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lorax · 11-30-2009, 11:53 AM

Pauly, if I had the range of cultivars available to me that you've got, I'd be set. However, because of Ecuador's restrictions on import of bananas, TC or otherwise, I have to work with the cultivars that are already here. GMs are my hands-down favourite cultivar, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to push them for the fruit.

Plus, I love a challenge. My yard site is relatively well sheltered from the wind (1-2 storey walls on all 4 sides) so I think I've got a better than average chance. At this altitude, and with no trees, the wind can get up to 50 kph here very easily.

I know already that E. ventricosum and E. Maurelii will grow here, as they're fixtures in the city's parks. I'm more interested to see if I can fruit an edible variety, since I haven't seen a single one in the area. I'm definitely using your thread on desert growing as a reference, though! Our daytime highs here are in the high 30s to low 40s Centigrade, and our overnights (in the yard at least) are between 5 and 10 C. I have plum trees in the front yard, which is so strange to me, since I haven't seen stonefruit growing since I moved from Canada.

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lorax Banned lorax's Photo Gallery Location: Ecuador, South America Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 13 / Köppen-Geiger BSh Name: Lorax Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,532 BananaBucks : 302,039 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 742 Times Was Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,188 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 464 Times	Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics Pauly, if I had the range of cultivars available to me that you've got, I'd be set. However, because of Ecuador's restrictions on import of bananas, TC or otherwise, I have to work with the cultivars that are already here. GMs are my hands-down favourite cultivar, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to push them for the fruit. Plus, I love a challenge. My yard site is relatively well sheltered from the wind (1-2 storey walls on all 4 sides) so I think I've got a better than average chance. At this altitude, and with no trees, the wind can get up to 50 kph here very easily. I know already that E. ventricosum and E. Maurelii will grow here, as they're fixtures in the city's parks. I'm more interested to see if I can fruit an edible variety, since I haven't seen a single one in the area. I'm definitely using your thread on desert growing as a reference, though! Our daytime highs here are in the high 30s to low 40s Centigrade, and our overnights (in the yard at least) are between 5 and 10 C. I have plum trees in the front yard, which is so strange to me, since I haven't seen stonefruit growing since I moved from Canada.