Cold Weather Plant Report
I'm in zone 8b/9a and the last 2 nights the low temp was 34 deg F and day-time temp in the 70's. Soil temp at 4" is about 60 deg. F
The Bananas in my yard: Orinoco, Dwarf Orinoco, Rajapuri, and 1000 Fingers do not show any low temp burn/wilt. Their leaves & cigar leaves are bright green.
Other Nana Patch is in a low area and I think the temp got little lower than 34 or may be a little frost (?). These plants have been in the ground less than a week.
Gros Michel (3), Pisang Ceylon (5), Blue Java (5), FHA 1 (5), FHIA 18 (5); all had dark wilted leaves this morning. ...
Hue Moa (3) showed no wilt or darking of the its leaves and its cigar leaf is still green. ... This is actually a surprise for me ... was not expected.
Williams (3) showed some darkening, I think was from the red coloring, but no wilt and its cigar leaf is still bright green.
Dwarf Namwah (5) had some dark wilted leaves and some leaves & cigar leaves bright green.
May be some other forum members will post their plant low temp tolerance. This certainly helps with variety selection for banana patches.
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