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Originally Posted by sputinc7
9B... Why wouldn't it, except for an odd freeze... Anyway, congrats. It should make it... I have had my 3640 just finish flowering and went to males yesterday. Here she is. Just in time for an early cold snap... 56 fingers on 6 hands.
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Thank you!
What's interesting is that 9b in Northern California is completely different from 9b in Florida: we're talking temperate climate versus subtropical. We rarely see days over 70F during the winter here in Northern California, whereas in Florida zone 9b, it seems common to have many days over 70F during the winter. The light frost seems to be less harmful to developing bananas compared to long exposure to cold weather, even if it's above freezing.
Last year, all banana bunches that bloomed during the summer survived the long winter cold period, but bunches that formed late october and later didn't make it. It'll be interesting to see what happens this year, will report back. There's some bunches that bloomed this year in August, mid October, and now there's the Aeae as well as a Dwarf Brazilian bud forming now!