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Nicolas Naranja · 03-19-2010, 02:53 PM

So I have been trying to grow out a bunch of tissue culture plantlets this winter without much success. In order for how they handled the cold weather as small potted plants:

1:FHIA-17
2

warf Namwah
3

warf Puerto Rican
4:Super Plantain
5:Hua Moa
6:Gran Nain

In the field as tall plants, I would rank them as follows

1: Dwarf Namwah
2: Kandrian
3: Misi Luki
4: Gran Nain

It didn't frost or freeze at my location, so what I see with Gran Nain is severe chilling damage because there were a solid 10 days that I didn't get above 57 in January and then a good solid week where I didn't get above 60 in February.

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Nicolas Naranja Muck bananas Nicolas Naranja 's Photo Gallery Location: Pahokee, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Nick Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,217 BananaBucks : 496,568 Feedback: 7 / 100% Said "Thanks" 66 Times Was Thanked 5,665 Times in 1,563 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 7 Times	Results from the Coldest Winter in Florida since the 1940s So I have been trying to grow out a bunch of tissue culture plantlets this winter without much success. In order for how they handled the cold weather as small potted plants: 1:FHIA-17 2warf Namwah 3warf Puerto Rican 4:Super Plantain 5:Hua Moa 6:Gran Nain In the field as tall plants, I would rank them as follows 1: Dwarf Namwah 2: Kandrian 3: Misi Luki 4: Gran Nain It didn't frost or freeze at my location, so what I see with Gran Nain is severe chilling damage because there were a solid 10 days that I didn't get above 57 in January and then a good solid week where I didn't get above 60 in February. __________________ Some people go bananas, I went plantains.