Originally Posted by caliboy1994

I know that I am very fortunate to live in a nice climate, but Southern California does have its difficulties. The main problem for bananas is that the winters are cool and wet, making it easy for them to rot. The other problem is wind. Winds in my area can get over 70 mph during wind season, which is fall through spring. We've already had a wind gust of over 90 mph here this year! I'm afraid that it won't have enough time to establish a strong root system in this cold weather so that it won't be blown over by the winds. I'd be better off planting them in April when things start to warm up. By then, it should have warmed up enough for it to be able to grow faster.