower. As this breaks down through the following seasons your soil gets better and better. In the last few years I add a layer of wood chips and horse manure 2-3 inches as a mulch in either spring or fall.
@@GreenDragan Thank you for that information. Especially since I got a Huge Maple tree from which I can utilize its leave for that. As always Thank You!
Very impressive!!! I'm trying to do much the same here in zone 6a. I was wondering if you made yourself or pre-purchased the cold frames? I've been checking out parts online and am stuck figuring out how to attach the corners in particular.
Thank you very much! I have designed and built my own cold frames over the years. I have a two part video on winter protection methods and cold frame construction if interested th-cam.com/video/650yBmEGSG4/w-d-xo.html Cheers.
Where do you get your cold frames?
I designed and built my own cold frames.
I always wonder why people choose to only have them in pots when they grow so much better in the ground.
Palm trees and bananas can be a long term commitment in the ground. In a pot is much quicker and easier. Cheers.