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Old 11-05-2011, 05:17 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: A few hours around 32F can they take it?

Good answers all. Last week we had a freak snowstorm and super cold freezing weather here with major power outages all over. I had one Ice cream banana that was about 12' tall that even after I cut the psuedostem down to about 6' was too heavy for me to get in the house alone with a handtruck. I covered it with a movers blanket on the ground and after spending the night in sub freezing temps get some help to get it in the house. It's put on a foot of new growth since and seemed to have suffered no damage at all from the cold temps. All the other banana plants, even the more cold sensitive ones are all doing fine indoors now as well and had been exposed to a few nights where it got down to freezing or below. They're tougher than you think.
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