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sidpook
04-16-2012, 04:58 PM
Hello All,
Mike Trautner here,from South New Jersey (zone 7a) new to the bananas forum, been a member of palms north for years but am now "branching out" into musas and other cold hardy bananas....Have about ten trees in the ground for several years now and they are insane this year due to the warm temps...(87 today)...I'm posting some pics and a banana id request on the ID post forum... Thanks all...Looking forward to meeting you on here soon..
mike:waving:
sidpook
04-16-2012, 08:04 PM
thanks for your welcomes everyone!
sidpook
04-17-2012, 07:47 PM
thanks again for your welcomes everyone!
harveyc
04-17-2012, 07:59 PM
Welcome, Mike. Again. :) What varieties are you growing? Have you over-wintered bananas outside successfully or do you dig them up and move them into sheltered areas each winter?
You might consider editing your profile to add your name and location as well as the varieties you're growing. It can be helpful when others answer questions you might have, etc.
My winter was a bit harsh this year with 35 days of frost but I'm aware that folks in the east had the so-called "summer in March". Hope you get some fruit this year!
sidpook
04-18-2012, 05:56 AM
Hello Harveyc...
I have musas in the ground for three seasons now. They overwinter very well here in South Jersey, esp with this seasons warm winter. I have about five huge trees in the backyard and five or so in the front. Both are full sun well-drained soil. I have Dwarf Cavendish in pots, as I won't dare keep those outside in winter, plus I like to see them in the cold winter days to remind me of summer! It is amazing to see how musas and cold hardy palms are really catching on here. We also have a little house down the shore in Cape May and everywhere you go, you see bananas, trachys, monkey puzzles etc...
Our winter was insane! We had only three nights in the teens and app only 20 in really hard freezes. The ground never really got frozen like most years. I regularly opened my musa enclosures during the days and reclosed at night. I never even bothered to close up my trachys with permanent protection and they look great! I have lotsa large red canna leaf plants in teh ground that I dig up every year, but the ones I missed from alst season are all emerging unscathed too..
I will def update my profile this weekend and post some pics as well. I tried to post pics in an album but I was unsuccessful. Gotta mess with it later. Chat soon.
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sidpook
04-20-2012, 05:43 AM
Thanks for everyone's welcomes. Glad to be here.
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