Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid Atlantic Tropicals, 1 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Oh Holly. mama Musa looks good where you have it! And it she's putting out a pup I think it means she want to stay! So glad you and Ric could give her a home. I see she is in a pot (pretty!!) so will you overwinter her this winter? How are the red absynian bananas I swapped to you doing? Mine have really put on growth in the last few weeks and are almost 4 feet tall now. I love their coloration.

Ruby, I was wondering why I hadn't heard you mention the bananas! If you give them fresh soil and pot up and fertilize each watering they will catch up in no time! Bananas love to eat!

If you and Holly feed yours (and any one else who got one!) they will eventually reach the size of the one in this picture (tallest reddish in center) taken at my friend's house about 4 miles from mine. They gree mant tropicals and now live in FLA. This is what their yard looked like about this time of year. Sure doesn't look like most mid- atlantic yards!