Hi i would like to buy a few small Musa sikkimensis bananas this year.Does ant body have any for sale at all?.Thanks

Hello all whats the best way to do this? I paced the seeds in warm water for 48hrs and then planted them in trays on a heat matt. have had them there 2 weeks and I know I have read that it can take months but I was wondering if anyone on here had a better way of doing it? many thanks

Although I have posted some pictures already,I wanted to show you this one ,of my sikkimensis red tiger pups.The mother plant is about 3 yrs old and has always had good markings.What I think is unusual is these pups are showing their markings immediatley.I have been ...

Hello all. I am hopefully getting either a muss basjoo or Sikkimensis as a christmas gift. I would like to know which would be better suited to the northern Yorkshire climate so i can have an input on which species i get :lol: . Apparently Sikkimensis ...

Can you only dry store maurelli and monti ensete's.

If not what others can you dry store over winter.

I bought a Sikkimensis from jungle seeds, it arrived in a 2ltr pot and stood about 4/5 ft tall. It was too weak to hold its own weight and when taking out of the box, ended up folding itself in half. In desperation I cut the plant ...

i bought a 4 foot one around 3 weeks ago and i planted it in my planter where an ensete maurelli and monti are. those are racing away but the sikki has pretty much stopped growing. it had an unrolled leak ready to uncurl which it did a few weeks ago but that leaf looked weak and went floppy. ...

... big as original in one season. 2013 I kept it in the unheated greenhouse with quite a few fleece bags. x2 potted Musa Basjoo sailed through, the sikki died again. Was about to bin it as no sign of life whatsover, when noticed this today,.. icon_thumleft http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y438/grapevine777/20130712_131922_zps15bcba25.jpg ...

Hi, Im Matt
New to the forum and serching for advice about my dozen or so Musa Sikkimensis and Musa Nagensium which i have grown from seed at the start of the year. They are all about 1.5ft tall now but not sure what to do over winter? Do i treat like cannas and ensetes?
Regards

Last year I dug it out, wrapped in fleece and put in the shed, it rotted and stem collapsed, thankfully a pup appeared and regrew icon_cheers Although never got as big this year as its mum :( I'm going to try keeping it in my plastic greenhouse this year, more airflow, 100% more light, and instead o...

Hi,i bought this Trachycarpus and i wanted to firstly ask ..is it a sikkim? and also if it is, will it be ok in the greenhouse for winter?
Thanks x

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This is what I would call a seedling Musa sikkimenis "Red Tiger". I thought you might find the pot its in an idea for yours your potting up soon or about to.

Hi all,

This Musa germinated just over a year ago and now stands at around 4 foot tall. Not bad for a few pence....

... There was some damage on the leaves but stems remained intact. GrevPlants 2012 109.JPG This new leaf was early June. Is this the same as M. sikkimensis 'red tiger'? One website suggested that 'bengal' showed more red than 'red'.

My seeds have arrived today. I've Been having a good look around forum and have read posts on sowing these seeds. But i have a few questions, if you dont mind :) 1) do I soak in warm water? Hot? Cold? 2) I'm going to have a go at bag method is this better with vermiculite or soil or both? I was goin...