Progress of the musa mekong giant "itinerans"

I tried purchasing musa mekong giant last year however they never made it through the winter when I tried planting them outside. The appeared to still be alive by the spring time however too much moisture in the spring must have killed them out so I ended up ordering a couple more of them from eBay this spring. Here's the links to when I tried them last fall.
http://stevespeonygarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-banana-plants-musa-mekong-giant.html

http://stevespeonygarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-update-on-banana-plants-2.html

I bought them as tiny plants in 2 inch pots some time in April of this year to replace the ones I lost last fall.

3 May 2012

Plant 1 on the right, and plant 2 on the left.

30 June 2012: Both of them filled out their pots so I planted them in the ground about 76-12 inches deep.

Plant 1

Plant 2

28 July 2012
Getting up to 2ft tall.
Plant 1

Plant 2

18 August 2012
Getting up to 3ft tall
Plant 1

Plant 2

24 August 2012
Getting up near 4ft tall
Plant 1

23 September 2012
They are breaking the 6ft mark now, and starting to produce pups
Plant 2 on right

Plant 2's pup

Plant 1's pups

3 October 2012
With the cooler weather, these guys aren't getting that much more than 6ft for this year by approximately 3 inches in diameter. I gave away one of the pups on plant 1 to even it up. I also added a nice layer of leaf mold to improve the soil and provide some protection for winter in advance. Each of these bananas are also starting to run some 2 inch thick rhizomes up to 2ft away.

Plant 1 near side

10 October 2012
Frost is supposed to come by the 12th of October so this is about  the most that they will grow for the year.
Plant 1 near side