Log in

View Full Version : Those of you in Zone 5, have any of you gotten your plants to fruit?


Viper1436
08-10-2013, 12:52 PM
What are your experiences?

Greg Jordan
08-10-2013, 11:13 PM
I have a DWF Cavendish that has been in bloom for the last month. I live just N. of Denver. My email address is Junk-to-greg@comcast.net. If you send me your email address I'll send pictures.
Greg

cincinnana
08-12-2013, 06:10 AM
No fruit.

My growing season is too short.
Just when the plants get growing real well .......it is time o bring them back in.

Viper1436
08-12-2013, 07:13 AM
No fruit.

My growing season is too short.
Just when the plants get growing real well .......it is time o bring them back in.

I know, I want to move to south Florida so badly.

Funkthulhu
08-12-2013, 01:21 PM
I'm only a year and some change into this whole affair, but I'm fairly certain that a bloom in Zone 5 will take some ingenuity. I will be moving my plants indoors for the winter (obviously) but I'll be putting them under grow lights in the basement for the duration to promote more growth, even if at a slower rate.

I suspect my only chance for fruit is going to be a combination of winter grow lights and just dumb luck that the flower comes very early in the summer and has all the outside time it needs to ripen before coming in/down in the fall.

That being said, unless you have a lot higher ceilings than I do, my best bet is going to be with obtaining some superdwarf varieties that I can keep in containers the entire lifespan of the flowering P-stem.

Good luck! Keep us posted on any progress!

Viper1436
08-12-2013, 01:40 PM
I'm only a year and some change into this whole affair, but I'm fairly certain that a bloom in Zone 5 will take some ingenuity. I will be moving my plants indoors for the winter (obviously) but I'll be putting them under grow lights in the basement for the duration to promote more growth, even if at a slower rate.

I suspect my only chance for fruit is going to be a combination of winter grow lights and just dumb luck that the flower comes very early in the summer and has all the outside time it needs to ripen before coming in/down in the fall.

That being said, unless you have a lot higher ceilings than I do, my best bet is going to be with obtaining some superdwarf varieties that I can keep in containers the entire lifespan of the flowering P-stem.

Good luck! Keep us posted on any progress!

Ya, I'm blessed with 20ft ceilings in my front room, and the room is 20x25ft
So as long as I can figure out what a good lighting system will be, I should be fine.

Viper1436
08-12-2013, 01:46 PM
Im also thinking about building a greenhouse in my front room to hold the plants in so the humidity is high, and they wont dry out as much.

Viper1436
08-12-2013, 02:14 PM
OH and I also have 11 potted palm trees I need to put in the front room too, so i'm going to have a tropical rainforest in my house, I should go buy some monkeys and parrots while i'm at it.