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sputinc7 · 01-17-2018, 03:20 PM

People here had coconut palms until 2010, and big mango trees, too. Just over a half hour south of here there are lots of big mangoes and coconuts, but here they are all pretty small. The only bigger mango I know of in the area was blown down by Matthew...

Now we are facing round 2. It's 71 now but supposed to get down to 32 tonight. Last time they said 31. (I think it got a bit colder than that, though.) It doesn't look good for those bananas to fill in but they are still green and the flower is still opening new bracts so I am covering them again tonight even though the mama plant is pretty much devoid of leaves...

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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 : 101,731 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 352 Times Was Thanked 2,430 Times in 971 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 295 Times	Re: Before & after freeze pics Jan 2018. What fared the best? People here had coconut palms until 2010, and big mango trees, too. Just over a half hour south of here there are lots of big mangoes and coconuts, but here they are all pretty small. The only bigger mango I know of in the area was blown down by Matthew... Now we are facing round 2. It's 71 now but supposed to get down to 32 tonight. Last time they said 31. (I think it got a bit colder than that, though.) It doesn't look good for those bananas to fill in but they are still green and the flower is still opening new bracts so I am covering them again tonight even though the mama plant is pretty much devoid of leaves... __________________ 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.