The Ensetes are out.
The Ensetes are out.
Well, I dug my Ensetes up at the weekend and stowed them away in my garage. I thought I would post a pic of the final size of the ventricosum.
when I dug the ventricosum out I broke a piece of the corm off. I was wandering if this would affect the health of the plant and also whether there is a likelyhood of geeting a new plant to grow from this piece of corm.
when I dug the ventricosum out I broke a piece of the corm off. I was wandering if this would affect the health of the plant and also whether there is a likelyhood of geeting a new plant to grow from this piece of corm.
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Hi Simon
Nice garden and Ensetes. Looking at the size of the ventricosum, I would have thought no problem with the bit that broke off, but it could allow rot to set in. Not sure if the broken bit is big enough to be viable, but no harm in trying. Mark Hall is probably the man to tell you more
Nice garden and Ensetes. Looking at the size of the ventricosum, I would have thought no problem with the bit that broke off, but it could allow rot to set in. Not sure if the broken bit is big enough to be viable, but no harm in trying. Mark Hall is probably the man to tell you more
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Talk about variation This is my second year ventricosum. Thinking of nicknaming it Stumpy
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Thanks Don, I actually bought that this spring at Urban Jungle when we all met up. It was only a small plant. I was really suprised at its rate of growth.
You can see it in this pic from early in the season, just behind the Canna Australia. The Maurellii to the right is a second year plant which was overtaken by the ventricosum by the end of the season.
You can see it in this pic from early in the season, just behind the Canna Australia. The Maurellii to the right is a second year plant which was overtaken by the ventricosum by the end of the season.
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Well, I did ask that on UKO, but superbum is a tropical banana that does not do well outside (in summer) in the UK. My stumpy has withstood down to 0C last winter, and 0.9C last week. I put on another post the leaves were stiff with frost, and the pic above was taken 3 days later.Don wrote:Dave-that stumpy plant has all the characteristics of E.superbum or something very similar.
This is the pic I put on UKO, someone might remember it. My stumpy bottom left with Singapore botanical gardens superbum in the background. It does look similar, I must admit
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It's like Luciens Maurelii, and he used worm wee
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