Our Leap into Peafowl!

[clinton9]

Hi Alea,
I likes gardening and grow tropical plants too, and heliconias, gingers, ornamental banana plants.

I have cold-hardy heliconias, gingers, ornamental banana plants and I raise some banana plants from seeds.

I am wondering....are you interested in cold-hardy heliconias ??? ornamental banana plants ??? gingers ???

If yes, I will help you, as I know two repliable seed suppliers who lives in Pureto Rico, and I will send you some banana seeds.

Which zones you lives ??? Do you get cold winter ??? snow ???

If you don't understand zones, can you tell me the name of state or town you lives.

Clinton.


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[AugeredIn]

Did not get as much done this weekend as I hoped. I did get all of the roof structure up that will hold up the netting. I also got the main roof beam up for the rafters on the three 10 by 10 areas that will be covered.

 

[AugeredIn]

I have read all the various threads on floor space. As a practical matter how many peafowl would you put in one of the 10 by 30 pens or the 20 by 20 pen?

 

[clinton9]

Hi, AugeredIn,
Don't forget to dig the trenches around edges of your future peafowl pens & bury the chicken netting...remember foxes and raccoons and mammals will dig under the fences to get the birds at nighttime, plus raccoons can climb and use their hand-like paws to rip the nettings.

Clinton.







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[AugeredIn]

Oh you can bet there will be a 24-inch hardware cloth apron buried.

 

[MinxFox]

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Really? That is cool so what zone are you in? I am in zone 8b and we don't get snow but it gets down into the 20's. I have only two bananas at the moment, but I want some more because I love banana plants. I read that there are some cold hardy gingers, and I have been trying to find some. I got some heliconia recently and planted it, I am not sure if it is the cold hardy kind. I have never been able to find heliconias so I jumped at the chance to get it especially because it was cheep so I am hopping if it dies back it will come back. I love my fatsias in the peafowl pen too, they look tropical and stay green all year round but sometimes the leaves get burnt from the sun. I don't have much experience with growing plants from seeds though, we mainly get them already started. Do you know the specific name of the cold hardy gingers? I noticed that my aunt has some tropical looking plants that look like they might be gingers...They might be. I really wish I could grow lipstick palm here or banyan trees.

Anyways to stay on topic, the pen looks like it is going to be a great size, I am sure the peafowl will love it!

 

[clinton9]

Hi Alea,
I lives in zone 10 in Thames, New Zealand.

Zone 8 is too cold for most heliconias and subbtropical plants, but I know cold-hardy heliconia called heliconia schiedeana.

You could try these cold-hardy subtropical plants below.

Heliconia schiedeana
Alpinia zerumbet (ginger) both normal and variegated.
Alpinia malaccensis (ginger)
Alpinia hainaensis (ginger)
Musa velutina
Musa mannii
Musa aurantiaca

The cold-hardy cultivar of edible banana plants called "Misi Luki" might grow in zone 8, but might or might not flower/ fruit.

Websites of repliable seed suppliers below.

www.viveroanones.com
www.zone9tropicals.com
www.gingersrus.com

Otherwise go to Garden Centres & look for Lipstick palms & Banyan trees.

Too late for you to sow seeds now, you have to wait until April before you import the seeds from Puerto Rico.
You need a 6 X 6 metres hothouse for raise seeds of gingers. No hothouse-no tropical plants.

I am raising the seeds of zone 9-10 heliconias inside my hothouse. I mixed compost and sand together & fill the seed-raising trays, with mixture, then I sowed the seeds, then I water tthe seeds.
I have to wait for 1-3 months before seeds germinate. I planted 1-year-old heliconias outdoor in my gardens and in few years time they will flower.

Cheers

Clinton.

 

[MinxFox]

Oh I wish I was in zone 10! We have a small greenhouse, I will try growing some of those things. Thanks

 

[AugeredIn]

I wish we were in zone 10 MinxFox. I would probably just wish for some cool weather.
I love banana trees. I tried to get the dwarfs to fruit each year.

 

[NateinFL]

Great Job, looking really good!!!