If you remember earlier this year we got in contact with Wlad Gurtovy (US7IGN) after buying his book “War Diaries – A Radio Amateur in Kyiv” (on sale here). We originally heard about Wlad in the Radio 4 programme in the Lights Out series called Call Signs talking about life in Kyiv on his own after his wife and children had to flee to Poland because of the present crazy war. The show is still up online if you haven’t caught it, it is a must listen. Available here.
At the time he sent us pictures of his good friend Sergiy (UT3UFD)’s banana plant growing indoors in his apartment in Kyiv and it looked very healthy with all the care and attention it was getting from Sergiy. More on the post here.
We heard from Wlad last week alongside some updates of Sergiy’s indoor banana plant and it’s looking great and may even fruit this autumn! Perhaps we can have a word with Sergiy and ask about any tips and tricks about growing bananas indoors. As we’re not the best with identifying indoor plants we wonder if the bottom photo is another banana seedling or even a cutting. We await more info.
Thanks again to Wlad and Sergiy for keeping in touch with us considering what life is like in Kyiv at the moment. We at Weeds are thinking of them out there in Ukraine and hope that the war ends soon.