PAJ53

I have visited Banana plantations in Jamacia and there is a big differance between commercial production and a zone 7b North Texas hobbyist. It is impossible to become a true expert with bannans in my zone as it gets as cold as 15 degrees most years and some years it drops as low as zero. The weather can be 80 degrees in January some years and the plants break dormacy and then freeze and die in march or they endure days and days of 100 plus temps with high winds 50 to 70 mph-- maybe different kinds of experts -- tropical climate, temperate climate, and subartic climate experts