Re: Zone 8 Bananas for Central Texas
Hello Dean
I live to the north of you in Texas and the bananas that I have been growing for the last 10 years will freeze down and come back with out any additional protection and some times it gets really cold here and If I over winter a big plant in the green house they will bloom and set bunches the next year. I bought the origional plant as a unidentified banana and the majority opinion of others here are that the plants are musa Orinoco; If you or any one near me wants one- PM me to make arrangments to pick up (most are too big to ship They need 5 to 10 gallon sized pots or bigger). I have over a 80 tall suckers that could be dug I will probably only dig 40 to 50 for the green house this year and all the really big ones will just freeze to the ground Because they are too big to move I hurt my back once moving a big one and they are just not worth the pain that the back injury caused. Below is todays picture of the plants fruiting The larges hand now has bananas 4 to 5 inches long and about a inch to a inch and a half in diameter. For additional pictures see my gallery -Philip
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