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damaclese · 05-06-2009, 11:48 AM

Well i haven't updated this thread in a wile but i wanted to share my observations thus far.
its now May my Bananas have gone threw one summer and one winter mostly in pots. but one has been in the ground now for the entire year. the one in the grown frosted back about 20% and took allot longer then the potted ones which were protected from the cold by bring inside. even with its loss of leafs and subsequent slower start its out pacing the potted plants. just by observation the leafs on the in grown Ic are better formed stand up to wind more and are generally healthier looking. i have to conclude that if you live in a hot dry environment that in ground growing on the east side of the house is by far superior to pot grown Bananas. i attribute this to more even moisture control along with ample space for root development. how ever for maximum growing one must amend or replace salty alluvial soils with highly active organically enriched substrates possessing micros and add microsomal. are salty soils have little if any microsomal activity. do to the toxic nature of not only the Ph but also are levels of boron which interferes in there metabolism of nutrients as well as the plants.

so in conclusion don't bee chicken take that darn things out of there pots and put them in the grown. it may be 110 out side but in general Bananas do not do that well in post to begin with. they will thank you even with the occasional frost we get in the high desert regions of North America. Bananas can be grown successfully in the desert if one is willing to be patient and watch for the signs that plants give us. they will tell you every thing you need to know if you will only learn there language.

the next faze of this although unscientific journal will be an evaluation of which types of Bananas do the best with the heat. this trail involves 160 plants currently in possession between Chironex and my self.

Just based on what we have observed thus far all say Ice Cream (blue Java)
do really well also dwarf Brazilian. mostly what i would expect as they are both tough little bananas. besides heat thees plants must tolerate frost as well as several months of high winds ranging from 10mph to as high this year as 75mph. rapid cycling of heat and cold in bridge months of march and November. thees are stressfully conditions no doubt but which Bananas will do the best only time will tell.

PS as some suitable time in the near future i will wright a simple growing in the desert guide that i will post in the wiki for any one that wishes to get the lowdown

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damaclese Living in Exile damaclese's Photo Gallery Location: Henderson NV Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Mediterranean climate Name: Paulo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,767 BananaBucks : 358,925 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,352 Times Was Thanked 1,620 Times in 706 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 101 Times	Re: high temperature banana growing habits Well i haven't updated this thread in a wile but i wanted to share my observations thus far. its now May my Bananas have gone threw one summer and one winter mostly in pots. but one has been in the ground now for the entire year. the one in the grown frosted back about 20% and took allot longer then the potted ones which were protected from the cold by bring inside. even with its loss of leafs and subsequent slower start its out pacing the potted plants. just by observation the leafs on the in grown Ic are better formed stand up to wind more and are generally healthier looking. i have to conclude that if you live in a hot dry environment that in ground growing on the east side of the house is by far superior to pot grown Bananas. i attribute this to more even moisture control along with ample space for root development. how ever for maximum growing one must amend or replace salty alluvial soils with highly active organically enriched substrates possessing micros and add microsomal. are salty soils have little if any microsomal activity. do to the toxic nature of not only the Ph but also are levels of boron which interferes in there metabolism of nutrients as well as the plants. so in conclusion don't bee chicken take that darn things out of there pots and put them in the grown. it may be 110 out side but in general Bananas do not do that well in post to begin with. they will thank you even with the occasional frost we get in the high desert regions of North America. Bananas can be grown successfully in the desert if one is willing to be patient and watch for the signs that plants give us. they will tell you every thing you need to know if you will only learn there language. the next faze of this although unscientific journal will be an evaluation of which types of Bananas do the best with the heat. this trail involves 160 plants currently in possession between Chironex and my self. Just based on what we have observed thus far all say Ice Cream (blue Java) do really well also dwarf Brazilian. mostly what i would expect as they are both tough little bananas. besides heat thees plants must tolerate frost as well as several months of high winds ranging from 10mph to as high this year as 75mph. rapid cycling of heat and cold in bridge months of march and November. thees are stressfully conditions no doubt but which Bananas will do the best only time will tell. PS as some suitable time in the near future i will wright a simple growing in the desert guide that i will post in the wiki for any one that wishes to get the lowdown __________________ Helping to foster understanding for the learning disabled Last edited by damaclese : 05-06-2009 at 11:58 AM.