finally finished this, my boss put a cut out yeti in shot one evening and a bonus xanthosoma violaceum leaf growing at the end

unfortunatly it seems to have the strangles so I will probably cut off all this growth

Hello there, popped out to get lamp and bulb for seedlings, couldnt find cfl bulbs in tescos so i grabbed an SES 29watt bulb its a yellowish colour. i'll bet its useless right? the seedlings have doubled in size in 48 hours with 12 hour light cycles but this could just be due to the enegery in the s...

I have 4 that im overwintering dried out without watering, 2 in the loft (Cold) and 2 at work (25c) just checked the ones at work and they were literally covered in white bugs. a few rounds of bug clear over the next few days methinks! Will have to pop up to the loft and check the others tonight how...

literally within 48 hours i have 8 germinations!! presumably thats the correct terminology! I soaked the ensete glaucum seeds in hot water and kept in the airing cuboard for 10+ days then popped them into boiled soil and put back into the airing cuboard pictures to follow realy ...

My partner decided to get my ensete 'Montbeliardii' in to the festive mode. This is the result.

... the compost. then im unsure how to play it... presumably light is not important as its under soil anyway. i hear constant temps are inmportant for ensete. so im considering just putting all 9 pots on top shelf of airing cuboard for as many months as it takes, misting the surface of the compost ...

Hi All,
just been reading up on cannas and i wondered if given the nature of Banana seeds there is any benefit in chipping these then immersing to get them to germinate.
I also wondered if there is any point trying to start cannas, gingers or banana before christmas inside?

Hi all, First post! I purchased 10 seeds for some reason thinking they were musa basjoo, when they arrived they turned out to be Ensete Glauca. I soaked one seed in water for 2 days changing it every 12 hours or so, its now in seedling compost without peat. and the pot is at about 25 -30 ...

The recent mild weather has meant 4th year Ensete Montbeliardii is in it's 9th month of growth this year and is around 15 feet tall. Totally thrashed by high winds but still in good growth. Ensete Montbeliardii 2011 season growth 2011 Mighty 'Montbeliardii' ...

So I followed Yorkshire Kris' excellent videos a few weeks ago and put my Ensete v. Maurelii away for the winter. The only problem is, even the coldest places (i.e. shed) are running at mins of 7-8C and max of 16-17C due to the mild weather. At the moment it ...

Just a quick update of my little pup that is adapting and growing really well in my house.
Gabriel

I would like to establish if this is going to be a viable method of over wintering Musa, Musella and Ensete. If you are going to try it with any of the said plants could you say so in this thread so I can ask for your results in the spring, we can then establish if this method ...

Following Yorkshire Kris's excellent video I have "hopefully" got my Maurellei ready for winter - STAGE 1. When I dug it up I was surprised that there were so few roots supporting this plant. As Kris recommends I used hose to wash off all ssoil from the roots. I will leave it upside down i...

... so warm and sunny but they are on borrowed time after all, so I've taken the opportunity to start the overwintering process on these three potted Ensete's. The left hand one is a pure green ventricosum which was grown from seed this year and I've never succesfully overwintered one of these yet ...

... will show how the length in storage, method and temp affect survival rates. So data required is; PART ONE Name: Location (nearest City/Town: Ensete circumference at base (widest point): Date dug up: Date put into storage: Temp stored: -4 to 0 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to15 higher Method used drying ...