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Chester Copperpot · 02-19-2013, 08:25 PM

Thanks. Now that I am looking around a bit more, I see that some USDA maps/zone finders have me in 7b and others have me in 8b. I can't say that I understand this phenomenon, but there you go.

In my town, I think that the coldest I have seen it is in the mid 20s and that was an extreme, so maybe the 8 fits a bit better. Whatever the case, I'll be digging them up in the future. I thought that I would leave them in, thinking that I would be less likely to stress them that way than if I dug them up and disturbed the roots. Lesson learned.

Thanks for the tip, I'll cut a few inches at a time until I get to firm tissue.

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Chester Copperpot Location: North Carolina Find me on the map! Zone: 8 Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 21 BananaBucks : 11,094 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Cavendish 7b, potential overwintering mistake. Thanks. Now that I am looking around a bit more, I see that some USDA maps/zone finders have me in 7b and others have me in 8b. I can't say that I understand this phenomenon, but there you go. In my town, I think that the coldest I have seen it is in the mid 20s and that was an extreme, so maybe the 8 fits a bit better. Whatever the case, I'll be digging them up in the future. I thought that I would leave them in, thinking that I would be less likely to stress them that way than if I dug them up and disturbed the roots. Lesson learned. Thanks for the tip, I'll cut a few inches at a time until I get to firm tissue.