08-01-2010, 08:02 AM
I moved to HI from Belize and also suffered the shock of high plant prices. In BZ anyone will give you young banana plants if you dig them yourself, or the pineapple plants that come out just under the pineapple. In HI everyone wanted to charge me several dollars just for a banana plant. If we are talking about an approach grafted artocarpus or some other difficult to propagate thing, the price is justified, but for the plants you would just throw away anyway, it felt unfriendly, I must say.
Possibly the sellers of unusual bamboos paid a lot to import the variety?
Scott on Railroad in Kapoho has given me a good deal on bamboo propagation material. He is an open and honest guy too, so if he has it and the price is high, he will explain why he charges so much. I don't have his phone number but if you go down there, folks can point you his way.
Possibly the sellers of unusual bamboos paid a lot to import the variety?
Scott on Railroad in Kapoho has given me a good deal on bamboo propagation material. He is an open and honest guy too, so if he has it and the price is high, he will explain why he charges so much. I don't have his phone number but if you go down there, folks can point you his way.