Easy tropicals sale

alan · Post by **alan** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:39 pm

just been on their website and some aroids etc reduced

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:03 pm

Thanks for the heads up Alan.
Just ordered Musa Ice cream,laterita and a small Dypsis that I've had my eye on for a while now,with 50% off....bargain

Mulus also got a sale on by the way.
For one week only.If you're nearby theres loads of smaller ex display plants up for silly money.Shame I live about 4 hrs away

Steve

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:54 pm

Well the Ice cream's now here.And its much bigger than I thought it'd be.I'll post a pic tommorrow.
I didn't realise the Laterita was a corm.I'd guess the best thing to do with it would be to place it in a propagator,and treat the same as an Alocasia to get it started?
Steve

Post by **Dave Brown** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:18 pm

Did it come with with a flake

Don't know anything about that one... is it big when in fruit?

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:59 pm

To be honest I know next to nothing myself.Except its supposed to be a good candidate for a fruiting banana in the UK.Although I've found out since ordering it that D Orinoco or D Brazilian would have been a better choice.As Ice cream doesn't like our cool damp weather.But its a nice looking plant,and I'm well pleased with it.So here it is

Sadly it didn't come with a flake,or sauce for that matter

Steve

Post by **Dave Brown** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:37 pm

BL@@Dy 'ELL Steve

,

When you said a bit bigger than you thought I was thinking around it being a foot tall rather than 6 inches, not an 8 footer.

Nice slim looking banana through, but you may need a second story on your greenhouse.

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:21 am

I was thinking the exact same thing

Or maybe a custom banana house like Bananamans on UKO,except a bit bigger to house more of them

Libby · Post by **Libby** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:26 am

Golly how big does it get steve?

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:32 pm

As a complete guess Libby I'd say no bigger than a Sikkimensis,but I'm not completely sure.I didn't research about it before hand.
As usual it wa a complete impulse buy

Steve

Libby · Post by **Libby** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:00 pm

Dangerous but fun!!

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:22 pm

Definatly

I've just searched it and came up with this site,
http://www.centralfloridafarms.com/banana-icecream.htm
looks like it gets a little bit bigger than Sikkimensis.But I think its unlikely to reach this size in the UK.If it does I'll have to get a bigger greenhouse

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:49 pm

interesting Steve,

I'm not sure if I am reading that correctly, but they seem to be saying it fruits in one season if planted early enough, from a second year corm, and that it dies back in their winter. This seems to suggest that if you cut it to 6 feet to over winter, in warmth, you may get a flower the second season. Getting the fruit to ripen is another matter though.

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:13 am

I think you've probably got to be in a warmer zone than us to get fruit that quickly.
Although it would be nice.
Steve