Tiny ensete back to life

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callin

Tiny ensete back to life

Post by callin »

I initially intended to dry store them over the winter, i know they was to little to dry store but I wanted to make an experiment.
Noticing that they started to shrink so fast :><: I have realised that I m forced to abort mission due to the fact that untill spring not much will remain to regrow soo...I decided to bring them back to life.
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callin

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Couple of weeks later....

The one on the right doesn t look so determined to cooperate with the forces of good :wink: and return to growing mode.
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callin

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Being afraid of a possible middle rot situation I have performed a surgical operation, without anesthesia of course. :lol:
Seems that the pacient is ok after the applyed procedure. I hope it will not be a successful operation but with a dead pacient :D
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cordyman

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I had this exact same scenario with one of mine that died last year

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I cut it back, then a few weeks later it looked the same again. I'm wondering now should I have cut away more of the crispy outer leaves as these may have restricted the new rollers due to being welded pretty crispy round the edges.
cordyman

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Eg. this area was rock solid...
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Panama Pete

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Post by Panama Pete »

wouldn't these of been okay as plants in the house? there very small.
callin

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These two fellas was planted in the ground in late summer. Unfortunatelly I failed to uproot them in time to pot for keeping in the house and a cold snap in november fryed their leaves completely. So.. I said ..ok, lets try dry storage.
Cordy, I have made the cut on them three times untill noticed some growth.
derrick

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Post by derrick »

That's a green Ensete I think .Its best to keep it dry in a south facing window .In dry soil it should recover .They come back better than Maurelii.
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