I subscribed to that forum few weeks ago, but with some inconvenience just now decided to write that intro here. Briefly: I'm from Southeastern part of Europe, Balkan peninsula, Bulgaria. The hardiness zone of my location, which is located in the northwest of the country is 7a, with two days with minimum temperatures of -14.1C(6.6F) this winter, but nice summer with day temperatures approx. 30-31 deg. celsius(85-87*F) in june to august. My experience with bannanas is only 1-2 years old, but afraid to annoy to the readers of that introduction, so I think it's enough now

Тhanks for attention, with best wishes:
Ivo