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sputinc7 · 12-13-2017, 10:53 PM

Great job, considering your location. How do you overwinter? Bare root in the basement?
It's too cold there to ever keep one in the ground over winter (Besides Basjoo)... Maybe once during a fluke warm winter or something. I lived in central Illinois and we had a mild enough winter that gladiolus came back, unprotected... That only happened once in over 40 years, mind you.
It would be nice if we could blend the cold hardiness of Basjoo with the flavor of Gros Michel... Unfortunately, that has not been accomplished yet.

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sputinc7 Location: Palm Bay, Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Steve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,394 BananaBucks : 130,586 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 352 Times Was Thanked 2,430 Times in 971 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 295 Times	Re: Ideas on what these are? Great job, considering your location. How do you overwinter? Bare root in the basement? It's too cold there to ever keep one in the ground over winter (Besides Basjoo)... Maybe once during a fluke warm winter or something. I lived in central Illinois and we had a mild enough winter that gladiolus came back, unprotected... That only happened once in over 40 years, mind you. It would be nice if we could blend the cold hardiness of Basjoo with the flavor of Gros Michel... Unfortunately, that has not been accomplished yet. __________________ If you lose your head and give up, you neither live nor win. https://sputinc7.wixsite.com/covwc Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel. What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.