Oblofusc

This just blows. Two of my Misi Luki's are fruiting, my Red Iohene is too, and so is my Praying Hands and also an Orinoco (Quadrano "sweet plaintain). No way is anything mature yet, no less ripe.

And it's in the 40's and 50's at nightnow, barely gets into the high 70's in the afternoon, and the angle of the sun is so low the oak trees shield 85% of the sun. (I live in Tallahassee, Fla.)

Everything is growing s-l-o-w-l-y, now, some not at all.

So now it seems I have little else to do but sit and wait a month or two til the first hard freeze to watch everything die. All the spring and summer's "work" destroyed!

All of the plants are huge, I can't see how I could try to make some sort of covering.

It's agony, I tell ya! So Hemingway-esque. Woe is me.

Is there anything I need to do with the existing, smaller plants that have not yet fruited that might make them fruit a little earlier in the year? Should I cut them down at 6 feet or so and make sure the stalks get covered & protected from any freezes this winter?