View Full Version : Dwarf Red in Southern California?
caliboy1994
10-17-2011, 12:09 PM
I was just wondering how well Dwarf Red would do in Southern California (zone 10a). Would I be able to get it to fruit easily? Will I need to protect it during the winter? Our winters here are cool and moist, and nighttime temps can get into the 30s. Frost here is rare but it does happen.
sunfish
10-17-2011, 12:28 PM
I was just wondering how well Dwarf Red would do in Southern California (zone 10a). Would I be able to get it to fruit easily? Will I need to protect it during the winter? Our winters here are cool and moist, and nighttime temps can get into the 30s. Frost here is rare but it does happen.
Yes I have had no problems with mine.:nanadrink:
caliboy1994
10-17-2011, 03:01 PM
Glad to hear that. But should I do anything to overwinter it though (i.e. trim all the leaves and wrap the p-stem in blankets)? I want to get good fruit from it.
sunfish
10-17-2011, 03:30 PM
Glad to hear that. But should I do anything to overwinter it though (i.e. trim all the leaves and wrap the p-stem in blankets)? I want to get good fruit from it.
I have never protected mine.It slows down faster and starts up slower then some but that's it.If it fruits late in the year you may have problems.
venturabananas
10-18-2011, 12:41 AM
My dwarf red is right next to my house and must get some thermal protection from the house. I did nothing to protect it last winter and it did just as well as the supposedly hardier varieties near it (Orinoco, dwarf Brazilian, dwarf Namwah, Raja Puri). They all got a little frost damage on some of the leaves on a couple of nights in the low 30's, but it was only cosmetic.
caliboy1994
10-18-2011, 01:40 AM
Do you usually get good quality fruit from them?
venturabananas
10-18-2011, 09:56 AM
No fruit yet, but I've only had the plant for just over a year. It must be getting close because it is over 6' tall to the top of the p-stem. Very pretty plant. Have you had the red bananas they sell at the market? That's what they should be like.
caliboy1994
10-18-2011, 10:48 AM
I haven't, but I'd really like to try them. Problem is I don't know where to buy them! They might have them at this Phillipine market that's in the valley.
venturabananas
10-18-2011, 11:08 AM
The Ralphs and Albertsons near my normally have reds, manzano, baby, burro, and plaintains.
caliboy1994
10-18-2011, 11:51 AM
That's funny, because I've never seen them at the market. As far as I know there's normally the usual Cavendish type and an occasional Manzano. I'll ask my mom to check next time she goes shopping.
momoese
10-18-2011, 12:02 PM
If the local grocery doesn't carry them look for an Asian market around town. They usually have them along with some other harder to find fruits.
sunfish
10-18-2011, 02:15 PM
Try Sprouts formerly known as Henry's
caliboy1994
10-18-2011, 07:22 PM
Ok. I think there's a new farmers market being built a few miles from my house. They might have some there.
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