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Old 01-04-2012, 10:38 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: cold fruit

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Originally Posted by fishoifc View Post
It was 31 or 33 in the plastic this mornin but it looks like they made it all my yard plants fell over today. Going to try the bucket idea got to do something they won't make it next time. It's a long shot to get this fruit to make it soon I will be leaving town for the season maybe I will get lucky.
I was surprised to learn, that some tropical plants have sap, which actually gels, at above
freezing temps. But I believe, that most need subfreezing temperatures for ice crystals to form, which
in turn crush the cell structures.

Not knowing anything about a subject, has never kept me from voicing an opinion, but I believe, that
bananas are of the latter kind, because my Basjoo survived short dips below 0^C (32^F) before freezing
up ater last fall.



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