Originally Posted by smc67

yeah not much chance in that, the clear nights allow for the temps to drop pretty good going forward. we get frosty here right about Halloween. Low 60's and mid 50's at night until then. The house keeps them warm and protected to get pasted the first couple hits. The sun come up behind them then comes high over head, then the setting sun sets as the house block the sun- except on the ones in front.

I will be speeding them all over the property to see which area is best overall. These trees went thru a lot of water and tons of mulched debris yard clippings, bags of black Cow and Chicken. It looks now as if -I didn't even put that stuff out. we got a fair amount of rain and I still watered alot. I slow dripped 200 gals over the weekend several times this year. they are 16 mons old this month. I have pure sand all the way down 5 ft then it gets dark gray as the moisture darkens the sand. I need to pull some soil sample in a bad way.
Started off with 2 corn sized plants from eBay. put them in pots in march08 Pulled them out of pots in June/July and planted them where they are now. They both have about 5 to 6 pups going well along with them. I will need some tropical birds and a Bamboo hut soon.
I left the stalks last year and covered them. I soon wished I had just cut them down. They had a lot of dead mush that looked like it needed to be cut away for the core to get larger.. very messy and inconsistent way to grow. I may just cut them down this time and cover with dung. I hope to have them flaging in July next time. I will need much more food for them I belive.