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Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:08 am
by miketropic
don't wish you had one there about the hardest thing I have ever had to overwinter. mine has been in a 60f greenhouse all winter and there both about dead
Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:28 pm
by Dave Brown
miketropic wrote:don't wish you had one there about the hardest thing I have ever had to overwinter. mine has been in a 60f greenhouse all winter and there both about dead
but have you had the winter from hell Mike, like North Carolina up thru D.C. ?
They seem to need additional light for me
Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:42 am
by miketropic
this was the worst winter in 30 years which did not help and I agree adding lights makes them much easier to overwinter. my only point is on the scale of bananas this one is at the top of the difficulty meter for overwintering
Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:27 pm
by Mowgley
Agree I've lost mine too. It was only a small one in a 9cm pot
Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:47 pm
by GREVILLE
Looks like Ruby is now on a leaf a week and both sides are red. Can't believe it's colouring so early.
Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:45 am
by Yorkshire Kris
GREVILLE wrote:Looks like Ruby is now on a leaf a week and both sides are red. Can't believe it's colouring so early.
That's very impressive. This plant is so hard to grow well.
Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:18 am
by Dave Brown
Yorkshire Kris wrote:GREVILLE wrote:Looks like Ruby is now on a leaf a week and both sides are red. Can't believe it's colouring so early.
That's very impressive. This plant is so hard to grow well.
Needs a tropical environment to do well.... temps above 20C, 24 hours a day, and high light levels and humidity. Not something it is easy to recreate here.
Re: Musa siam ruby (Actually M zebrina) and colocasia at B&M
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:51 pm
by GREVILLE
Don't think it ever falls below 20c at my mothers place. It gets very warm water, too. Light levels must be high enough as even the largest pup has a red edge on the lime green leaf.