Quote:
Originally Posted by harveyc
Hello Mauro - I don't recall you saying how cold you get there. Have you had much frost yet? How low do your temperatures reach in the winter?
Best wishes,
Harvey
|
Hi, harveyc. The weatherman said we will have frost this coming week. When it snows the temperature reaches about 0 degree centigrade. On February it gets to be pretty cold because we have a wind current that comes from Siberia where it sometimes reaches 72 degrees below zero centigrades. It's a freezing wind. To tell you the truth I am amazed at the Musa Basjoo. It grows wild around here and the cold doesn't hurt it very much. If you see its growth around here you would not call it a tropical plant.
The Japanese brought the Musa Basjoo from China about 400 to 500 years ago, and I think it found a way to hibernate during the winter. It becomes dormant but doesn't die and in the early spring it starts growing again. It grows very tall in the summer. Even in Brazil I haven't seen such a tall banana tree.
It's a little early but I wish you a Merry Christmas.
Bye.
Mauro