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Darkman · 02-19-2012, 11:38 PM

Welcome to the forum. There are several fruit growers near you.

Use the "Find me on the map!" so we can see where you live. Living in Northern Escambia Co you have colder winters than me but you still have many fruits you can grow.

Orinoco will fruit in Pensacola. I know I fruited and ate them in the summer of 2011. I have several P-stems I expect to fruit this summer and due to our lack of winter I have one fruiting right now however the mat may not make enough leaves to support the stalk. I did not offer my bananas any protection this year but we had an unusally mild winter. I had planned a substantial protection but a family situation stopped me. I only lost my leaves when we had a frost in January. There are citrus that will grow here. I have about thirtry trees that are young but I expect all of them to produce and live IF I can get them to year five which shouldn't be too hard. Blueberrys do exceptionally well here. I will be able to give you some Orinoco and blueberries if you want. I am trialing some other bananas that may work here. I'll know more in a few years. Either way I'll have pups. We have a banana friend that lives near us and he will certainly have pups from various bananas that he will give you. Figs also do well here. To get rid of Coyote find something that eats them. A 30-06 should do the trick!

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Darkman Dirt Master Darkman's Photo Gallery Location: Pensacola, FL South of I-10 Find me on the map! Zone: 8b/9a Name: Darkman Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,249 BananaBucks : 204,420 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 9,263 Times Was Thanked 1,582 Times in 702 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 243 Times	Re: From Northwest Florida Welcome to the forum. There are several fruit growers near you. Use the "Find me on the map!" so we can see where you live. Living in Northern Escambia Co you have colder winters than me but you still have many fruits you can grow. Orinoco will fruit in Pensacola. I know I fruited and ate them in the summer of 2011. I have several P-stems I expect to fruit this summer and due to our lack of winter I have one fruiting right now however the mat may not make enough leaves to support the stalk. I did not offer my bananas any protection this year but we had an unusally mild winter. I had planned a substantial protection but a family situation stopped me. I only lost my leaves when we had a frost in January. There are citrus that will grow here. I have about thirtry trees that are young but I expect all of them to produce and live IF I can get them to year five which shouldn't be too hard. Blueberrys do exceptionally well here. I will be able to give you some Orinoco and blueberries if you want. I am trialing some other bananas that may work here. I'll know more in a few years. Either way I'll have pups. We have a banana friend that lives near us and he will certainly have pups from various bananas that he will give you. Figs also do well here. To get rid of Coyote find something that eats them. A 30-06 should do the trick! __________________ Darkman in Pensacola AS ALWAYS IMHO AND YOUR MILEAGE MAY DIFFER!!!!!!!! Life - Some assembly required, As is no warranty, Batteries not included, Instructions shipped separately and are frequently wrong! Kentucky Bourbon - It may not solve the problem but it helps to make it tolerable! Statistics - Data that analyst twist to support the insane opinions of those that pay them.